Sand River was a location on the Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette railroad (later DSS&A/Soo) just west of the Alger-Marquette county line along Lake Superior in 1881. [MPN] It was in Section 12, T47-R23W. [DSSM]
January, 1946. 14 Cars Derailed
Marquette - Fourteen freight cars of the DSS&A railroad's eastbound train No. 22 were derailed or wrecked at the Sand River spur Sunday night. None of the crew was injured. The accident occurred when lumber which worked loose on one of the flat cars struck the switch stand at the spur, throwing the switch and causing the pileup.
A wrecker crew reached the scene shortly after midnight, working in zero temperature and a snowstorm to clear the right-of-way. The track still was fouled yesterday afternoon, South Shore traffic being routed over the Lake Superior & Ishpeming railroad's tracks from Munising Junction to Marquette. [EDP-1946-0116]
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