Other Photographs:

• Photo:  A New York Central baseball passenger special deadheads through Warren.

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The Michigan Central depot in Warren, Michigan.  Warren now has about 200,000 residents, but the town of Warren had but a thousand people or so when this station was active.  Below, an old black and white view with modern transportation waiting trackside.  [Alan Loftis collection]

Below, another early view of the Michigan Central station at Warren.  Note the message box on the side of the depot.  These boxes were used for a short time on depots and interlocking towers in the late 1800's on the Michigan Central.  The purpose was to post the departure of recent trains in a crude form of train spacing system.  The number on the box were changed from inside the depot and the box was back lighted through an oil lamp.  If you closely, you can see the chimney for the oil lamp protruding above the message box.  Most of these message boxes were used on the MC's Air Line Division, but they have been observed at depots on the Bay City and Toledo branches.  [Alan Loftis Collection]