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Station: Clyde, MI
Clyde is a hamlet in western Oakland County which was settled about 1836. [MPN] It was a station stop on the Flint & Pere Marquette (later C&O/CSX) line between Plymouth and Flint. The town is about half way between Milford and Holly. A controlled siding is located here for the passing of trains.
Photo Info: Top, the Pere Marquette depot at Clyde in the early 1900's. [CMUL]. 2nd photo, the same depot at Clyde. The depot is dwarfed by the town grain elevator.
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Time Line
1909. The PM built a new station here. [PMAR-1909]
1978. Quite a few changes took place in 1978. Chessie went on a building spree to increase capacity. The Clyde siding was extended south which more than doubled its capacity. [DH]
Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI