Depot: (
3D Satellite)
Yard: (
Satellite? My guess based on this
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Jim Arvites posted
Postcard view of a passenger train making a stop at the Michigan Central (NYC) station in Battle Creek, Michigan in the early 1900's. The depot was opened in 1888 and is still standing today. |
Benjamin Gravel
posted five images with the comment:
Designed by Rogers & MacFarlane. Michigan Central Railroad Passenger Depot, 44 McCamly Street built in 1888 Battle Creek, MI.
1) Image of the depot from Wikipedia, date unknown.
2) Image of the depot from Clara's on the River's website, date unknown.
3) Image of the depot from Wikipedia, date unknown.
4) A rendering of the depot from an 1889 issue of The Engineer & Building Record.
5) A rendering of the depot from an 1887 issue of Engineering News.
Currently: Commercial space
Jim Kelling
shared with the comment: "Michigan Central station in Battle Creek, Michigan (1887)."
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Tim Shanahan
posted three images with the comment: "Battle creek."
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Kurt Thornton posted
This 1860's photo shows the first Michigan Central passenger station on Monroe Street (located near the present Kellogg House, on the grounds of the WK Kellogg Foundation. Check out the big wheeled bicycle. |
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Kurt Thornton posted
On June 27, 1888, this Michigan Central Station opened. It's beauty showed Battle Creek's progress as a railroad destination. |
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Kurt Thornton posted
This late 1800's view of the Michigan Central Railroad station shows it's proximity to the BC River. |
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Baltimore Chapter, National Railway Historical Society posted
Jim Kelling shared
Battle Creek, Michigan (Michigan Central station)
It’s now a restaurant with an outdoor terrace where the tracks were |
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Charles Geletzke Jr. posted
NYC Train 355 with the 4051 & 40__ at Battle Creek, Michigan on August 31, 1967. (C. H. Geletzke, Jr. photo) |
The MC route now shares the GTW route through Battle Creek, so the tracks by the depot are gone.
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| 1947 Battle Creek Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
But the depot has been repurposed.
Marty Bernard
posted two photos with the comment: "2 of Michigan Central's Battle Creek, MI Outstanding Depot, Duane Hall photos, May 1985."
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Marty's post
The tracks became a trail and the depot has been repurposed.
42°19'16.2"N 85°10'53.8"W |
Julie Kerwin
posted two images with the comment: "My early photos of Michigan Central Depot from early 1900s. Now known as Clara's restaurant."
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Douglas Houston commented on Julie's second image
Panoramic view of the downtown with the depot to the far left side. |
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