HOPKINS, MI
Hopkins, MI; February 2000
| Hopkins is about 25 miles south of Grand Rapids, on
an old Michigan Southern line, now abandoned, that ran from Kalamazoo to
Grand Rapids. It was built in 1869, as the Michigan Southern was building
branches to feed more traffic to its Detroit-Chicago main line.
By 1874 the New York Central had taken over the Michigan
Southern. In 1968 the New York Central and Pennsvlvania Railroads merged
to form Penn-Central. The railroad now had three lines into Grand Rapids
from the south. That was two too many, so the line through Hopkins was abandoned
in the early 1970's. |
Freight Door, North End
South End/Street Side
Old Postcard View of depot
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