Station: Shelby, MI

PM Train Near Shelby PM Shelby Depot With Train PM Shelby MI Depot PM Shelby MI DepotPM Shelby MI DepotShelby was settled about 1866. The Chicago & West Michigan (later PM/C&O) came through about 1872 and the town became a village in 1885. [MPN]

Shelby was on the PM's Pentwater Branch about 15 miles south of Pentwater.

Photo Info: Top, a northbound passenger train approaching Shelby, Michigan in 1911. [Harlo Elliott photo]. 2nd photo, a passenger train arrives at Shelby with a crowd standing by. Comment indicates that this is a train headed for New Era. [Stoner Collection, UMB]. 3rd photo, two PM passenger trains pull through Shelby about 1900. [Dan Meinhard collection]. 3rd photo, the PM depot at Shelby. [Alan Loftis collection]. 4th photo, a 2003 photo of what reportedly is the former PM depot. [Alan Loftis]


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Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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