The trip from the Goodrich Dock or Union Station in downtown Muskegon, to the playgrounds of the Actors' Colony, Lake Michigan Park and Pigeon Hill involved a leisurely ride down Lake Street - later known at Lakeshore Drive.

Featuring entertainment facilities including a large bathhouse pavilion, a dancing pavilion with bowling alleys, a 600-seat theater, a lunch room, and in later years, an amusement park with a Ferris wheel and a roller coaster.  Located at the end of the trolley line in Muskegon, it was referred to as the "Coney Island of the West" in advertising.  Now known as Pere Marquette Park, it features one of the cleanest beaches in the United States.