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Timetable: MCRR - East Jordan Branch - Frederick to East Jordan
The East Jordan branch was the Detroit & Charlevois railroad under MC ownership.
Station | MP from Frederic | Notes |
Frederic J-MC Mackinac Branch | 0.0 | J |
Smith's | 3.9 | |
Fayette | 7.3 | |
Deward | 11.9 | |
Blue Lake Junction J-Blue Lake Branch | 14.4 | |
Mancelona Road | 15.7 | |
Lake Harold | 20.1 | |
Alba xGRI | 24.5 | X/I |
Shepards | 28.6 | |
Green River | 29.7 | |
Graves Camp | ~33.0 | |
Jordan River | 34.8 | |
Wards (Marble) xEJ&S | 36.1 | |
South Arm | This may be East Jordan. | |
East Jordan | 42.4 | |
Note Key: C=Coal | CS=Car Shop | D=Open > Day | DN=Open Day and night | DS=Dispatcher | EH=Enginehouse | 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
[REF] = [MRL] + other sources
Time Line
1918. An MCRR timetable dated June 30, 1918 shows one roundtrip each day except Sunday. No. 1 left East Jordan at 8:00 a.m. and arrived at Frederic at 10:45. The return trip left Frederick at 2:15 p.m. and arrived back at East Jordan at 4:45 p.m. [AS]
1925. MCRR Employee Timetable #405, dated September 25, 1925 reports that the line hosted one scheduled round trip train, No. 97 leaving Frederick at 5:25 a.m., stopping at Alba at 7:16 a.m. and arriving at East Jordan at 8:35 a.m. It turned, and returned as Train 98 leaving East Jordan at 9:20 a.m., stopping at Alba at 10:39 a.m. and arriving back at Frederick at 12:30 p.m. The train ran on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only. [AS]
1931. The MPUC grants permission for the NYC/MC to discontinue service, abandon and remove 6.5 miles of their line from Marble (EJ&S Crossing) to East Jordan. [PMUC-1931]
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