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Railroad: Colfax and Big Rapids Railroad, The
The Colfax & Big Rapids railroad was a logging route which began at the Muskegon River in Mecosta County and extended 5.5 miles into the forest. It was built in 1887 and abandoned two years later. [MRL]
Built → Colfax & Big Rapids Railroad → Abandoned
Built: 1887 built 8 miles from Big Rapids to T15N-R9W
Operated for 2 years.
Became: Abandoned in 1889.
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
Built as a 3' gauge logging railroad.
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