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Polson Logging Company 2 is a 2-8-2 “Mikado” steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It was originally built for the Saginaw Timber Company to pull logging trains. After that, it went through several ownership changes throughout both the steam era and the preservation era, before it was purchased by caretaker Skip Lichter in ...
Michigan and Canada Bridge and Tunnel Company: NYC: 1905 1905 Detroit River Tunnel Company: Michigan Central Railroad: NYC: 1846 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation: Michigan Central Bridge Company: NYC: 1896 1898 Detroit River Bridge Company: Michigan East and West Railway: 1914 1918 N/A Michigan Interstate Railway: 1977 1988 Ann Arbor Railroad
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.
The company incorporated in 1987, [2] for the purpose of acquiring railway lines from the CSX Corporation. The company was owned at inception by RailTex, a Texas-based holding company which owned many short line railroads. The Mid-Michigan bought two lines from CSX:Elmdale–Greenville and Paines–Elwell. [3]
Winfield Scott Gerrish (born 15 February 1849 in Lee, Maine—died 19 May 1882 in Evart, Michigan) is credited with revolutionizing lumbering in the U.S. state of Michigan by building a seven-mile-long logging railroad from Lake George to the Muskegon River in Clare County, Michigan in 1877. [1]
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Family of Delos A. Blodgett, his son John W. Blodgett, and his grandson John W. Blodgett Jr., residents of Grand Rapids, Michigan and owners of a series of logging companies active in Michigan, Mississippi, California, Oregon, and Vancouver Island.