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MINI PHOTO GALLERY
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- 1870's: First depot built in
Hemlock by the Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad. Saginaw
Valley St. Louis becomes Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western in
1897, Pere Marquette Railway in 1900, Chesapeake & Ohio in
1947, then CSX Transportation in 1987.
- 1907: New depot built in Hemlock
by the Pere Marquette after original depot is destroyed by fire.
- Early 1940's: Passenger service
discontinued at Hemlock.
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1947: Pere Marquette
is merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
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1957: Hemlock depot is
remodeled to add indoor toilet facilities.
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July 16, 1976, 5:00pm: Hemlock
Depot closes.
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February 1982: Saginaw
Valley Railroad Historical Society is incorporated.
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October 1983: Depot
moved to its present location in Saginaw.
The Saginaw Railway Museum is housed in a former
Pere Marquette depot that was constructed in 1907. In 1983, it was
purchased by the Saginaw Valley Railroad Historical Society, Inc.
and moved to its present location, which sits on the same rail line
as it did in Hemlock (although this section of track has a different
railroad owner than back in Hemlock-but to learn that story,
you'll have to visit the museum).
The Society restored the depot, including constructing an basement,
a new indoor restroom, and a handicapped-accessible entrance.
In 1984, the museum was designated by the State of
Michigan as a State Historic Site.
The building houses museum artifacts and displays.
The basement of the Saginaw Railway Museum is home to an HO scale
model train layout. This layout was built and run by the Saginaw
Valley Model Railroad Club, which was dissolved into the Museum Society in
2007.
The semaphore from the Hemlock depot when it was
closed has been restored and now sits trackside at the depot. The
train order board is operable from the agent's bay.
In 1990, the Society constructed two tracks,
connected to the nearby mainline, to hold rolling stock acquired for
display. In 1991, CSX installed a switch to a local spur line (for
free!) For more about that rolling stock, including our RS1 Alco
locomotive, click HERE.
The Society is continuing to update this website on
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