Station: Clifford, MI

Clifford, in northeast Lapeer County, was settled about 1862 and became a village in 1891. [MPN]

Clifford is on the very north edge of Lapeer County and was a crossing of the north-south Pontiac, Oxford & Northern (later GTW) line to Caseville and the east-west Pere Marquette line from Saginaw to Port Huron via Marlette.

Image Info: Top, a southbound GTW train passes over the diamond at Clifford in the 1950's. [Don Wood photo, Charlie Whipp collection]. 2nd image, a photo of the union depot at Clifford. [CMUL]. 3rd image, the depot at Clifford. This was the crossing of the Port Huron & Northwestern and the Grand Trunk Western. [Alan Loftis collection]

Notes

Time Line

1917. The GTW had an agent here during the day shift. [TRT]

1911. July. Both the PM and P&ON ran two trains through Clifford each way, daily except Sunday. [OG-1911-07]

1960. Depot was removed by this date.

1970s. The C&O and the GTW had a gate to protect the crossing here. It was set for normal operations on the C&O, and those trains could proceed at 20 mph if the gate was properly set. [DH]