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Home. Stations | Locations. Alpena County - 04. Alpena, MI ♦ ♣. Hits: 6218. Station: Alpena, MI. Alpena was settled around 1835 and originally called Freemont but was changed by the post office to Alpena. [MPN] The first railroad communications from the south came in 1886 with the arrival of the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena.
The Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Railroad, was a 3 ft 2 in ( 965 mm) narrow gauge [2] short line operated from Bay City northward to the Lake Huron port of Alpena. The line was converted to 4 ft8+1⁄2in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge in 1886 [3] and was reorganized into the Detroit and Mackinac (D&M) on December 17, 1894.
- 1894–1992
- Lake State Railway
- D&M, DM
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Mar 11, 2014 · It’s the railroad that served Alpena from when its predecessor came into town in 1886 until Lake State Railway bought the line in 1992. The tracks are still in place and the freight still runs ...
Here you'll find an interactive map to follow along with the numerous lines and named locations utilized by the railroads in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Check back for updates as the...
Railroad: Detroit and Mackinac Railway Company. The Detroit & Mackinac railway was assembled by New York railroad financers associated with J. P. Morgan & Co. in 1895 by combining the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena and the Alpena & Northern railroads. The Au Sable & Northwestern was added about 1912.
view. talk. edit. The Alpena and Northern Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated briefly in northern Michigan during the 1890s. The company incorporated on July 28, 1893, with the intention of building an 85-mile (137 km) line from Alpena to Mackinaw City, on the south shore of the Straits of Mackinac.
The Clarke's interactive Michigan railroad map follows seven historical railway lines in Michigan and shows images of many of the depots and stations along the line, which are sourced from the Charles Conn Railroad Collection.
