Station: Loretto, MI

Loretto was a mining town created by the Appleton Mining Company in 1892 in Dickenson County, about 2 miles east of Vulcan on US-2.  It was located on the C&NW Powers to Iron Mountain line.

Also crossing near this location was the Wisconsin & Michigan railroad which came north from Faithorn Junction to the mining district between Loretto and Iron Mountain. The W&M crossed under the CNW.

Photo info: Top, a winter photo of the former W&M underpass at Loretto in 2006, The abandoned line crosses under the existing CNW line here. [Dale Berry]  2nd photo, C&NW 1904 works in Iron Mountain to Escanaba ore service in 1973. Here the train passes Loretto. [Greg Bunce]

Notes

Loretto had a bay window style depot in 1917.

The second main line began here heading west in 1917.

The C&NW Ore Line from Escanaba to Antoine paralleled the Powers to Iron Mountain main line, about 300' north of the depot.

Loretto was located just east of Sturgeon Lake. The railroad had a 3000' crossover track between the two C&NW lines at a location called Sturgeon.

Time Line

1918. The C&NW had a night agent/operator at this station. [TRT]