Station Map: Hudson, Michigan
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Above, a USGS map of Hudson, Michigan, circa 1960's. The original LS&MS (NYC) Old Road, built in the 1840's moves horizontally through town. The Cincinnati Northern line, which later became the Big Four (CCC&StL) and NYC was installed in the late 1800's and runs north to Jackson and southwest to the Ohio border. The lines did not cross at grade, using an over/underpass instead. This map suggests that there was a connection track in the southeast corner of what would have been the crossing. |
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Above, an 1868 panoramic, overhead view of Hudson. A Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana passenger train is steaming into town in the middle of the photograph. This panorama was made before the Cincinnati Northern was constructed. |
Hudson was served by two railroads, the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern "Old Road" (east and west) and the Cincinnati Northern (north and south). The Lake Shore passed over the CN tracks, north of the CN depot. The Lake Shore had their own depot, separate from the CN. The CN did not interchange with the Lake Shore at Hudson. The CN had a small eight track yard, and had a water thank and coaling facilities for locomotives. On the CN, there was also a stock handling facility for four double deck cars. Stock could be fed and watered at the facility. A 4,000 bushel capacity elevator was on the CN and owned by Cutler-Dickinson Company. CN also served the Pet Milk Company, Hackett Coal Company, Hardie Manufacturing Company, Porter Lumber Company and a scrap metal site.