Station: Lake Orion, MI

Lake Orion MI Interurban depotLake Orion MI MCRR Depot MC Lake Orion Depot NYC Passenger Train at Lake Orion MI Lake Orion was settled about 1819 and a power dam was built here in 1828. The town was known as Canandaigua and renamed Orion in 1834, and then Oakland in 1842. It became the village of Orion in 1859 and renamed Lake Orion in 1926. [MPN]

Lake Orion was located on the Michigan Central's Bay City branch, about 10 miles northwest of Rochester. The town was also served for a period of time by an interurban railroad time.

Photo Info: Top, the DUR interurban depot at Lake Orion. 2nd photo, the Michigan Central depot at Lake Orion. [both, Alan Loftis collection]; 3rd photo, a colorized postcard of the MC Lake Orion depot. [David McNeill collection]. 4th photo, New York Central passenger train No. 334 pulls through Lake Orion on June 3, 1949 with five cars. [Elmer Treloar photo, Charles Geletzke collection]


Notes


Time Line

1902. A new passenger station is built here by the MC, at a cost of $7,600. [MCR-1902]

1917. The MC had an agent-operator here during the day shift.. [TRT]

1928. The Michigan Central adds 1.7 miles of automatic block signals in Orion, including 2 GRS D.C. signals and storage batteries. [RSC-1929] Note: This was likely for station protection.

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

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