Marlette, MI: 1890 Museum/C&O/PM Depot and Grain Elevators

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Street View, Nov 2024

John Maher, Apr 2019

Thumbwind posted

Marlette Train Depot - Beautifully Restored History

The Marlette Train  Depot is a beautiful and well-restored example of a late 1800s rural Michigan railway train station. Today its a historical marker and museum.

https://thumbwind.com/2021/09/02/marlette-train-depot/...

The town has a big grain elevator that is rail served.

Street View, Nov 2024

I got this other view of the two old grain elevators. It looks like the close one is made with brick that is painted white.

Street View, Nov 2024

And it appears to be a feed mill.

Street View, Nov 2024

The storage elevator used to have a grain pile.

Satellite

The railroad is the Huron & Eastern Railway (HESR).

National Rail Network Map

hesr via Dennis DeBruler

West Olive, MI: 1960s+1980 1.5gw J.H. Campbell Power Plant

(Satellite)

Street View, Jun 2024

Street View, Jun 2024

I'm surprised Unit 3 was not supercritical since Unit 2 was. Maybe supercritical in 1967 was bleeding edge and they had enough problems that they were chicken to try it again.

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By Nov 2025, it had cost $113m to keep the plant running past its planned May 2025 retirement. 

Detroit News posted

Energy regulators as far away as South Dakota are resisting having to pay to keep a coal-burning power plant in Michigan operating. 

Full story: bit.ly/3PNyPvf [paywall, but I was able to get the name of the plant.]

📸 Brett Farmer, Special to the Detroit News

Mike Himmel: The real story DETnews and other mainstream media won't share with You is 1) Midwest is already at high risk of blackouts according the the experts MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator). 2) Data centers are going to put a massive spike on demand with just 1 of the 14 planned (Saline) by itself is going to increase DTE's demand by 25% or the equivelent of a million customers. 3) Whitmers appointed minions at the MPSC are approving the fast tracked applications quickly even as Nessel calls for more hearings and transparency 3) Michigan has had renewable mandates for the last 17 years and its still less than 10% of our total supply and like anything they take the lowest handing fruit first (meaning the projects with the best output for the assets deployed) 4) combine this with Michigans -0- carbon mandate and we are headed to a self created energy crisis. We are going to need not just that coal power plant but in reality another large nuke plant that will take a decade to build. We are literally putting the cart before the horse. The big question is why are the same people that pretended they cared about the climate now suddenly ignoring the will of the people, putting our energy and water supplies at risk? DETNEWS is derelect in their duties as a main news source for Michigan to not even ask the most basic question, but here DETNEWS prestends coal power cost more than renewables. Where is all the electricity going to come from? And don't accept lame answers like windmills and batteries. DETNEWS step up Your game!

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This article about Trump forcing the plant to stay open is not behind a paywall.

Mining #Shorts posted

The fight over Michigan’s J.H. Campbell coal plant has turned into a bigger legal test over who controls America’s power grid.

Consumers Energy planned to shut the Ottawa County plant on May 31, 2025. Days before that retirement date, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright ordered it to keep running for 90 days under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act.

Three extensions followed. Nearly a year later, the plant is still being kept alive, and the backlash is growing.

The Department of Energy argues the order was justified by a national energy emergency and the risk of electricity shortages. Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota and environmental groups see something very different: an abuse of emergency powers.

Their case is straightforward. A planned coal retirement isn’t the same as an immediate grid crisis, and power reliability already has state, regional and federal planning channels.

Then there’s the cost.

Consumers previously said closing Campbell would save customers $600 million by 2040. Keeping it open reportedly costs $615,000 a day [wow. why?], with at least $135 million tied to operations after its scheduled retirement.

Consumers isn’t fighting the order directly. It wants assurance it can recover the cost from the wider MISO grid.

That’s why everyone is watching this case.

A ruling against the federal order could limit Washington’s ability to keep aging coal plants running. A ruling in favor could turn emergency authority into a powerful new tool for delaying coal retirements across the U.S.

