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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.
In 1946 Detroit & Mackinac Railway was the first in the United States to switch to an all-diesel, line-haul railroad. [1] In 1959, Michigan saw as an innovation in freight railroads the first roadrailer servicing between Grand Rapids and Traverse City .
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.
Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad: D&M: 1883 1894 Detroit and Mackinac Railway: Detroit, Bay City and Western Railroad: 1907 1925 Detroit, Caro and Sandusky Railway: Detroit Belt Line Railroad: NYC: 1909 1916 Michigan Central Railroad: Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad: WAB: 1880 1881 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway: Detroit ...
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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.
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