Locomotives Along the Lakeshore: Railroads of Berrien County, Michigan is now available for sale in the museum gift shop. These soft cover books are $23.95 plus tax. Author Robert Myers, curator at the History Center at Courthouse Square in Berrien Springs has put together a wonderful history of the local railroads.
North Berrien had a number of stations over the years including Riverside, Coloma, and Watervliet on the Pere Marquette line from Chicago to Detroit. Myers also includes the electric interurban trains that ran from St. Joseph to Coloma, Paw Paw Lake, and Watervliet via Millburg and Bainbridge Township. A great selection of photographs from collections including the North Berrien Historical Society's make the book a great gift for local historians and train enthusiasts.
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