Station: Alden, MI

PM Alden DepotPM Alden DepotPM Alden DepotAlden was founded in 1868 in Antrim County, originally named Noble and then Spencer Creek. The Pere Marquette railroad came through in 1891 and the town was renamed for an official of the PM road, William Alden Smith. [MPN]

Photo info: Top, the PM depot. [Alan Loftis collection]. Middle, a newer view of the restored depot. [Kevin Toombs]. 3rd, a 2004 view of the depot. [Alan Loftis], Bottom, a C&O diesel set with a southbound passenger train stopping in Alden in 1952. [Doug Leffler Collection]


Notes


Time Line

1907. The PM erected a new station at this location in 1907. [PMAR-1907]

C&O 106 at Alden

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

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