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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. In ...
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 history of railroading in Michigan began in 1830, seven years before the territory became a state, with the chartering of the Pontiac and Detroit Railroad, but nothing came of this. This was the first such charter granted in the Northwest Territory, and occurred the same year the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began operation.
Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad: PM: 1871 1876 Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad: Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad: PM: 1876 1896 Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad: Detroit and Lima Northern Railway: DT&I: 1897 1901 Detroit Southern Railroad: Detroit and Mackinac Railway: D&M, DM D&M 1894 1992 Lake State Railway ...
Railroad Jack wowed Detroiters and University of Michigan students at the turn of the 20th century with his amazing recall of historical facts.
The Rogers City Branch was a railway line in Presque Isle County, Michigan. It ran north from a junction with the Detroit and Mackinac Railway main line near Posen, Michigan, to Rogers City, Michigan, on the shore of Lake Huron. The Detroit and Mackinac opened the line in 1911, and it was abandoned by the Lake State Railway in 2000.
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 train station's history reflects the city's fortunes during its heyday as the world's car capital and later misfortunes as thousands of auto workers and other residents fled Detroit for life ...