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Timetable: D&M - Black Lake Branch - Onaway to Black Lake
This was a Detroit & Mackinac Railway branch into the forest north of Onaway to a quarry south of Black Lake. The branch was built in 1905 and removed in 1917. The Quarry was likely used to provide gravel for the D&M, as well as cement for the substantial Lobbell & Emory industrail operations in Onaway.
| Station | MP from Onaway | Notes |
| Onaway | 0.0 | D P |
| Black Lake Junction | 0.6 | J |
| Black River Quarry | 5.8 (5,2 from junction) | Q |
Key: D=Open > Day | DN=Open Day and night | J=Junction | P=Passing Track w/40' car capacity | Q=Quarry | W=Water | Y=Wye | Yard=Yard
Notes
Reference = From a 1908 railway guide.
Time Line
1917. The Michigan Commissioner of Ralroads grants the D&M permission to remove their Black Lake Branch, connecting with the main line at Onaway. [MCR-1917]
1917. September 20. The branch is abandoned.
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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