As you can see, I lived thru some pretty interesting times in Flushing in my younger days. Another little tid-bit that isn't too well know is, Flushing actually had station agent until sometime in 1973. The former depot served as the focal point of the station agents "office" until around the latter part of 1971. It was at that time that the depot was sold by GTW to 2 men who wanted to make it a mid-scale restaurant, Harry Herman of Flushing, and Ken Massingill of Davison. In order for this to happen, GTW had to vacate the station agent, and they did that by constructing a very small building simular to a large yard shed. The placement of this building was about 75 feet south of Emily Street along the east side of the right of way. A siding that once went south to the depot was removed to make room for this building. It only took about a week for this little "office" to be constructed and operational. Of course, the agent was not a busy man, and during the day, one could drive down Emily street, look in the window as you passed, as see the agent in a snoozing manner. The agent was responsible for customers in Lennon (1), Flushing(4), Brent Creek (2) and Montrose(1), which really seemed to me like an unnecessary job to keep going. Apparently, so did GTW, as the station agent only lasted just under 2 years, and that little building was closed and removed a year or so later. I think the agent in Durand on Brand street took over that part of the job. I have a picture of a southbound GTW train moving past this structure right after it was built. Maybe I can find it and get it posted here. Like I mentioned in my posts above, Trainwatching in Flushing was really cool.