Station: Saginaw, MI - Court Street Station - Saginaw Belt Line Station

Saginaw Belt Passenger Station The Pere Marquette built their Saginaw Belt Line around the growing town in 1888. The railroad established a depot here, which was used by a local commuter train which ran from East Saginaw and around the belt to the Fordney area.

The depot and freight house were located on the northwest corner of Court Street and N. Woodbridge.

Photo Info: This is a drawing of the belt line passenger and freight depots in 1901, taken from a Sanborn insurance map.


Notes 


Time Line

1890. June 5. Sunday night, the Court street depot of the F&PM was entered and $75 taken. A. G. Brown, clerk of the depot, has been arrested on the charge of robbing the depot and will have an examination in court on Saturday. Brown has heretofore borne an excellent reputation. [DFP-1890-0605]

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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