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1907 HEMLOCK DEPOT

MINI PHOTO GALLERY

1870's: First depot built in Hemlock by the Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad.
1897: SVSL merges into the Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Western Railroad.
1900: DGR&W is merged into Pere Marquette.
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.
1947: Pere Marquette is merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
1957: Hemlock depot is remodeled to add indoor toilet facilities.
July 1976: Hemlock Depot is closed.
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 twelve miles down the same track to its present location. 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 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. For more about that rolling stock, including our RS1 Alco locomotive, click HERE.

The Society is continuing to update this website on a regular basis, so keep checking back!