Station: New Boston, MI

New Boston Depot New Boston was settled about 1820 and originally called Catville. It was renamed New Boston in 1868. [MPN] New Boston was served by the Pere Marquette Railroad and is located in Huron Township, Wayne County, about four miles south of Romulus.

Photo Info: This is the New Boston depot in 1914. [Louis Niemann photo, Jim Pershing Collection]


Notes


Time Line

1898.  New Boston was a flag stop and the railroad had a day agent here. It also had water facilities for locomotives. [FPMTT-1898-0216]

1920. September 1. A Pere Marquette freight train strikes the read end of a Pennsylvania railroad passenger train (on the PRR) killing 1 and injuring three. ICC Report [PDF]

1945. The MSPC allows the railroad to reassign the New Boston agent to a different location. The railroad is required to maintain a caretaker at the station. [MPSC-1945]

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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