Station: Marcellus, MI

Marcellus DepotMarcellus DepotGTW Marcellus Water TowerDetroit Edison Coal Train through Marcellus MIThe village of Marcellus, in Cass County, was platted about 1870 and incorporated as a village in 1879. [MPN] The town was on the Grand Trunk Western (later Canadian National) railroad in the northeast corner of the county, about 15 miles northeast of Cassopolis.

Photo info: Top, the GTW depot at Marcellus. Note the tall tower down the track (likely for a crossing guard) and large water tower in the distance. [Alan Loftis Collection] 2nd photo, another view of the depot. [T. J. Gaffney Collection/CMUL] 3rd photo, a GTW locomotive has finished taking on water at Marcellus, in 1915. [Ted Zerbe Collection] Bottom, Burlington Northern 7268, a SD-40-2, leads an empty Detroit Edison unit coal train through Marcellus in March, 1994. [Mark Andersen]


Notes


Time Line

1915. The GTW had a 105 car passing track here. [GTOS-1915-1102]

1917. The GTW had an agent here during the day, as well as operator-telegraphers around the clock. Telegraph call was "CS". [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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