Location: Alpena, MI - D&M/BCG&A Crossing

This was a short lived railroad grade crossing on the north side of the City of Alpena where the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena crossed the D&M line to the cement plant. This was approximately in the middle of the current LSRC yard in Alpena, and allowed the BCG&A to reach Alpena Bay, near the Fletcher Paper plant. This crossing was not interlocked.


Notes

There was also a crossing of the BCG&A and the D&M northern division main line just north of Alpena Junction. See BCG&A Junction in the Alpena County menu.


Time Line

1912. The railroad commission approves this crossing of the D&M & BCG&A.  [MCR-1912]

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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