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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 Alpena & Northern railroad was constructed northwest into the forests around 1893 after the area became a logging ...
The Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena railroad was built to bring logs in to the White Lumber Company in Boyne City from northern Michigan's forests. The railroad was owned by the White family, which owned a large saw mill on the southeast edge of Lake Charlevoix. (Lake Charlevoix boats had access to Lake Michigan via the Round Lake canal at ...
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 ...
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Feb 15, 2014 · Cady is slated to give a digital presentation on March 11 entitled “Alpena and its Railroad Heritage.” Focus of the program will be how railroads have developed and served Alpena since the ...
Feb 1, 2023 · The Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena railroad was a common-carrier railroad which mainly transported logs from the forest to the White Lumber Company in Boyne City. The original line was built in 1893 from Boyne City reaching Boyne Falls and a connection with the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad.
Named train passenger service in the mid-1930s consisted of: [8] Resorter (#1), sleeping car, Detroit to Alpena; coach, Bay City to Alpena (coach passengers would take a Michigan Central train from Detroit to Bay City) Clipper (#3), coach via Michigan Central, Detroit to Bay City; motor coach train from Bay City to Alpena.
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.
