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Timetable: C&NW - Bates Mine Branch
This was a 4.3 branch in Iron County's Iron River serving the Bates and Rogers mines.
The branch operated until 1963 when most of it was abandoned.
| Station | MP from Palatka | Notes |
| Palatka | 0 | |
| (Junction) J-CNW Baltic Mine spur | 0.4 | J |
| (Crossing) x-CNW Caspian Mine spur | 1.0 | X |
| (Junction) J-CNW Baker Mine spur | 1.2 | J |
| (Junction) J-CNW Berkshire Mine spur | 1.3 | J |
| (Junction) J-CNW Bengal Mine spur | 1.9 | J |
| Worthing | 2.4 | |
| Bates Interchange | 2.9 | Yard |
| (Crossing) xMILW Iron River branch | 3.6 | X |
| Rogers Mine | 4.3 | |
| Chatham Mine Spur | From Junction | |
| (Junction) J-C&NW | 0.0 | J |
| Hiawatha Mine No. 2 | 0.3 | |
| (Junction) J-C&NW Hiawatha Mine No. 1 (0.3 miles) | 0.7 | J |
| Chatham Mine | 0.8 | |
| (Junction) J-C&NW to Stambaugh (0.2 miles) | 0.8 | J |
| North Hiawatha Mine | 1.0 | |
| (Junction) J-Connection with MILW Main Line | 1.1 | J |
| Wickwire Mine | 1.4 | |
Key: C=Coal | D=Open > Day | DN=Open Day and night | EH=Engine house | F=Diesel Fuel | HI=Half Interlocked Crossing | I=Interlocked Crossing | J=Junction | N=Open at night | P=Passing Track w/40' car capacity | Q=Quarry | RH=Roundhouse # stalls | S=Scales | T=Turntable | TC=Telegraph call | W=Water | X=Crossing | Y=Wye | Yard=Yard
Notes
Time Line
1908. The Bates mine branch is built north from Palatka, reaching milepost 1.3 in 1908, milepost 1.9 in 1913 and Rogers Mine in 1914. [MRL]
1963. Most of the branch was abandoned in 1963, with the remaining (0.0 to 0.4) removed in 1967. [MRL]
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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