Interlocken, MI: C&O/PM+Manistee and North Eastern Depot and Junction Tower

Crossing: (Satellite)

Greg Bunce posted
Interlochen, Michigan crossing of the Pere Marquette and the Manistee and North Eastern in Northwestern Lower Michigan.  Both lines are now gone.

The "National Music Camp" is why I have heard of the town Interlocken.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Greg's post
The M&NE was gone by 1956. I found another map that shows it came up from between the two lakes.   1956 Thompsonville Quad @ 62,500

The Pere Marquette is easy to find on a satellite image since it appears to be a trail. But the M&NE is pretty well erased. So, I got this aerial to find the M&NE.

Apr 1, 1955 @ 17,000; AR1VBF000060052

The M&NE was between Depot Road and J. Maddy Pkwy where it crossed the PM. The joint depot appears to be gone by 1955 since the M&NE has been abandoned.

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Bay Port, MI: Lost/Master Mix Grain Elevator and Quarry

Elevator: (Satellite?)

Quarry: (Satellite)

Duane Wurst posted

Another Bay Port image. 

Here is the Wallage and Morely Bay Port Grain Elevator. The original elevator was built in the late 1800s, when the railroad came into Bay Port. Then, the fish companies were shipping tons of fish out. When Wallage and Morely came into Bay Port, the purchased the General store from Leiken and the Grain Elevator. Soon they also owned several grain elevators alone with the quarrry in Bay Port.

The image here was taken some time in early 1950s.

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Mike Steel shared

I confirmed with another map that the C&O railroad was originally Pere Marquette.

1954/54 Flint Quad @ 250,000

The quarry noted on the above topo map still exists.

Satellite

Judging by the hopper cars on the siding, it is rail served. 

Satellite

The PM route is now owned by the Huron & Eastern Railroad.

hesr via Dennis DeBruler

Benton Harbor, MI: Lost/Union Station (C&O/PM and Big Four)

(Satellite, a long shack now sets on part of the land.)

Walter Jung posted
Union Station, Benton Harbor Michigan - not posted, date c. 1910.

Donna J Lippert: On North Shore Drive

Tim Shanahan shared
Joe Barron posted
Union Station, Benton Harbor.

Durand Union Station-Michigan Railroad History Museum posted

Today’s featured depot is the union station in Benton Harbor 

Benton Harbor, located in Berrien County, was settled about 1860 and quickly became a major industry hub for the area. 

Benton Harbor served as a stop on the Pere Marquette’s (later the C&O) main route connecting Grand Rapids with Chicago. Additional branch routes operated by the Michigan Central, Big Four, and Pere Marquette railroads extended from the area toward Galien, Niles, and Buchanan, respectively. 

A union station meant the depot served more than one railroad.

Sources are listed in the comments.

Durand Union Station-Michigan Railroad History Museum: Source (image & some content):

"Station: Benton Haror, MI". Michigan Railroad History. www.michiganrailroads.com/stations-locations/75-berrien-county-11/522-benton-harbor-mi. Accessed 04 September 2026.

Michael Moran: This one pictured also served the New York Central in Benton Harbor. This was the Union Station located off of Water Street and North Shore Drive.

Pere Marquette came up north along the lake, went through town, and left to the Northeast. Michigan Central came up along the west side of the river and terminated in this town. I don't think it got to the Union Station. Big Four came up from the Southeast, went past this station and terminated along the north side of the river.

1930/46 Benton Harbor Quad @ 62,500

Apr 20, 1969 @ 20,000; AR1VCEV00010046

At first, I thought that it was the big black rectangle in the northeast quadrant of North Shore Drive and the PM tracks. But that location did not correlate with Walter's postcard. Then I noticed the white rectangle just south of the Big Four mainline. But that also didn't correlate with the postcard. Then I saw the rectangle with all of the bumps on the roof in the southwest quadrant of the tracks and North Shore Drive. That does correlate with the postcard. The view in the postcard is looking Southwest with the train on the curve of the PM tracks. Note that the PM passengers have to cross the Big Four tracks to access their train.

