Railroad: Midland & Hubbard Railroad Company

The Midland & Hubbard was constructed in 1894 was was principally a logging line. In 1899, the ten mile long line was sold to the Bay City & Battle Creek railway (a unit of the Michigan Central) and some of the trackage was used in the approach to Midland and Dow Chemical. [MRL]


Built → Midland & Hubbard railroad → Battle Creek & Bay City railroad (Michigan Central)


Built: 1893 - 9 miles in the Midland area.

Operations Ended: Most abandoned, except in Midland. Now Huron & Eastern.

Reference: [MRRC]


Notes


Time Line

1893. Built as a logging railroad in the Midland area.

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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