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Passenger service was discontinued in 1950. In 1976, the railroad purchased portions of the old Michigan Central Mackinaw Division and operated other sections under state ownership. In 1989, the line north of Alpena was abandoned. The line was sold to the Lake State Railway in 1992. Acquired the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Railroad in 1894.
The Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena was a successor to the Boyne City & South Eastern railroad. The line was built in 1893 by the White family lumber interests east from Boyne City into the forest and a connection with the Grand Rapids & Indiana at Moore near Boyne Falls. Under BCG&A, it was expanded to Gaylord (in 1905), Atlanta (1914) and Alpena ...
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The initial line was laid in 1893, connecting the docks at Boyne City (on Lake Charlevoix) with the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. In November of 1905, the railroad was renamed the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad, as tracks were laid towards Alpena, MI.
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 ...
Mar 11, 2014 · ALPENA — Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan’s planetarium held a standing room-only crowd to see a presentation on Alpena’s railroad history and the hobby of riding the rails in motorcars.
Railway Co. The Detroit & Mackinac was incorporated in December of 1894, and was made up of many small railroads. In April of 1979 they purchased 72 miles of former Penn Central track from Mackinaw city to Sallings, also the State of Michigan designated D&M as the operator of ex Penn Central tracks from. Linwood to Sallings.
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 .
