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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 ...
(Map of Alpena County, Michigan) 1 : 190080 Walling, H. F. Alpena 1 : 100000. Alpena ... Shell Highway Map of Michigan (northern portion). 1 : 887040 Shell Oil Company.
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History[edit] 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
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 ...
Railroad: Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad Company. 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.
The first regular passenger train was run over the road November 20th, 1893, going to Posen, being as far as the road was completed at that time. It was extended gradually through the pine forests until Jackson Lake was reached. April 16th, 1895, the road was purchased by the Detroit & Mackinac, and designated the Northern Division.
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.
