Station: Alba, MI

Alba began as a flag station on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad in 1876. The Village was platted in 1878. The Detroit & Charlevoix railroad entered town in 1901 and a tower was constructed with an interlocking machine to control the crossing. The location of the crossing is directly across from the Mobil station on US-131.

Image info: Top, a winter view of the Alba depot with ice hanging off the roof. [CMUL]. 2nd photo, another winter photo of the Alba depot and interlocking tower. 3rd, a summer view of the same location. 4th, "No. 7" takes on passengers at the Alba depot. [Alan Loftis collection]. 5th and 6th images, blueprints of the Alba interlocking [Mike Delaney collection]

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Time Line

1902. The Detroit & Charlevoix has an agreement in place to use the GR&I depot here. [MCRF-1902]