Milwaukee Road Depot (Iron Mountain, Michigan)

Iron Mountain
The Iron Mountain Milwaukee Road depot in 1915
General information
Location101 East B Street
Iron Mountain, Michigan
Owned byEscanaba & Lake Superior Railroad
Line(s)Superior Division
Construction
Architectural stylemodified Neoclassical
History
Opened1910
Closed7 March 1968 (1968-03-07)
Previous namesWisconsin & Michigan Railway
Original companyMilwaukee Road
Former services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
Antoine
toward Ontonagon
 Ontonagon – Milwaukee East Kingsford
toward Milwaukee
Location

The Iron Mountain depot[note 1] was built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad—better known as the Milwaukee Road at milepost 208 in 1910. The current station has one of the last standing semaphore signals in Michigan.[2]

The original depot (burned June 17, 1987)[2] was moved to south of Avenue C to face D Street and repurposed as a freight house.[3]

Located at 101 East B Street in Iron Mountain, Michigan, the depot is part of the Iron Mountain Central Historic District. The 130 foot long brick depot has a modified Neoclassical design and is rectangular in shape with a slate roof. The depot has a 20x30 foot pavilion on the B Street end that connected to the general (non-smoking) waiting room. The station agent's office is located in the middle of the building, along with two restrooms. A baggage room is located on the south end.[4]

Soon after this area was settled, the news of mineral riches brought the railroads. Milwaukee Road predecessor Milwaukee and Northern Railway was the first railroad to reach Iron Mountain on November 20, 1887.[5][6]

The Wisconsin & Michigan Railway reached the town in 1898.[7] The Wisconsin & Michigan Railway used the train station at Iron Mountain jointly with the Milwaukee Road.

Passenger services endings

Automobile usage growth in the late 1950s caused the rail passenger usage to diminish greatly. Currently there is no direct rail passenger service to Iron Mountain, Michigan.

  • The Milwaukee Road discontinued the Chippewa passenger train altogether on February 2, 1960.[9][10][11]
  • The C&NW also discontinued its service to Iron Mountain station in the early 1950s.

Passenger service to Green Bay, Wisconsin and cities beyond (Milwaukee/Chicago) forever ended on March 7th, 1968.[12] There is an Amtrak Thruway Bus Service that connects to Marinette, Wisconsin.[13]

Nearby Milwaukee Road stations

See also

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References

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ In North America, the terms "depot" and "station" have historically been interchangeable for such structures.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ Wiatrowski 2007, p. 152.
  2. ^ a b Debruler, Dennis (October 25, 2021). "Towns and Nature: Iron Mountain, MI: E&LS/Milwaukee Office/Depot & Freight House, C&NW Depot and Ford Wood Plant". Towns and Nature.
  3. ^ Dale Berry. "michiganrailroads.com - Iron Mountain, MI ♦ ♣". www.michiganrailroads.com. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  4. ^ Cummings, William John, ed. (January 1, 1991). Dickinson County, Michigan From Earliest Times Through The Twenties. Dickinson County Board of Commissioners. pp. 228–229. ISBN 0963164015.
  5. ^ "Reminders-Menominee River-Ontonagon – Milwaukee & Northern Railway Historical Society". Milwaukee & Northern Railway Historical Society. Neenah-Menasha Model Railroad Club. 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  6. ^ Kirk T. Steudle, P.E. (October 13, 2014). "Michigan's Railroad History" (PDF). The Michigan Department of Transportation. The Sate of Michigan. p. 13. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  7. ^ "New Railroad for Iron Mountain in the Early Spring". Vol. XIX, no. 38. Range-Tribune. January 15, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "[ICC] Approve Wisconsin and Michigan Ry. Line Abandonment". The Daily Tribune. Wisconsin Rapids, Wi. Associated Press. January 20, 1938. p. 5. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  9. ^ Scribbins 1970, p. 200
  10. ^ "Milwaukee Road Drops Channing Chippewa Train". The Escanaba Daily Press. Escanaba, MI. Associated Press. January 23, 1960. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Milwaukee Road Moves Up Date To Curtail Service". The Escanaba Daily Press. Escanaba, MI. February 2, 1960. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b Burns, Adam (December 16, 2021). "The Copper Country Limited". American-Rails.com. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  13. ^ "2022 Wisconsin Amtrak Service" (PDF). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  14. ^ "Two juveniles in custody after fire levels old Pembine train depot". Daily News. June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.

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