Birmingham was settled in 1818 and was called Bloomfield. It was renamed in 1838. Birmingham became a village in 1864 and then a city in 1932. [MPN]
Birmingham is a station on the former Detroit & Milwaukee railroad (later GTW/CN) about three miles northwest of Royal Oak. The depot was located on the west side of the track just south of Maple Road. [GTWHS-2024-W]
Photo Info: Top, an old photograph of the GTW station at Birmingham. [Dave Fulkerth collection]. 2nd photo, the same depot from a different view. [CMUL]. 3rd photo, the DUR interurban electric plant at Birmingham.
1860. October 19. A head-on collision between two trains causes 5 deaths near Birmingham. [DFP-1860-1020]
1917. The GTW had an operator around the clock as well as a station agent. [TRT]
1947. November 26. Railroad officials sought to determine why 10 cars of a 55-ar GTW freight train went off the track at Birmingham station Tuesday night, tying up traffic for hours. Officials said there was no apparent cause for the derailment of the 42nd car of the train, arriving from Durand. No one was injured. Two westbound trains were derailed for several hours. [FLJ-1947-1126]
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