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The Detroit and Mackinac Railway (reporting marks D&M, DM), informally known as the "Turtle Line", was a railroad in the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The railroad had its main offices and shops in Tawas City with its main line running from Bay City north to Cheboygan , and operated from 1894 to 1992.
The Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad was a land grant railroad that was built and operated briefly (1881–1886) in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Incorporated in 1879, the 151.9-mile (244.5 km)-long railroad began operations in 1881.
The Lake State Railway acquired the Detroit and Mackinac Railway on February 17, 1992. At the time, service on the Rogers City Branch had declined to a single weekly trip, and three customers remained between Rogers City and Alpena. [6] The Lake State Railway abandoned the branch, and the remainder of the old Alpena and Northern main line, in ...
The railroad of the Detroit & Mackinac Railway Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad, located along the northeastern coast of the southern peninsula of Michigan. The main line extends northerly from Foss, via Alpena, to Cheboygan, a distance of about 195 miles.
The first SS Sainte Marie, which was retired in 1911.. The Mackinac Transportation Company (MTC) was a joint venture founded in 1881 by three separate railroads, the Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, and the Michigan Central, to create a twelve-month service to connect their three railheads located in Mackinaw City, Michigan and St. Ignace, Michigan.
The Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad was chartered in 1831 with a capital of $1,500,000. [4] The railroad actually began construction on May 18, 1836, starting at "King's Corner" in Detroit, which was the name by which the southeast corner of Jefferson and Woodward Avenue was then known.
Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road (ADBF); Ann Arbor Railroad (AA); Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSAM), and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
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