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Location / Name:
Cadillac MI, Wexford County - County Seat
What's Here:
Great Lakes Railway Depot
Cadillac Soo Lumber Co Shay Loco #1
Freight Shed
Data:
GPS Coordinates: as needed
Phone A/C: 231
ZIP: 49601
Access by train/transit:
None
The Scoop:
Tucked away in the middle of Michigan is Cadillac. Not much going on here today, but there is a depot definitely worthy of a stopover, in addition to a warehouse and the remnants of two yards.
If anyone has info on the train service to Cadillac, please let me know.
Acknowledgements:
Denver Todd
Bing Maps
Google Maps
Websites and other additional information sources of interest for the area:
None for now.....
Cadillac is not quite as convenient to get to as most of the other cities around Michigan.
The main highway in and out of Cadillac is US131. Going north out of Cadillac, it takes you up to Kalkaska, and going south on it takes you to Grand Rapids where you can finally get on an interstate.
Heading NW out of town on MI115, will take you to the coast, passing MI37, which if you go north on it, will take you into Traverse City.
Great Lakes Railway DepotGPS Coordinates: 44.25093, -85.40298
225 N Lake St, Cadillac MI 49601
231-775-4133
The above aerial shot shows the depot in the lower right hand corner, and the freight shed in the upper left hand corner.
Freight ShedLast used by the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay, it doesn't look like much is going on here. The track view is looking south towards the depot.
Cadillac Soo Lumber Co Shay Loco #1
Grade Crossing at Dresden St
Grade Crossing at Lake and Cass, by the depot
Not sure of this buildings heritage, but it looks suspiciously like a railroad building. It used to be about a half a block east of the depot on Cass, but in looking at Google Streetview, even going back to 2015, it looks like the building was torn down, darn.
Mile post 227, adjacent to the depot.
Billboard promoting 9000 carloads of products produced annually, from another era....
2009-0724MI3
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Aerial shots were taken from either Google or Bing Maps as noted. Screen captures are made with Snagit, a Techsmith product... a great tool if you have never used it!
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