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Station: Fabius, MI
Fabius was settled about 1830 [MPN]
The town was located five miles west of Three Rivers in St. Joseph County, along the MC's Air Line Branch.
Photo Info: Top, the Fabius Depot in a railroad valuation photo. Note that this depot has a message box for trains on the side. [CMUL]. 2nd photo, the MC depot at Fabius with a section crew stopped in front for a photograph.
Notes
Time Line
1917. The MC had an operator-agent-switchtender here around-the-clock. [TRT]
1920. On the Michigan Central "Air Line", this is a passenger, freight and express agency joint with the American Railway Express Company. Interline tickets are not issued. Ned Trattles is the agent. The telegraph call sign is "FA". [MCOAS]
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