Station: Carp Lake, MI

GRI Carp Lake Depot and TrainGRI Carp Lake DepotPRR Centipede diesels pull passenger train at Carp Lake, MIPRR Centipede diesels pull passenger train at Carp Lake, MICarp Lake was settled near the lake in 1880 and was a station stop on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad. [MPN]

Image info: Top, a GR&I locomotive pulls a train into Carp Lake's depot. [CMUL]. 2nd photo, the old Carp Lake depot on the GR&I in 1952. [Doug Leffler collection] 3rd and 4th photos, a Pennsylvania passenger train passes Carp Lake in the late 1940's or early 1950's. These diesel units appear to be Baldwin DR-12-8-1500 "Centipede" units, each with a 2-D+D=2 wheel arrangement. [Cecil Hommerding, Doug Leffler collection]


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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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