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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. The Lake State Railway abandoned the branch, and the remainder of the old Alpena and Northern main line, in 2000.
Alpena & Hubbard Lake builds 3' gauge logging road 18 miles from Alpena to Hubbard Lake. Abandoned in 1892. [MRRC] The Milwaukee and Northern builds north from Green Bay to Iron Mountain, and extends to a junction with the DSS&A at Champion. [MSL] Canada and St. Louis Railway opens line from Sturgis to Goshen, Ind. [MRRC]
The Alpena and Northern Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in northern Michigan during the 1890s. The company incorporated on July 28 , 1893 , with the intention of building a convert|85|mi|km|adj=on line from Alpena to Mackinaw City , on the south shore of the Straits of Mackinac .
Total Miles (Owned or leased as of 12/2019): 490 (Arkansas - 126, Missouri - 364) Interchanges BNSF (Aurora, Mo., Joplin, Mo., and Springfield, Mo.); Canadian Pacific ...
The Manistique & Lake Superior railroad was created in 1909 to purchase and operate the Manistique & Northern from Manistique to Shingleton, a point on the DSS&A. In 1911, the line was extended four miles to Doty and a connection with the Munising Railroad. Manistique & Northern railroad → Manistique & Lake Superior Railroad → Operations ended.
Great Northern Portland Cement, Marlborough (Baldwin), Lake County. 1890's-1906, Pere Marquette railway. Hecla Portland Cement, North Bay City, Bay County, 1901-1912, Hecla Belt Line railroad, later MC. Huron Portland Cement (LaFarge), Alpena, Alpena County, 1907- (open), Lake States railway
Jun 16, 2023 · A post office was approved in 1901; it was briefly known as Estes before it was renamed Alpena Pass. When the town was incorporated in 1913, the name was shortened to Alpena. The town’s website claims that the name was that of one of the railroad cooks. Local farmers cut timber to sell ties to the railroad, and the town was platted in ...
