Timetable: D&M - Alabaster Branch - Alabaster Jct. to Alabaster

This was a branch to the alabaster quarry south of Tawas. This was operted for many years as the Erie & Michigan Railway & Navigation railroad.

Note:

Note Key: BB=Bascule Bridge | C=Coal | CS=Car Shop | D=Open > Day | DN=Open Day and night | DS=Dispatcher | DT=Double Main Track | EH=Enginehouse | F=Diesel Fuel | HI=Half Interlocked Crossing | I=Interlocked Crossing | J=Junction | LB=Liftbridge | N=Open at night | P=Passing Track w/40' car capacity | Q=Quarry | RH=Roundhouse # stalls | RT=Railroad Resort | S=Scales | SB=Swingbridge | T=Turntable | TC=Telegraph call | W=Water | X=Crossing | Y=Wye | Yard=Yard

January 22, 1897. The Detroit & Mackinac railway company has about decided to build a track from Tawas to the plaster beds of Alabaster. The spur will be nearly five miles long. The construction of the road all depends on the rate of freight that can be secured by the plaster company. The question is now under consideration. [DFP-1897-0122]