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Station: Trowbridge, MI
Trowbridge was a station on the Mackinaw Division of the Michigan Central railroad in Cheboygan County, about four miles south of Wolverine. At Trowbridge, the MC Pigeon River Branch, a logging branch, left the main line to the east connecting to a number of other branches in the forest. [MRL]
Photo Info: Top, an early view of loggers moving logs near Trowbridge. The railroad overpass iis in the background. [CMUL]. 2nd photo, this is a 1984 view of D&M 181 and 381 pulling a southbound freight train from Cheboygan in the vicinity of Trowbridge. The D&M took over operations from Penn Central in the 1970's. [Neil Plagens photo].
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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