Station: Columbiaville, Michigan
Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum
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Click Here to see the Historical Marker at the Columbiaville depot.
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Above, an early photograph of the Michigan Central Railroad depot in Columbiaville, Michigan. [Alan Loftis Collection] Below, the same depot captured on film in 1976. [Charlie Whipp] |
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The same depot, taken in 2003. [Alan Loftis] |
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Though the NYC/PC's Bay City Branch had 105 lb. rail, a section over Columbiaville Hill north of Milepost 69 was re-laid with 132 lb. rail. [CW]
The Detroit and Bay City Railroad reported to the Michigan Commissioner of Railroads in 1873 that they built a Howe Truss wooden bridge at Columbiaville, 100 feet long. The railroad also reported a 120 foot long wooden pile bridge at the same location. These are presumed to be the bridge (and approach) to the Flint River (later Holloway Reservoir). [MCR/1873]