West of Porter IN (CP 482), Amtrak trains use the main line now owned by Norfolk Southern. The line from Porter to Grand Rapids was part of the Pere Marquette Railway, which subsequently became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, and now CSX. Trackage rights have always been used west of Porter on the former New York Central line, as far as Pine Jct. Until 1971, Pere Marquette and C&O passenger trains used the former Baltimore and Ohio route northwest of Pine Jct., serving Grand Central Station until 1969 and Northwestern Station from 1969 until 1971. A route considerably more circuitous than Amtrak's present NS routing.
Radio Frequency - 160.230 (AAR Channel 08)
Dispatcher - 160.635 (AAR Channel 35)
136.3 Porter
127.0 Michigan City
115.2 New Buffalo
105.6 Sawyer
100.0 Bridgman
98.3 Livingston
95.0 Stevensville
92.0 Vine
87.9 St. Joseph
87.5 Benton Harbor
82.8 Grey
80.1 Riverside
76.2 Coloma
73.8 Watervliet
71.2 Kirk
68.8 Hartford
62.0 Gross
60.5 Bangor
54.0 Grand Jct.
48.0 Pullman
42.5 Wells
40.6 Fennville
36.0 New Richmond
32.5 East Saugatuck
25.3 Holland
24.4 Waverly
20.7 Zeeland
12.0 Hudsonville
6.0 Grandville
3.5 Lamar
2.0 Plaster Creek
0.7 Sunnyside
0.0 Grand Rapids
1 track, CTC in use, controlled by CSX "AW" Dispatcher in Jacksonville, Florida. 2 tracks between Benton Harbor and Riverside, and between Grandville and Lamar.
Between Lamar and Grand Rapids, line is part of Grand Rapids Terminal Subdivision.
PERSONAL NOTE: - When I first learned that the passing siding near Fennville was identified as "Wells", I was intrigued. Because my great grandfather had the last name Wells, and for many years he was the operator/agent at the station in Fennville. In the mid 1970's, I wrote to the Chesapeake and Ohio headquarters about it. And the railroad was able to confirm, that the siding was indeed named after my great grandfather. Bill Vandervoort.