Station: Edwardsburg, MI

Edwardsburg DepotEdwardsburg Depot with trainEdwardsburg DepotNew GTW Edwardsburg DepotEdwardsburg in Cass County was settled about 1828. It was later incorporated as a village in 1911. [MPN] It is located on the Grand Trunk Western main line between Battle Creek and South Bend, Indiana. The town is 3 miles north of the Indiana state line.

Photo info: Top three views, early views of the GTW depot. Bottom, a replacement brick station which was built in 1953, photographed in 1988. [Charlie Whipp]


Notes


Time Line

1915. The GTW had a 19 car passing track here. [GTOS-1915-1102]

1917. The GTW had a station agent here during the day. Telegraph call was "RG".  [TRT]

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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