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Re: Abandoned Michigan Railroads Unread post by GreatLakesRailfan » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:27 pm wagnew0923 wrote: I know the crossing signs are there but the track in some areas is paved over.
Its bypass main opened ca. 1902 (NOT 1910 or 1928 as is repeated on various websites and in poorly-edited Morning Sun books). A 1923 decision of the Michigan Public Service Commission discusses GTW's Fenton Rd. bridge and states: "This bridge was constructed and the highway encroached upon in 1902."
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If rail banked, the corridor is not technically abandoned. Sadly, outright abandonments still occur because 1) the railroads do not want to negotiation with the interim trail managers, 2) do not want to allow other railroads the option of reactivating the corridors, or 3) would rather sell the property to adjacent property owners.
The line reached Tecumseh on 1838, but suffered financially and came under State of Michigan control in 1844. It was sold to the Michigan Southern in 1846, which again began construction, reaching Clinton in 1853, Manchester in 1855 and Jacksonburgh in 1857. This makes this railroad the first branch line railroad off the first railroad in Michigan.
Well it depends on what you consider a "mainline". The line to Greenville used to be a mainline, but now its *almost* abanoned. (I think). Take Alpena for example. Alpena used to have 2-3 railroads. The grades are there for most, and in some places the track is too. The old riverfront yard was just recently torn out.
The line i was talking about is the other Michigan Electric Railway branch that approches cottage st. on an angle then it joined with the other Electric Railway branch at State St. I couldn't figure our where it went after it got passed cottage st. as it is just an abandoned ROW now, but now this makes total sense. Thanks everyone for the info.
The line from Decherd to Fayetteville was abandoned in 1986. A 5 mile portion on the north side of Huntsville was saved and became the North Alabama Railroad museum, and the line from Huntsville to Hobbs Island became the Alabama Industrial Railroad, later the Huntsville Madison County Railroad, which operates ex-LMX B39-8s 8539 and 8560 today ...
At this point the railroad was built through and abandoned sand pit. Little effort was made to create a right of way and the track was laid from one sand ridge to another. About a 1/2 mile from the east loop switch, the track began to turn east and loop back to the switch passing by what was the Wolverine Campground which was accessed off of ...
The book railroads come and go in Allegan county by James J Green is a good source of information and is available at local libraries. It is believed that these pictures are taken in downtown Allegan You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.