Location: Orchard Beach Crossing, Manistee, MI

Orchard Beach Crossing was the crossing of the Manistee & North Western railroad and the Manistee Railway, a trolley line. It was near Manistee.

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1917. July 4. A side collision of a Manistee Railway trolley car into a M&NE train kills 3 and injures 20. The accident was caused by the motorman railing to keep their train under control while descending a grade approaching the crossing, unable to stop for a passing train. ICC Report [PDF]