Battle Creek, MI: 1887 NYC/MC Depot and Hinman Yard

Depot: (3D Satellite)

Yard: (Satellite? My guess based on this post.)

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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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

 

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.

1947 Battle Creek Quadrangle @ 1:24,000

But the depot has been repurposed.

Street View

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