Station: Elmdale, MI

Elmdale was located on the border of Kent and Ionia counties, on the Pere Marquette Lansing to Grand Rapids main line. It was also a junction with PM branch lines south and north to Lowell and Saginaw. The town was settled in 1889. The most recent station at Elmdale was actually on the Kent County side of town. Most of the town was in Ionia County.

Top, the Elmdale depot in 1917. 2nd image, B&O 6926 leads train GR-87 as it rounds the curve heading west at Elmdale. The train will end at Wyoming yard. 1980's. [Mark Hinsdale photo], 3rd image, a view with a track section crew working on the passing switch at Elmdale. 1990s.

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Time Line

1889. A new station was erected at Elmdale. [DL&N-1889]

1904. A rear end collision on the Pere Marquette here kills five.

1913. December. The Pere Marquette installs a new 13-lever electromechanical interlocking machine at Elmdale. It has eight electrical and five mechanical levers. [TSE-12/1913]