End of the line for the M.C. MC Depot?
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:34 am
https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local ... b46dc.html
Here's the relevant part:
Gary Water Tower, Roosevelt High, Michigan Central Railroad Depot deemed most endangered places in Region
By Joseph S. Pete Jan 28, 2020
The Gary Water Tower, Gary Roosevelt High School, the Michigan Central Railroad Depot in Michigan City and East Chicago’s Calumet Trust and Savings Bank are among the most endangered places in the Calumet Region.
The Calumet Heritage Partnership — a partnership of arts organizations, historical societies, libraries and other groups in the Calumet Region, which spans the watersheds of the Calumet rivers of Illinois and Indiana — recently announced its Calumet Heritage Area Most Endangered list for 2020. It identifies historic places threatened "by neglect, disuse, or new development" in the Calumet Heritage Area, which includes all of Lake, Porter, and LaPorte counties in Northwest Indiana.
"In Michigan City, the developer of waterfront condominiums has offered the circa 1910 Prairie-style Michigan Central Railroad Depot to anyone who can pay for its relocation," according to Indiana Landmarks. "If nobody steps forward, the depot will be leveled to make way for the new development."
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Has anyone else heard this? A restaurant/pub called Arcadia has taken over the Michigan Central depot after Swingbelly moved out a couple years ago. With the depot occupied I'm surprised they would be kicked out. I swung by the depot last weekend on the way to the Model Train Show, and will post some photos below and in a follow up message.
Michigan City's former Michigan Central RR Depot, in remarkably good shape. Whose former track is the one crossing the driveway just to the south of the depot? I don't think this passenger depot was ever a "union" depot with any of the other roads in Mich. City, but I know other tracks did parallel the MC. All that remains is this short crossing segment in the asphalt, but again, another interesting piece of railroad history soon to be lost to time. No current Amtrak train information is posted for passengers that I could see. I do enjoy the older pointless-arrow sign with the Station and Parking indications. Amtrak trains stop at 8:28am, 6:53pm and 9:12pm, although other trains pass through without stopping.
Here's the relevant part:
Gary Water Tower, Roosevelt High, Michigan Central Railroad Depot deemed most endangered places in Region
By Joseph S. Pete Jan 28, 2020
The Gary Water Tower, Gary Roosevelt High School, the Michigan Central Railroad Depot in Michigan City and East Chicago’s Calumet Trust and Savings Bank are among the most endangered places in the Calumet Region.
The Calumet Heritage Partnership — a partnership of arts organizations, historical societies, libraries and other groups in the Calumet Region, which spans the watersheds of the Calumet rivers of Illinois and Indiana — recently announced its Calumet Heritage Area Most Endangered list for 2020. It identifies historic places threatened "by neglect, disuse, or new development" in the Calumet Heritage Area, which includes all of Lake, Porter, and LaPorte counties in Northwest Indiana.
"In Michigan City, the developer of waterfront condominiums has offered the circa 1910 Prairie-style Michigan Central Railroad Depot to anyone who can pay for its relocation," according to Indiana Landmarks. "If nobody steps forward, the depot will be leveled to make way for the new development."
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Has anyone else heard this? A restaurant/pub called Arcadia has taken over the Michigan Central depot after Swingbelly moved out a couple years ago. With the depot occupied I'm surprised they would be kicked out. I swung by the depot last weekend on the way to the Model Train Show, and will post some photos below and in a follow up message.
Michigan City's former Michigan Central RR Depot, in remarkably good shape. Whose former track is the one crossing the driveway just to the south of the depot? I don't think this passenger depot was ever a "union" depot with any of the other roads in Mich. City, but I know other tracks did parallel the MC. All that remains is this short crossing segment in the asphalt, but again, another interesting piece of railroad history soon to be lost to time. No current Amtrak train information is posted for passengers that I could see. I do enjoy the older pointless-arrow sign with the Station and Parking indications. Amtrak trains stop at 8:28am, 6:53pm and 9:12pm, although other trains pass through without stopping.