The MCRR Depot at Ann Arbor around 1905.

Amtrak loads westbound passenger train at their depot.  February, 1973  [Mark Dobronski]

Other Photographs:

• Photo:  Amtrak's Turbo Train stops in Ann Arbor to pick up passengers.  1975.

Other Information:

• Article:  Transportation in Ann Arbor:  Railroads (University of Michigan) [External]

• Article:  Transportation in Ann Arbor:  A Fictional Day in the life of Claude Stoner  (UofM) [External]

• Article:  Transportation in Ann Arbor:  Street Cars and Interurbans (University of Michigan) [External]

(Below)  Three photographs of the Michigan Central Railroad Depot in Ann Arbor, circa 1905.  All of these were taken before the automobile became common.  Note the horse-drawn carriages picking up and dropping off passengers at the station.  In the middle photo, the Broadway Street bridge already exists (to get carriages over the tracks) and the "gas works" tank is directly behind the depot.  [Library of Congress collection]

Above, a beautiful postcard view of the Michigan Central station, with the Broadway Street bridge in the background.  Below, New York Central 4692 leads up an eastbound passenger train at the Ann Arbor depot in the 1950's.  [Richard Cook photo, Doug Leffler collection]