Depot: (Satellite)
Elevator: (Satellite)
Regular readers know that I'm as interested in grain elevator history as I am in railroad history.
Wood Elevators are now rare and stave-silo elevators were always rather rare.
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Thomas Bowers posted
Here is an August 2, 1913, view looking east on the LSMS at White Pigeon, MI.
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Don Harrison commented on Thomas' post
Another View...UNM Archive Description: RR SW White Pigeon MI RPPC LS&MS DEPOT and Kingsbury Hotel behind Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and New York Central Railroad a junction between the Lake Shore's Old Road and Grand Rapids Line. |
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Steve Houts commented on Thomas' post
Here is the depot today on one of my recent trips to Sturgis which has an identical one. The "Old Road" has 6 depots from Hillsdale west. Hillsdale, Jonesville, Coldwater and Batavia, Sturgis, White Piegon, 7 if you include Elkhart. |
Matthew Jackson
posted four photos with the comment: "The former Lakeshore and Michigan Southern depot in White Pigeon, Michigan. This depot was formerly served by the New York Central. It is still well maintained and proudly stands next to the tracks now owned by the Michigan Southern Railroad. Interestingly enough, it was used by the Little River Railroad excursion service now based in Coldwater, Michigan. It saw its last public passenger train in 2004. (Last two photos are mine from July 2024)"
Jeff Morrell: Those depots could be built in 3 different sizes. A 4 bay (each bay consists of a pair of windows), a 3 bay and a 2 bay. The Conneaut Railroad Museum is one of the 4 bays. Sort of early form of modular construction.
Ted Andrews: On the "Old Road"
Seth Lakin: It has a kind of interesting story. The yard switcher detailed and destroyed the western corner about 1911. It was rebuilt but with different colored bricks which you can see today. It’s the smallest of the LS&MS/LE&W standard brick and stone depots with a single waiting room. All the others had two waiting rooms one for men one for women and children.
Jim Kelling
shared with the comment: "White Pigeon, Michigan (LS&MS station)."
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Christoffer Larsson commented on Seth's comment
Could this be the accident you're refering to? If so I'm wondering if the date should be some year later than 1911 since "Lines" is dropped on the tender. https://nycshs.omeka.net/items/show/125673 I also have this photo by an unknown photographer.
Seth Lakin: Christoffer Larsson yes that’s it. I would have to go into my files later and get the newspaper recount. But it was definitely 1911-1916 era. |
Durand Union Station-Michigan Railroad History Museum
posted two photos with the comment:
Today’s featured depot is the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern station in White Pigeon.
The brick station was built in 1896 and served as a junction of the original Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana (later LSMS and NYC). The White Pigeon Paper Company had a plant in the town, near Elkhart and River Streets, and it was served by two spur lines off the Old Road line. As of 2023, the paper company still existed, but it was no longer utilizing the rail service.
White Pigeon’s depot was restored in 1998, rededicated in 2009, and currently serves the city council and houses historical pieces related to the village. It is available to be rented out for events such as birthday parties, graduations, and baby showers.
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Scot Scramlin
posted 20 photos with the comment: "White Pigeon depot. Originally the Michigan Southern Line, it later became Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, then New York Central, Penn Central, etc. The rail-line is now Michigan Southern."
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The NYC had three "spokes" in this town.
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| 1916/16 Three Rivers Quad @ 62,500 |
Norfolk Southern owns the northern and southwestern spokes. They built a new connector so that their trains could avoid a sharp curve at White Pigeon.
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| 1972/74 Constantine Quad @ 24,000 |
Michigan Southern Railroad (MSO)
Ted's comment about "Old Road" confirmed that this was the original
LS&MS route between Lake Erie and Chicago. I knew that the
Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN) was created to operate much of the Old Road. So I checked it out.
IN does operate on the "third spoke," but Michigan Southern Railroad owns that route. Their locomotives are painted black.
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Darren Schmitt commented on Matthew's post
Saw it [the depot] this fall. |
"The Michigan Southern Railroad was created in 1989 to operate a segment of the Lake Shore mainline across southern Michigan (Sturgis to White Pigeon)." [
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I had to be careful reading the results of a Google search because there is also a Southern Michigan Railroad. (The Southern Michigan Railroad appears to still be a viable tourist railroad. [
SouthernMichiganRailroad]) To further confuse things, Michigan Southern was also a railroad back in the 1800s that was a predecessor to the LS&MS. [
MichiganRailroads]
When I came across this view, I wondered if they just store cars or if they also service them.
They just store cars that don't have any hazardous materials in them.
The building is labeled "
Railroad Engine House." I wonder whose tourist train they stored in 2001. Or were they contemplating running a tourist train operation?
They still had a caboose in 2023.
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