Railroad: Manistee, Filer City & East Lake Railway Company, The (E)

Built → Manistee Filer City & East Lake Railway → Northern Michigan Traction

Built: 1892

Operated for 13 years.

Conveyed: 1905 - to Northern Michigan Traction

Reference: [MRRC] 

Notes

Fourteen miles were laid connecting Eastlake with Filer City via Manistee, with a branch from Peanut Junction to Orchard Beach on Lake Michigan. The line has seventeen  passing sidings.

The company supplied its own power and the car house was well-equipped wit blacksmith, carpenter, machine and paint shops and a transfer table for shifting cars between shop and barn sections.

The railroad reached the F&PM and Michigan East & West depots. The power and car house were located on Vine south of Eighth street on the south side of town.

Time Line

1892. The line is built.

1905. Ownership conveyed to the Northern Michigan Traction company.