COOL PLACE! Started 75 years ago as a neighborhood bar, it hosted shows by rock and blues musicians for decades under various names such as Sign Of The Zodiac, Mr. Lou's, The Blue Rose, etc. and was eventually closed. The conversion to a church never happened and the original management of Bookie's Club 870 took it over in 2013. Bookie's was a punk-New Wave concert nightclub from 1978 to 1982 presenting concerts by The Police, Ultravox, The Dead Boys, The Damned, and many other British and American recording artists. The "new" Bookie's Club 870 will continue in that tradition. This is NOT to be confused with "Bookies Sports Bar" downtown, which has no connection with the original.

It's a Pokemon gym

My son loved this place as he is a train fan. The employees are awesome and do wry well education children and visitors on the history of the local rail lines Sotheby's present and past. We visited post a monthly train ride offered. NOTE: bring cash if you want to purchase any items from the museum as that is the only form of payment taken.

Very nice place! I go here often now and always enjoy seeing the train!

Wonderfully cared for and curated collection! The gentlemen that were working when we visited were very kind and loved explaining things to the kids. Very much worth the visit.

My husband and I enjoyed the fun and informative learning experience and the staff was very knowledgeable.

People there are well informed of the history of Michigan train transit system.

TRAIN RIDES NOT AT THIS ADDRESS. The train departs on Joy Boulevard get the correct address!

A great way to learn about the community's local history and an even better place to take kids to.

Love the train just wish the ride was longer but they do offer some refreshments when you return even hot dogs once.

Very Good. Soon to improve.

Fun little place to visit, especially if you like trains and Detroit history.

Love learning ..

Nice little gem

Knowledgeable staff lots of good stories

Great staff and interesting pieces on display. Great place to have nearby. Nothing but great things to say.

Great experience.

My toddler loved riding the train, wishes it went a little further.

Nice little local museum to rake the kids and lean about the train depot and travel history.

Pretty neat little place

Interesting little museum, learned a few things about Thomas Edison. The train ride is off site, but not too far away.

Some nice rail artifacts inside old railroad station.

Really nice staff,cool info and saw the inside of a caboose. Overall very cool and learned things i never knew

Small collection of international artists but a very well designed space.

Kind of small but nice staff with historical knowledge with displays. They may have a train ride on a nearby track that stops at a park then continues on to Selfridge Air National Base. They are usually one of the stops during holiday celebrations.

Disappointing because some of the tracks were out of commission so our 45 minute ride was cur to 35 minutes. So we had to stop and then go backwards. Was not told this until we were on the train. I would have liked a discount or the opportunity to reschedule.

Great little spot, only a10 min event, not where you board the train ride

Lots of history here. Very educational & interesting.

Neat train depot museum, volunteers are very informative. Gift shop has everything train related.

A lot of history. The depot was built for the Chicago, Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railway to serve the growing village and county seat of Macomb County: Mount Clemens. In 1862 at this depot, young Thomas Edison saved the station agent's small child from certain death. The child was on the tracks in the path of a rolling box car. In appreciation, the station agent taught Tom telegraphy. And so began Edison's short career in railroading. Some of his earliest inventions were based on what he learned at the station. The depot continued in railroad use until 1980, when the City of Mount Clemens bought it and leased it to Michigan Transit Museum for use as its headquarters and museum. The depot is now restored to its 1900 appearance. Inside are exhibits surrounding railroading of that era. Also inside is a railroad gift shop. There's quite a selection of items available that make great gifts or conversation pieces. As a reminder, the train depot is unfortunately NOT the location from which the Trolley-Train departs.

It has so much history! Plus it has a new caboose that was owned by Henry Ford!

A little piece of history near home

As a railfan, I really enjoy this place as it has a lot of cool artifacts and great staff. It's neat that it used to be a station so you can freely watch trains throughout your visit. There's also a train ride around 5 minutes away that rides on what once was a spur to the airport.

It was a nice experience

We came out of the darkness of night starting from this train station and train where Thomas Edison began his experiments as a child !

A transit and rail museum right in our metro area that preserves local transit history as well as broader rail history; that offers train rides, some with holiday themes, and that offers a membership opportunity to be involved in operating the museum and the trains.

Cool place to learn about the historical value of trains

Very nice Depot!

Little disappointing. Expected more

History rocks

A historical place preserving the local railroad artefacts. A very knowledgeable volunteer staff.

Something to remember. After a train fun ride .