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Remembering Pere Marquette passenger trains

By Angela Cotey | April 6, 2020

| Last updated on December 8, 2020


The Pere Marquette Railway is Classic Trains Railroad of the Month for April 2020

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A train passing over a bridge
Pere Marquette
E7 101 with pre-inaugural Pere Marquette consist (no dining car) posed for publicity photo on Thornapple River bridge east of Grand Rapids, August 1946.
PM
A train passing over a bridge
A closeup shot of a train passing through a gate
Train 3
Pacific 728 with Grand Rapids–Chicago train 3 departing St. Joseph, March 1947.
W. W. Syles
A closeup shot of a train passing through a gate
Two people standing outside a train
Pere Marquette
E7 103 with Grand Rapids–Detroit Pere Marquette about to depart Grand Rapids, June 29, 1947.
Harold Nyberg
Two people standing outside a train
A car ferry traveling across the water
Carferry Pere Marquette
Pere Marquette (later, Pere Marquette 15), built 1897 as the first all-steel Great Lakes carferry, entering Ludington harbor.
Classic Trains coll.
A car ferry traveling across the water
People sitting at tables, inside a train, talking
Pere Marquette dining-lounge car
Diner-lounge built 1946 for Detroit–Grand Rapids Pere Marquette, set up for lounge use.
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People sitting at tables, inside a train, talking
A train coming down the tracks with black smoke coming out of it
Train 2
Pacific 720 with Grand Rapids–Detroit train 2 at Del Ray, Detroit, 1946.
Robert A. Hadley
A train coming down the tracks with black smoke coming out of it
A blue and yellow train traveling through a tunnel
Pere Marquette
Two E7s with Chicago–Grand Rapids Pere Marquette at Grand Central Station, Chicago, June 1947.
Dave Wallace
A blue and yellow train traveling through a tunnel
A carry ferry traveling across the water
Carferry City of Midland 41
City of Midland 41 under construction at Manitowoc, Wis., winter 1940-41.
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A carry ferry traveling across the water
A train passing by a building and a stop light
Pere Marquette
E7 102 with Detroit–Grand Rapids Pere Marquette at Delray Junction, Detroit, 1947.
Robert A. Hadley
A train passing by a building and a stop light
A train passing by
Pere Marquette
E7 102 with Detroit–Grand Rapids Pere Marquette at Delray Junction, Detroit, 1947.
Robert A. Hadley
A train passing by
A train traveling by with black smoke coming out
Train 2
Pacific 720 with Grand Rapids–Detroit train 2 passing PRR roundhouse at Delray Junction, Detroit, 1946.
Robert A. Hadley
A train traveling by with black smoke coming out
A car ferry traveling through the water
Car ferry City of Midland 41
City of Midland 41 on maiden voyage, Manitowoc–Ludington, March 1941.
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A car ferry traveling through the water
Three passengers relaxing on a train
Pere Marquette coach
Coach built 1946 for Detroit–Grand Rapids Pere Marquette.
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Three passengers relaxing on a train
The back of a passenger car sitting on the tracks
Pere Marquette
Coach-observation-lounge car on Detroit–Grand Rapids Pere Marquette.
L. O. Merrill
The back of a passenger car sitting on the tracks
Four people standing outside a train
Muskegon local
Pacific 709 with Holland–Muskegon local at Muskegon.
Ed Nowak
Four people standing outside a train
A pere marquette car ferry sign
Milwaukee car ferry dock
View north at entrance off S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Milwaukee, to St. Paul/Maple Street Slip; nearer bridge is MILW, far is C&NW.
C. P. Fox
A pere marquette car ferry sign

In April 2020, Classic Trains is celebrating the history, heritage, and splendor of the Pere Marquette Railway. Enjoy this photo gallery, originally published online in  October 2017, as the perfect salute to the PM.

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3 thoughts on “Remembering Pere Marquette passenger trains”

  1. very interesting, looked like a nice RR, never knew much about it. Friend did get meet the engineer on the Pere Marquette steam engine that was the model for Polar Express at steam event in Owosso and she brought me back a bear autographed by him. I was unable to go as had just gotten home from hospital with strep pneumonia. Did not know they had car ferries too.

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  2. Interesting photo series of one of the “unknown” railroads, especially those from Delray Junction and Muskegon, MI.

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  3. This photo is in Lansing, Michigan, and the train is westbound. Boxcars in distance are spotted at the PM freighthouse and the ones to the right are at the MC freighthouse. Tall smoke stack in distance is for the original Prudden Wheel Company factory which became Motor Wheel in 1920. Line poles are also a correct for Lansing.

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