Station: Dafter, MI

Dafter was on the Soo Lin railroad, 13 miles east of Rudyard.

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1917. The MStP&SSM had an agent here on the day shift. [TRT]

1963. May. In a hearing before the MPSC, the Soo Line requests to serve freight patrols at Dafter and Rudyard from a service center at Sault Ste. Marie, instead of through local station agents. The railroad's station system was created 75 years ago to meet 19th century needs, with only primitive transportation and communication. Lock City transportation company facilities (in Sault Ste. Marie) will be used to provide pickup and delivery. A traveling agent system will be provided to substitute for the offices now operated. The proposal is similar to that of the New York Central in lower Michigan, now in use. [EDP-1963-0524]