Historical Photos

A selection of photos related to the early days of the Pere Marquette.

Train & Station on the Pere Marquette predeccesor

Engine, locomotive, 1500 h.p., Ste. Claire [i.e. St. Clair] tunnel, Port Huron, Mich.

Early Ballast Train

Electric engine, Detroit River tunnel

Transfer steamer Detroit

Car ferry turning in ice, Detroit River between 1880 and 1901

Copper for shipment, Houghton, Mich.

[Detroit, Mich., sinking cast section of Michigan Central Railroad Company tunnel]

Pere Marquette Railroad station and Railroad Park, Petoskey, Mich.

Pere Marquette R.R. station and Railroad Park, Petoskey, Mich.

Pere Marquette Station, Charlevoix

Ste. Claire [i.e. St. Clair] tunnel, Port Huron, Mich.

Engines 4704 and 4051 of the L.S. and M.S. railroad between 1880 and 1920 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad.