Station: Barron Lake, MI

MC Barron Lake Depot Barron Lake is located on the Michigan Central's Air Line Division about five miles east of downtown Niles but in Cass County. This was noted in a 1911 timetable. The station was near Barron Lake.

Image info: This is the small station in Barron Lake in a railroad valuation photo. [CMUL]


Notes


Time Line

1917. The MC had an operator-agent here on the afternoon and midnight shifts. [TRT]

1920. On the Michigan Central, this is a prepaid station on the Air Line branch with no agent. [MCOAS]

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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