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Durand Union Station-Michigan Railroad History Museum
posted two photos with the comment:
Today’s featured depot is the Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon station in Sparta 🚂
Sparta, founded in 1848, is a small town north of Grand Rapids. Sparta was a crossing of the east-west Grand Trunk Western line to Muskegon and the Pere Marquette line north to Baldwin.
The depot functioned as both a passenger and freight station, staffed by a station agent/telegrapher. In 1928, the TS&M was absorbed into the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. The building was vacated in the 1940s, then purchased and restored by the West Michigan Railroad Historical Society in 1973.
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Sources:
Lambrou, J.T.. “Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon Railway Depot”. The Historical Marker Database. 29 September 2021.
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Noah Haggerty
posted five photos with the comment:
Photos of the former Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon (later GTW) depot in Saginaw, Michigan on July 10, 2025. The TS&M connected from other railroads in Muskegon to the Ann Arbor at Ashley, never reaching the other two cities named.
I'm glad I got photos, as talk has been happening regarding the depot. I've heard this building being relocated in town, though plans seemed to have fallen through and a replica is being built. I hope something fortunate comes to the current depot and museum pieces.
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The GTW route is abandoned and the Pere Marquette route is now operated by the Marquette Rail (G&W).
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| 1918/18 Cedar Springs @ 62,500 |
MQT =- Marquette Rail (G&W)
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