Battle Creek, MI: 1905 Grand Trunk Western (GTW) and Amtrak Depots

GTW (Historic): (Satellite)

Amtrak (Current): (Satellite)

GTW Railyards

Tim Shanahan posted
Battle Creek Grand Trunk depot 1910. Still stands today, the overhang and baggage room are gone. Although the bulit in baggage scale is still in place. One tower today houses two live cameras for the Virtual Railfan website.

Marty Bernard posted
Here Is a Magnificent Depot.
Grand Trunk Western's Battle Creek, MI Depot, Duane Hall photo, May 1985.

Benjamin Gravel posted two images with the comment:

On March 17, 1856, the architect William C. Rohns was born in Goettingen, Germany.

Designed by Spier & Rohns. Grand Trunk Railway System Station, 175 Main Street built in 1905 Battle Creek, MI.

1) Image of the station from Lost in Michigan, date unknown.

2) An image/floor plan featuring 175 Main Street from a 1906 issue of The Western Architect.

Currently: Commercial space

Jim Kelling shared with the comment: "Grand Trunk Western Railway station in Battle Creek, Michigan (to be visited on the RRSHS tour in June 2026)."

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Kurt Thornton posted
This is the first Grand Trunk passenger station located between McCamly and Capital Avenue. It is the site of the city's present Intermodal train station.

Kurt Thornton posted
In January 1906, this Grand Trunk Station opened at a cost of $75,000. It is located on Main Street. It is the present home of the Community Action Agency for South/Central Michigan.

Kurt Thornton posted
The interior of the 1906 Grand Trunk Station.

Raymond Storey posted
BATTLE CREEK MI
Tim Shanahan posted
Grand Trunk Railroad Depot, Battle Creek, Michigan - real photo postcard by photographer Louis Pesha - not posted, date c. 1910.

Mark Hinsdale shared his post

Street View
Dennis DeBruler commented on Mary's post
When a depot has such a distinctive architecture, it makes it easy to find it if it is still standing.
42°18'43.6"N 85°10'26.9"W

Street View

Marty Bernard posted
GTW Battle Creek, MI depot, no date, Karl Miller photo.

Raymond Storey posted
BATTLE CREEK MI

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Amtrak Depot

Street View, Jun 2023

I found the Amtrak station because of this post.

James Anders posted two images with the comment: "Battle Creek 1903 vs 2025."

Al Oxley: Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Railroad

[Amtrak runs on former-MC tracks, but GTW and MC evidently shared a route through Battle Creek. DT&M came up from the south and terminated in this city.]

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