MARP Member Meeting
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Lapeer Amtrak Station
78 Howard Street, Lapeer MI 48446
Make your plans now to attend the November 12 MARP meeting at the Amtrak station in Lapeer. PLEASE NOTE that the meeting will begin promptly at 12 o’clock Noon and end no later than 2:30 pm.
Our speaker will be T.J. Gaffney. He will speak on passenger train history in the eastern Thumb area, particularly in the Lapeer area. Gaffney is the owner of Streamline Historic Services, and is a consultant and contract historian to the museum and preservation fields. He is the former Director of the Steam Railroading Institute and the past Curator of Collections of the Port Huron Museum. He has written several articles on rail, maritime and local history and is the author of two books. The most recent is Rails Around the Thumb, part of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of Rail series. He lives in Port Huron with his wife, Heather, son Thomas, and daughter Phoebe.
If you would like grab a PRE-MEETING bite to eat and a chance to socialize with fellow members, we suggest stopping at Leo’s Coney Island 282 S Main St, Lapeer MI 48446. To allow plenty of time, plan to be there by 10:30am-10:45am. Leo’s serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. From I-69, go north on M-24/Lapeer Rd. which becomes Main St. You will see Leo’s on your left just north of Turrill Ave. From here, it is a 3-minute drive to the Amtrak station via Turrill Ave and S Court St.
If you would like to carpool to the meeting, please reply to this email. We’ll try to match you up with others in your area.
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Built by Grand Trunk Western, the Lapeer depot opened in 1906. Currently serving passengers on the Blue Water route, the depot received a complete historic restoration in 2004 led by the local transit agency which owns the depot. CLICK HERE for a photo of the station taken by MARP member Ren Farley.
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