Station: Chandler, MI

Chandler was a new station on the Lake Shore's Fayette Division, between Flat Rock and Slocum's Junction. This was the crossing of the C&CS's Fayette Division and the LS&MS's Detroit Branch. It was about 1/2 mile west of what would later be called Slocum Junction.  It was named in 1879. [DFP-1879-1109]


Notes

This crossing predates modern interlocking devices and was likely a stop and proceed crossing.


Time Line

1879. A new station on the road between Flat Rock and Slocum's Junction has been named "Chandler". [DFP-1879-1109]

1902. An allignment has been changed at Chandlers to avoid excessive curvature. [MCR-1903]

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

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