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Timetable: C&NW - Niagara Branch - Quinnesec to Niagara, WI
The C&NW Niagara Branch was built in 1923. This branch line left the C&NW Powers to Iron Mountain main line at the east end of Quinnesec. It went south to Niagara which was across the Menominee River in Wisconsin.
| Station | MP from Quinnesec | Notes |
| Quinnesec J-Main Line | 0 | J |
| Niagara Wood Yard (MI) | 2.5 | Yard |
| (Bridge) Over Menominee River | 3.2 | |
| Unloading skids | 3.3 | |
| Niagara, WI | 3.5 | Y |
Key: C=Coal | D=Open during the day | DN=Day and night | G=Gates | H=Half Interlocked | J=Junction | N=Open at night | P=Passing Track w/40' car capacity | S=Scales | T = Turntable | TC=Telegraph call | W=Water | X=Crossing | Y=Wye | Yard=Yard
Notes
The railroad had a yard just north of the river with three widely spaced tracks, between 2,491' and 4,368' long. [CNWV]
The Menominee River bridge had a side walk on the east side of the track. [CNWV]
Unloading skids were located on a spur for unloading logs into the Menomnee River.
Time Line
1905. The branch is built, or earlier. [CNWV]
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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