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Chicago, IL Depot: Grand Central Station, Marty Bernard's Collection

Please see Grand Central Station for general information. These notes have photos posted by just Marty Bernard because he and his friends covered this depot well.

Marty Bernard posted five images with the comment:

Grand Central Station and Trains, Chicago, Part 1

From the Historic American Buildings Survey Collection of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

The pictures are the best I have seen of Chicago's Grand Central Station. It was an amazing structure. 

Captions with photos.

Brian A Morgan commented with some background:

Grand Central Station was a passenger railroad terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, from 1890 to 1969. It was located at 201 West Harrison Street on a block bounded by Harrison, Wells and Polk Streets and the Chicago River in the southwestern portion of the Chicago Loop. Grand Central Station was designed by architect Solon Spencer Beman for the Wisconsin Central Railroad (WC), and was completed by the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad purchased the station in 1910 and used it as the Chicago terminus for its passenger rail service, including its Capitol Limited service to Washington, D.C. Major tenant railroads included the Soo Line Railroad, successor to the Wisconsin Central, the Chicago Great Western Railway, and the Pere Marquette Railway. The station opened December 8, 1890, closed November 8, 1969, and was demolished in 1971.

Marty Bernard shared

Matt McClure: 50 years plus to redevelop Wells and Harrison. Goldberg's River City just south remains cold and horrible.

Marty Bernard shared

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Cervin Robinson, Photographer July, 1963

EXTERIOR: FROM NORTHWEST - Grand Central Station, 201 West Harrison Street (Corner of West Harrison & South Wells), Chicago, Cook County, IL

Reproduction Number: HABS ILL,16-CHIG,18--1

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Reproduction Number: HABS ILL,16-CHIG,18- (sheet 4 of 4)

Jerry Hund: Folks, this is no CAD drawing. It’s the real deal. Hand drawn with t square and triangle on vellum... Beautiful.

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Reproduction Number: HABS ILL,16-CHIG,18--3

Evan Stair: Take a look at the grease spots on the benches where heads would rest.

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 Cervin Robinson, Photographer July, 1963

INTERIOR: TRAIN SHED - Grand Central Station, 201 West Harrison Street (Corner of West Harrison & South Wells), Chicago, Cook County, IL

Reproduction Number: HABS ILL,16-CHIG,18--2

Larry J. Pearlman: One of the most European looking stations in North America.

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Reproduction Number: HABS ILL,16-CHIG,18- (sheet 3 of 4)

Peter Nieft commented on Photo 2
From the book ‘Chicago Stations & Trains, (John Kelly 2008) in 1947 some of Chicago’s stations were to be modernized with an Art Deco appearance. Here is an image from that book of Grand Central Station.

Marty Bernard posted four photos with the comment: "Grand Central Station and Trains, Chicago, Part 2   These are Roger Puta's photos."

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Marty Bernard posted again

Mike Bauer: Wish they would have saved the building like they did with Dearborn.

Matt McClure: Mike Bauer Richard J. Daley had zero interest in preservation and he [mistakenly] believed that the lot would be built on immediately. Excluding Goldberg's River City one block south, Daley was off by 50 years.

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B&O 1462 (E8A) with Train 7, The Diplomat, at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on August 30, 1969. Roger Puta photo

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B&O Nappanee (5 Double Bedrooms and a Lounge) at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on August 30, 1969. Roger Puta photo

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Waiting Room at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on August 30, 1969. Roger Puta photo

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B&O 1452 (E8A) with Train 6, The Capitol Limited, waiting to depart Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on December 26, 1967. Roger Puta photo

Marty Bernard posted four photos with the comment: "Grand Central Station and Trains, Chicago, Part 3   These are Bill Howes's photos.  Captions with photos."

