Albion area selections:

• Albion railroad history [external]

• Albion Stories

• Interurban Station

• Lake Shore station

• Michigan Central station

• Tower "A" Interlocking

Albion area Time Line:

• 1844:  The "Central line" arrives

• 1872:  The LS&MS Lansing branch arrives

• 1882:  Current MC depot was built

• 1930: Tower "A" is remoted from depot

     Albion land was first purchased by speculators in 1830 and the first settlers arrived in 1833.  Albion was named after a town in New York state.  The town was platted in 1836 and became a Village in 1855.  It was incorporated as a city in 1885. [MPN]

     The first railroad to arrive in Albion was the state-owned "Central line" in 1844, which became the Michigan Central Railroad shortly thereafter.  It was extended west to Marshall in the same year.  Albion's other railroad was the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern's line from Jonesville to Lansing.  It arrived in January, 1872 and continued north later that year.