Time Line - 1983

Last Year | Next Year

• February 19: Pere Marquette steam engine  1225, a 2-8-4 on static display at Michigan State University,  is moved to Owosso. [MW]

• February:The Michigan Airline branch, between Jackson and Three Rivers is pulled up. [MRC-4/1983]

• June 30: Kent-Barry-Eaton Connecting Ry abandons operations. [MDOT]

• July 1: Michigan-Wisconsin Transportation Co. begins operating rail car ferry service between Ludington and Kewaunee, WI. [MDOT]

• October 17: Final run of commuter trains on the SEMTA Detroit-Pontiac rail line. [MDOT]

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• The quarry in Calcite, on the D&M branch near Rogers City, stops shipping aggregate. [MRC-12/1991]

• Detroit & Mackinac Ry. idles line between Rogers City and Calcite (line continues to exist until 1991 - 1983 - [NK]

• The swing bridge at Charlevoix is removed. It has not been used since 1982. [MRC-4/1983]

Time line Key: 

• Railroad event in Michigan
• Event relating to mining
• Event related to car ferries
• Event outside of Michigan
• Improvement in Technology
• Railroad built or extended
• Railroad abandoned and/or removed
• Economic panic or depression