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B&O E8Am 1435 with Train 10, The Washington Express, the last day at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on November 8, 1969. Bill Howes photo

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B&O E8Am 1435 with Train 10, The Washington Express (right) leaving Grand Central Station, while The Capitol Limited is being switched, the last day at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on November 8. 1969. Bill Howes photo

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B&O Train 10, The Washington Express at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on July 17, 1964. Bill Howes photo

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B&O E8A 1449 with Train 10, The Washington Express leaving Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on October 4, 1964. Bill Howes photo

Marty Bernard posted six photos with the comment: "Grand Central Station and Trains, Chicago, Part 4  Captions with photos."

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B&O E8A 1452 about to leave and leaving Chicago's Grand Central Station with the Capitol Limited for points east the evening of December 26, 1967.

John Clark: Somewhere very close to 11 cars at GCS and about 13 cars after picking up # 20's cars at Willard.

Donald Dexter: One time on the old Cap, the Garrett high school band came down to serenade the train.

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B&O E8A 1452 about to leave and leaving Chicago's Grand Central Station with the Capitol Limited for points east the evening of December 26, 1967.

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B&OCT 9511 switching Grand Central Station below the Roosevelt Road Viaduct, Chicago, IL May 13, 1964.

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B&O 1425 E7A with Train 1 the Diplomat Grand Central Station Chicago, IL in February 1965. Rick Burn photo

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B&O 1446 E8A with Train 6 the Capitol Limited at Grand Central Station Chicago IL in November 1969. Rick Burn photo

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B&O 1465 E8A with Train 6 the Capitol Limited at Grand Central Station Chicago IL on August 27 1969. Tom Hoffmann photo

Ben Cornelius: Quite the plow there. Wonder what it hit.

John Clark: Ben Cornelius You can rule out the usual animal suspects, deer, possum and raccoon an other animals. My best hunch would be an obstruction such as a misplaced rr tie. I once hit a sun kink at 50 mph and was running an older wide-body. Needless to say it bent the snow-plow a little, but sounded like exploding dynamite. I would also believe, some one from the mechanical department, bent it up and out of the way so the 1465 could still be used in revenue service.

Marty Bernard posted five images with the comment:

Grand Central Station and Trains, Chicago, Part 5

Captions with photos.

Brian A Morgan commented with some background:

Grand Central Station was a passenger railroad terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, from 1890 to 1969. It was located at 201 West Harrison Street on a block bounded by Harrison, Wells and Polk Streets and the Chicago River in the southwestern portion of the Chicago Loop. Grand Central Station was designed by architect Solon Spencer Beman for the Wisconsin Central Railroad (WC), and was completed by the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad purchased the station in 1910 and used it as the Chicago terminus for its passenger rail service, including its Capitol Limited service to Washington, D.C. Major tenant railroads included the Soo Line Railroad, successor to the Wisconsin Central, the Chicago Great Western Railway, and the Pere Marquette Railway. The station opened December 8, 1890, closed November 8, 1969, and was demolished in 1971.

Marty Bernard shared

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B&O 1413 E6A built 1940 and SOO 2554 GP9 built 1954 at Grand Central Station Chicago IL in October 1960. Rick [B]urn photo

Rodney D Zona: Old B&O Railroad Garrett, IN based passenger train and engine crews worked to and from Chicago. Old Soo Line Railroad Stevens Point, WI based passenger train crews worked to and from Chicago. Old Soo Line RR Fond du Lac, WI based engine crews worked to and from Chicago.

Nate Beal: That's the laker next to it!

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C&O E8A 4009 built late 1951 at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL about to take the Pere Marquette to Michigan the evening of December 12, 1967.

Rodney D Zona: Old C&O Railway Grand Rapids, MI based passenger train and engine crews worked to and from Chicago. In photos 2 and 3.

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C&O 4026 E8A with Train 8 at Grand Central Station Chicago IL in November 1969. Rick Burn photo

Arthur House: 4026 was renumbered 1471 and was the last C&O E unit in service, lasting several years in Amtrak service. It was never repainted out of C&O colors.

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Marty Bernard posted
Even though this is a poor photo, I wanted to show you the sign.  B&O Grand Central Station in Chicago, IL, circa 1968

Robert Preis commented on Marty's post
Tried to clean it up a little bit….