Freight: (Satellite)
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| Clare Union Railroad Depot posted TAKING A BIKE TRIP DOWN THE PERE MARQUETTE TRAIL? Looking back 109 years ago, this was the post card scene in Coleman, Michigan, just a short ride east of the Clare Union Depot. As you pedal towards Midland this spring, imagine if you will all the activity that went on as you pass the still standing Depot on your left in Coleman. Coleman was unique in the fact that this was where the east-west Pere Marquette Railroad main line crossed a branch line of the Pere Marquette Railroad running from Mt. Pleasant to Beaverton. Steven D Landon: The Freight section was of the Coleman depot last I knew was moved just East of the depot. Last I knew it was used for storage by the village of Coleman. My family - The Methner's had a long history with Coleman. Inside the freight section I saw their name on the wall where they used to place their items when the came in by rail Logan Savoie: Branch to Beaverton is the track on the right. The Mt. Pleasant Branch is about a mile further west. After it was abandoned the Chessie used trackage rights on the Ann Arbor between Clare and Mt. Pleasant to service the handful of customers there. Edd Wilder posted with the same comment |
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| Robert Warrick commented on the above post |
The freight house has been extensively remodeled.
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| Street View, Aug 2014 |
I really need to read the comments before I research railroad branches. The oldest topo map I could find was 1954, and the only trace of the branch to Beaverton are contour lines north of town that show a cut and an embankment. I noticed those lines after Robert taught me where to look. The branch to Mt. Pleasant still existed in 1969. Note that a branch did not go between Mt. Pleasant and Beaverton. Instead, two branches went from Coleman to those towns.
The branch to Mt. Pleasant was built by the Saginaw & Mount Pleasant Railroad. It was a 3'-gauge railroad that was bought by PM. [2005 SPV Map]
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| 1969/72 Coleman Quad @ 24,000 |
Again, when I know where to look, I can see where the Beaverton Branch left town.
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| Jul 24, 1953 @ 60,000; ARA001080374177 |
Of the four PM maps I looked at, only this one included the Beaverton branch.
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| The link to my source has broken. |
Wood Grain Elevator
I was looking for a feed truck as evidence that this elevator is a feed mill as well as a storage elevator because that is normally why a wood grain elevator makes it into the 21st Century. I did find evidence that they apply a lot of chemicals to fields.
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| Street View, Aug 2014 |
The other side does look more like a feed mill.
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| Street View, Aug 2014 |
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