Grand Trunk Western Railroad
American railroad, 1928, Detroit, Michigan
Succeeded by Coe Rail, Inc.
Designer of Chestnut Street-Grand Trunk Railroad, the structure that went up in Detroit's Lafayette Park in 1929, on the National Register since 2000.
The story
Grand Trunk Western Railroad was an American railroad in Detroit, Michigan founded in 1928. Metro Detroit knows Grand Trunk Western Railroad by Chestnut Street-Grand Trunk Railroad, a structure in Detroit's Lafayette Park, finished in 1929 and listed on the National Register in 2000. Built during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America, it has stood for 97 years.
Grand Trunk Western Railroad was later succeeded by Coe Rail, Inc.. Go see Chestnut Street-Grand Trunk Railroad at Chestnut St. over Grand Trunk Railroad for yourself.
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company (reporting mark GTW) was an American subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway, later of the Canadian National Railway (reporting mark CN) operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
Grand Trunk Western Railroad's work in Metro Detroit
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Chestnut Street-Grand Trunk Railroad
1929, Detroit's Lafayette Park, Structure
Still standing, photographed 2017
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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- Chestnut Street bridge over old Grand Trunk Railroad tracks, Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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