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Station: Barron Lake, MI
Barron Lake is located on the Michigan Central's Air Line Division about five miles east of downtown Niles but in Cass County. This was noted in a 1911 timetable. The station was near Barron Lake.
Image info: This is the small station in Barron Lake in a railroad valuation photo. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1917. The MC had an operator-agent here on the afternoon and midnight shifts. [TRT]
1920. On the Michigan Central, this is a prepaid station on the Air Line branch with no agent. [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
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