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Timetable: MCRR - South Haven Branch - Kalamazoo to South Haven
The MC South Haven branch was a single track line built from the west side of Kalamazoo to Lake Michigan at South Haven. Siding capacity based on 44' cars.
| Station | MP from Kalamazoo | Notes |
| Kalamazoo | 0.0 | DN J P42 |
| Deuz and Brooks Siding | 2.3 | |
| Brownell | 4.0 | |
| Doubling Track | 5.3 | |
| Brickyard Siding | 4.9 | |
| Hopkins | 6.0 | |
| Alamo | 9.1 | D P12 |
| Holmes Coal Kilns | 10.3 | |
| Williams | 11.3 | D P20 |
| Sleepers Coal Kilns (1890) | 11.8 | |
| Bakers Coal Kilns (1890) | 12.3 | |
| Harrison | 12.3 | |
| Mentha | 12.6 | |
| Severns Coal Kilns (1890) | 13.4 | |
| Kendall | 14.8 | D P22 |
| Mike's Sand Track (1890) | 16.1 | |
| Pine Grove | 17.5 | P15 |
| Gobles | 18.5 | D P40 |
| Bloomingdale | 23.0 | D P26 |
| Berlamont | 25.0 | P13 |
| Columbia | 27.7 | P3 |
| Grand Junction xPM | 29.2 | DN I P19 |
| Maple Forest | 30.1 | |
| Brown's Mills | 30.3 | |
| Lacota | 32.0 | D P19 |
| Whites Charcoal Track (1890) | 32.2 | |
| Wenbans Saw Mill Track (1890) | 33.1 | |
| Kibbie | 35.1 | P8 |
| South Haven | 40.0 | D J P26 |
Notes:
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
[REF] = [MRL] plus additions.
Time Line
1871. The South Haven Division operates two daily round trip passenger trains between Kalamazoo and South Haven, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. [MCGW]
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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