There is a historic railroad depot at 410 Vine Street Saint Joseph, Michigan. It was originally built for the Pere Marquette Railroad.  It was built in 1913. It has a large covered platform which was built to handle heavy summer traffic.

     The depot is currently a passenger stop on the Amtrak Grand Rapids to Chicago Pere Marquette Line.  The current waiting room is only a fraction in size of the original. The depot is owned by the city of Saint Joseph, Michigan.

     A substantial portion of the depot was remodeled to create a space for a restaurant.  This was Roxy’s Diner for several years until 2002. After this it briefly the Sunset Grill until 2003. The depot currently houses the Silver Beach Pizza Parlor.

    The railroad tracks adjacent to the station date to 1869.  The Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Line completed tracks between New Buffalo and Saint Joseph, Michigan.  The railroad went into bankruptcy in 1873. It was reorganized as the Chicago and West Michigan Railroad.  This company grew and prospered extending from La Cross to Traverse City, Michigan. Around 1900, the Railroad became part of the Pere Marquette Line.  Saint Joseph was then on the Pere Marquette main line running from Detroit to Chicago.   The Pere Marquette made many improvements including a swing bridge over the Saint Joseph River.

   The Saint Joseph Railroad Bridge crosses the Saint Joseph River.  It is the last bridge to cross the river before Lake Michigan. It was built in 1904 for the Pete Marquette Railroad. The builder was the American Bridge Company of New York.

     The bridge is a Metal River Connected Pratt through Truss Movable Swing. There is one main span and 3 approach spans.

     The main span length is 234 feet. The structure length is 544 feet. Width is 15 feet. It was rehabbed in 1941.

     The current owner of the bridge is CSX railroad.  The bridge remains in the open position as long as there is no railroad traffic.

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       This is a bascule  style bridge.  It is located in Michigan City Indiana.  It carries Franklin street over Trail Creek.  It was built in 1932.

    I happened upon this building by chance when I was visiting the Old Michigan City Lighthouse.  It is a one story brick New York Central Craftsmen Style Building at 100  Washington Street.   It was built for the Michigan Central Rairoad in 1905. I do not know when it ceased being used as a train station.  

     Apparently over the years, it was used by multiple restaurants.  Some of these were Swingbellys, 100 Washington and Arcadia.  Currently, it appears vacant. There appears to be a homeless encampment adjacent to the building.

     There is a concrete platform and three sided shelter adjacent to the railroad tracks in this area.  For forty years, these were used by Amtrak.  This service was discontinued in 2022.