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Railroad: The Alanson & Petoskey Rail Road Company
The Alanson & Petoskey Rail Road Company was incorporated in 1990 for the purpose of operating the former GR&I/Penn Central line between Alanson and Conway. Operations ended in 1994. [MRL]
Penn Central → Alanson & Petoskey → closed
Built: 1874 by the Grand Rapids & Indiana. Became the Pennsylvania and Penn Central.
Began using: Penn Central in 1990.
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
The line was leased from the Penn Central railroad. This was a tourist line.
Time Line
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