Timetable: Detroit & Mackinac Ry. - Lincoln Branch - Lincoln Junction to Black River

Open stations as of 1922.  Single track branch line. This was the original D&M main line until 1900 when a cut off was built along the Lake Huron shore and Harrisville.  In 1900, the line from Lincoln to Black River was abandoned. The remainder of the line was operated as a branch until 1928 when it was abandoned. Lincoln was known as West Harrisville in 1898.

Key:  C=Coal | D=Open during the day | DN=Day and night | EH=Enginehouse | H=Half Interlocked | I=Interlocker | J=Junction | N=Open at night | P=Passing Track w/40' car capacity | RH=Roundhouse #stalls | S=Scales | T=Turntable | TC=Telegraph call | W=Water | X=Crossing | Y=Wye | Yard=Yard

Source: 1922 D&M employee timetable, plus additions.

Notes

The Lincoln branch was part of the original main line between Tawas and Alpena. It was torn up north of Lincoln after a shorter main line was established through Harrisville.

Time Line

1885. Line built from Lincoln Junction to near Lincoln. [MRL]

1886. Line extended through to Black River by purchase of the Alger, Smith & Company logging railroad. [MRL]

1901. The line between Lincoln and Black River is abandoned. [MRL]

1901. December 15. The Harrisville cut-off is opened. This branch is related to branch line status. [DMAR-1903]

1907. An inspection by the Michigan Railroad Commission in 1907 indicated that this branch had a combination of split point and stub switches. The line was dispatched using telephone. [MRC-1907]

1907. There was a collision on what is known as the Lincoln branch of the D&M railroad north of Au Sable Wednesday evening. A light engine ran into a passenger train and both engines were wrecked and Conductor Eastman slightly injured. The damage to the engines, coupled with the large amount of business the road is doing, has crippled its motive power to such an extent that it was obliged to borrow engines, and two were secured from the Michigan Central railroad. [PHTS-1907-0809]

1925. The ICC refused to permit the D&M to abandon its 14 mile branch line running to Lincoln, Mich. Although the railroad's figures showed losses in operation, the commission's opinion said that the branch should be given credit for furnishing a portion of its main line haul, that traffic on the branch had shown a tendency to increase and that public necessity required the railroad to maintain it in service. [LSJ-1925-0324]

1927. The railroad had one round trip, 2nd class train in each direction (#57and #58) on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This was likely a mixed passenger/freight train. It had scheduled stops at Mikado and Lincoln, returning south from there. There were no open stations in 1927. [ETT-1927]

1927. The D&M is given permission to abandon the Lincoln branch, but will require that the branch be put up for sale to any person willing to continue its operation. [BCE-1927-0818]

1928. The remainder of the branch is abandoned. [MRL]