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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 ...
Feb 1, 2023 · No orders between Alpena and Gaylord. Report your arrival at Atlanta CMD. 6 - 9:21 pm. To C&E No. 17 at Gaylord. No orders between Gaylord and Boyne City. It will not be necessary to get orders at Boyne Falls. February 4, 1925 (Wednesday) 1 - 6:30 am.
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 ...
Bay City and Alpena Railroad: D&M: 1881 1883 Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad: Bay City and Battle Creek Railway: NYC: 1889 1916 Michigan Central Railroad: Bay City Belt Line Railroad: PM: 1889 1903 Pere Marquette Railroad: Bay City and East Saginaw Railroad: PM: 1864 1872 Flint and Pere Marquette Railway: Bay City Terminal Railway: CN ...
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 ...
Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena RR. as their second number 5. Equipped with snow flanger and one 9 1/2" air pump by end of C.M. operations. Scrapped circa 1933 to 1935.
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.
