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Station: Martin's Landing, MI
Martin's Landing was a location near the west end of the Chicago & North Western's line from Ishpeming to Michigamme. In 1929, the line was truncated to this location with a small yard left here to service a Scott Paper Company pulp loading yard. A wye was installed here in 1929 for turning locomotives. [CNWV] This line had technically been abandoned in 1933 but in 1939 4.7 miles were placed back into service to Johnson's siding The train ran once or twice a week. [CNWPD2]
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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