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2 days ago · Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated Wabash Cannonball: Wabash Railroad; Norfolk and Western Railway from 1964 Detroit, Michigan–St. Louis, Missouri [1962] 1948–1971 Wachusett: Boston and Maine: Boston, Massachusetts–Greenfield, Massachusetts [1954] 1952–1956 Wall Street: Amtrak: New York, New York ...
1 day ago · It wasn't just Alpena that can claim a 'cow tunnel.' There's a fantastic urban legend that says there was a similar tunnel right in the heart of New York City - under 12th Street in Manhattan: Cows used to be ferried across the Hudson River from New Jersey, herded across Twelfth Avenue (now the West Side Highway), and brought to this part of ...
2 days ago · The town was founded by a logger by the last name “Eckermann” in 1889. A post office was to open that same year but the man who was supposed to be postmaster was never commissioned so it took two more years before it opened. When it finally did in 1891, it doubled as a train station along the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway.
2 days ago · Popular for recreational activities (biking and hiking) are also Alpena to Hillman Trail (24 mi / 39 km, includes the abandoned Boyne City Railroad) and North Eastern State Trail (Alpena to Cheboygan, 71 mi / 114 km, includes the abandoned Detroit and Mackinac Railroad/Turtle Line). Alpena MI's economy is based on tourism (including ...
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5 days ago · Railroad History. RRHX primarily covers the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan. But it is difficult to understand the history of railroads in this state without considering counties, provinces and cities which border our state.
4 days ago · This Alpena County, Michigan civil townships map tool shows Alpena County, Michigan township boundaries on Google Maps. You can also show township name labels on the map by checking the box in the lower left corner of the map.
4 days ago · Arcadia Railroad Timeline. Construction begins on the road east to Pleasanton and a narrow gauge railway, the beginning of the Arcadia & Betsey River Railway. The conversion from narrow gauge to standard gauge begins for the Arcadia & Betsey River Railway. The goal is to connect the railroad to the Chicago and West Michigan Railway at Henry.