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Timetable: DSS&A - Sault Ste. Marie Branch - Soo Junction to International Bridge
This is a single track branch with many forest spurs. Under Soo Line ownership, this was known as the 12th Subdivision. Station hours as of 1961.
| Station | MP from Soo Depot | Notes |
| International Bridge | ||
| Sault Ste. Marie depot | 0.0 | |
| Superior Jct. J-Bridge line | 0.5 | J |
| Soo Yard, aka St. Mary's Transfer | 0.8 | DN F W Y Yard TC=AU |
| Algonquin | 1.5 | |
| Ferguson | 2.5 | |
| Gladys | 8.0 | |
| Spur 9 | 9.3 | |
| Brimley | 12.2 | |
| Dorgan's | 14.5 | |
| Johnsonburg | 16.6 | |
| Elbon | 17.3 | |
| Wellsburg | 18.5 | |
| Raco | 19.9 | |
| Wellers | 21.2 | |
| Dumond's Cut | 19.9 | |
| Rexford | 22.8 | P27 |
| Lamain | 26.6 | |
| Rifle Range | 26.9 | |
| Spur 27 | 27.7 | J |
| Woods Branch/Kane? | 28.0 | |
| Parsill | 30.6 | |
| Perry's Branch (Fuller Branch?) | 31.7 | J |
| Strongs | 31.8 | J P20 |
| Boxer | 32.5 | |
| Bridge 10 | 34.0 | 178' pile trestle bridge over river. |
| Calco | 34.3 | J |
| Eckerman | 35.2 | J |
| Nobles | 36.0 | |
| Lyonton | 37.0 | |
| Grauls Creek Bridge | ||
| Seewhy | 38.4 | J |
| Nolans | 39.0 | |
| Hulbert | 41.0 | |
| Spur 42 | 41.8 | |
| Poleco | 42.3 | |
| Natpo | 42.5 | |
| Soo Junction (Raco Junction) | 42.8 | J Y W |
Key: BB=Bascule Bridge | C=Coal | CS=Car Shop | D=Open > Day | DN=Open Day and night | DS=Dispatcher | DT=Double Main Track | EH=Engine house | F=Diesel Fuel | HI=Half Interlocked Crossing | I=Interlocked Crossing | J=Junction | LB=Lift bridge | N=Open at night | P=Passing Track w/40' car capacity | Q=Quarry | RH=Roundhouse # stalls | RT=Railroad Resort | S=Scales | SB=Swing bridge | T=Turntable | TC=Telegraph call | W=Water | X=Crossing | Y=Wye | Yard=Yard
[REF] = [ETT]+[MRL] + other sources.
Notes
Maximum speed on this branch was 20 mph in 1961.
Time Line
1945. SNAPSHOT. The DSS&A had a daily except Sunday round trip mixed passenger/freight train on this line between Sault Ste. Marie and Soo Junction. #19 left the Sault at 8:30 pm. Eastbound #18 left Soo Junction at 2:10 am arriving back at the Soo at 4:30 am. [ETT-1945]
1960. As a result of the Soo Line merger, the former DSS&A branch from Soo Junction to Sault Ste. Marie will be ended in Raco. Through service on the DSS&A to the Sault will be provided via Trout Lake. The line east from Soo Junction (renamed Raco Junction) to Raco will be maintained for local service. [EDP-1960-0319]
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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