While Osceola did have a depot, I am unsure of it’s’ location. These buildings could of simply been storage buildings, sheds, or other railroad use structures. It’s location on the old rail line would make the depot a good guess however. If anyone knows where the Osceola depot was located, and if this is that depot, please let us know…

Well we now know that these foundations do not belong to the depot, but instead to a group of houses which one sat in the spot before the Mineral Range re-alignment came through the middle of them. Check out the scoop here when we revisit this same spot the following year.

I think the depot would be just east of the existing Mine St road, where it would intersect with the original railroad right of way. If I’m not mistaken, the photo of the Osceola depot off in the distance, Mine St is in the photo off to the left of the Depot. Mine St must have existed there years ago, with all the mines parallel to it. So something to go looking for in the spring, now who knows with the road there, the depot remains might have been covered/knocked over and may not exist anymore.
Gordy

Gordy…
I think your right. Its been my experience that you seldom find the ruins of the depot itself, since these structures were made out of wood primarily. I would however expect to find evidence of the platform, as I have done at Painesdale and Electric Park. But I did look all around that intersection with Mine Street you speak of and found nothing. I think they might of demolished it all when they widened the old right-of-way to make the existing road.

Interesting I did find some ruins along the old right-of-way at its intersection with the current Church Street. Perhaps the depot was there, or I just found another house ruin.

Another thing you may not have known, the line from Hancock originally went straight through Osceola, paralleled Church St crossed US 41 and went over towards Laurium. The street called Depot St between Calumet and Laurium had a depot there, hence the name Depot St. It was called the Red Jacket Station. This would have been Hancock & Calumet RR days. If you look at the high altitude photography, you can make out the right of way going straight through instead of turning right or left at the junction. I used to live on C Street and can remember being able to make out the rock fill as it came up to US41. A photo exists at here

This is another place for some great old photos