Rochester was served by the Michigan Central's Bay City Branch from Detroit to Saginaw/Bay City via Lapeer.
Photo Info: Top, the Michigan Central depot at Rochester. The depot has a dual direction train order mast, and what appear to be older block signals in the background. [Alan Loftis Collection]. 2nd photo, a 1963 view of the depot. [Charles Geletzke]. 3rd photo, the restored depot at Rochester in 2003. [Alan Loftis]. 4th photo, the Rochester Flood of 1950-51 causes the river in Rochester to go over its banks, which makes the passing track disappear into the water. The station semaphores, signaling "stop", are just past the flooded location. [Robert Bellairs Collection]
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