Station: Swan Creek, MI

MC Swan Creek Depot Swan Creek was organized about 1860, and became a station stop on the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw (later MC/NYC/PC) line about three miles south of Paines in Saginaw County.

Image info: A photo of the MC statin at Swan Creek, in a railroad valuation photo in 1918. Note the old semaphore block signal at the station. [CMUL]


Time Line

1917. The MC had an operator-agent here on the day shift. [TRT]

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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