Timetable: Milwaukee Road - Groveland Mine Branch

This was the branch from near Sagola east to the Groveland Mine.

Key: C=Coal | D=Open > Day | DN=Open Day and night | EH=Engine house | HI=Half Interlocked Crossing | I=Interlocked Crossing | J=Junction | N=Open at night | P=Passing Track w/40' car capacity | Q=Quarry | RH=Roundhouse # stalls | S=Scales |  T=Turntable | TC=Telegraph call | W=Water | X=Crossing | Y=Wye | Yard=Yard

Notes

[MRL] says this line was built in 1955, but [MCR-1902] notes that the branch is in "good condition", suggesting that it was built much earlier. More research is necessary.

Time Line

1901. May. A crew of railroad men are busy laying rails from the main line of the CM&StP railroad to the old Groveland mine, which has been taken under option by Corrigan, McKinney & Company. There is an old grade, built in 1890 by the former operators of the mine, so that all the work required is to lay rails and ties. As soon as rails are down machinery will be put upon the property and the mine cleared of water.

There is a stockpile of about 8,000 tons on the dock ready for shipment. The Groveland is a Bessemer ore of low iron contents. Such ores were not in demand in the days when the Groveland was opened but have come into the market within recent years. [DD-1901-0518]

1902. This branch is used exclusively for the transportation of iron ore. [MCR-1902]

1955. This branch was built to Groveland Mine. [MRL]

1980. The line was sold to the Escanaba & Lake Superior. [MRL]