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Pages in category "Narrow gauge railroads in Michigan" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... St. Joseph Valley Railroad (1880–89) T.
The Lac La Belle and Calumet Railroad was an American, 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad that operated in the Keweenaw Peninsula, or the extreme northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The line was owned by the Conglomerate Mining Company and ran between a stamp mill at Lac La Belle and the Delaware copper mine from 1883 to 1888, when poor ...
The Harbor Springs Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway built at Harbor Springs, Michigan on Little Traverse Bay on Lake Michigan. It was nicknamed the Hemlock Central because of the great numbers of hemlock trees growing in the area.
American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9. Meints, Graydon M. (1992). Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87013-318-3
The Michigan railroad network, c. 1876. Railroads have been vital in the history of the population and trade of rough and finished goods in the state of Michigan.While some coastal settlements had previously existed, the population, commercial, and industrial growth of the state further bloomed with the establishment of the railroad.
The Mason and Oceana Railroad (M&O) was a short (35 mi or 56 km) common carrier, 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge logging railroad in the U.S. state of Michigan. [1] Organized in 1887 and in operation from 1887 until 1909, it served the counties of Mason and Oceana in the northwestern quarter of Michigan's Lower Peninsula in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1731-1. Meints, Graydon M. (2005). Michigan Railroad Lines. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87013-693-1. Michigan Railroad Commission (1887). Annual Report. Myers, Robert (January–February 1988). "The St. Joseph Valley Railroad Company".
The narrow gauge was chosen because railroads in the area, namely the Hancock and Calumet Railroad as well as the Mineral Range Railroad, were narrow gauge at that time. [1] The railway began operations in March of 1890. [1] Its first engine was the "Thomas F. Mason," a 32-ton 2-6-0 Mogul built by the Brooks Locomotive Works of Dunkirk, New ...