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St Joseph Michigan Pere Marquette Station
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Re: St Joseph Michigan Pere Marquette Station
THIS PM/C&O PHOTO IS AWESOME! I feel like images of passenger trains west of Grand Rapids seem to be more rare than those between GR and Detroit. And in high resolution, too. I could do some sleuthing to guess the year. A PM unit in C&O paint but with PM lettering and modified porthole windows should be fairly easy to narrow down. Not to mention the automobiles...
Either way, it appears I was about three steps to the left of that photographer perhaps about 50 years later, around 2007, when I snapped this photo of the morning Pere Marquette having just boarded its Chicago-bound passengers and whistled off. The depot has really changed since then - I support Silver Beach Pizza and their immense popularity, but you almost can't recognize the depot any more under all the various additions. Is there even still a corner for waiting Amtrak passengers to sit? At one, point, it was in the bay window, but I fear there's a Pizza Hut style buffet in there now....
Either way, it appears I was about three steps to the left of that photographer perhaps about 50 years later, around 2007, when I snapped this photo of the morning Pere Marquette having just boarded its Chicago-bound passengers and whistled off. The depot has really changed since then - I support Silver Beach Pizza and their immense popularity, but you almost can't recognize the depot any more under all the various additions. Is there even still a corner for waiting Amtrak passengers to sit? At one, point, it was in the bay window, but I fear there's a Pizza Hut style buffet in there now....
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Re: St Joseph Michigan Pere Marquette Station
Looks like a '56 Ford & a '55 or '56 Chevy.
The License plate is dark letters on light background so my guess would be 1956, could be '58 or '59.
The License plate is dark letters on light background so my guess would be 1956, could be '58 or '59.