Railroad: Detroit, Bay City & Western Railroad Company


BuiltDetroit Bay City & Western Railroad → Detroit Caro & Sandusky railroad


Built: 1910 from Bay City to Caro. Caro to Port Huron by 1916.

Operated for 15 years.

Became: DC&S in 1925.

Reference: [MRRC][MCR]


DBC&W train

Image info: Detroit, Bay City & Western No. 2 is posed with a passenger train. Possibly at Bay City. [UML]

Notes

This was one of the last new railroads built in Michigan.


Time Line

1916. October 27. The line was completed from Peck to Port Huron. [MCR-1916]


Map

DBC&W Map

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

Contact Us

Invalid Input

Invalid Input

Invalid Input

Invalid Input

Invalid Input

Invalid Input

 
Email: webmaster@michiganrailroads.com

Social