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Tuscola And Saginaw Bay Railway
The Great Lakes Central Railroad is an American regional railroad operating in the state of Michigan. It was originally called the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway , which was formed on August 26, 1977, to operate over former Penn Central lines from Millington, Michigan, Millington to Munger, Michigan, Munger, and from Vassar, Michigan, Vassar to Colling, Michigan, Colling. TSBY's name was derived from the three counties it operated in: Tuscola County, Michigan, Tuscola, Saginaw County, Michigan, Saginaw and Bay County, Michigan, Bay. History Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway (1977–2006) The Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway was incorporated on April 26, 1977. It operated three lines under contract to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), succeeding Conrail: the Bay City branch between Millington, Michigan, and Munger, Michigan; the Caro branch between Vassar, Michigan, and Colling, Michigan; and the Saginaw branch between Vassar and Richville, Michigan. In 1981, it pur ...
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EMD GP35
The EMD GP35 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between July 1963 and December 1965 and by General Motors Diesel between May 1964 and January 1966. 1251 examples were built for American railroads, 26 were built for Canadian railroads and 57 were built for Mexican railroads. Power was provided by a turbocharged EMD 567D3A 16-cylinder engine which generated . Many railroads traded in Alco FA units and EMD F-units for GP35s, reusing the trucks and traction motors. Examples with Alco trucks include those owned by Gulf, Mobile and Ohio, Southern Railway, and Ann Arbor Railroad. Original buyers Preservation Some GP35s are in preservation, while others are on tourist railroads, meaning they are technically preserved. * Conway Scenic Railroad 216 regularly operates with GP38 252 on the notch train, painted in a Maine Central inspired scheme with Conway Scenic reporting marks. It was built as Norfolk and Western 1328 and ...
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Saginaw Branch
Saginaw () is a city in Saginaw County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. It had a population of 44,202 at the 2020 census. Located along the Saginaw River, Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and considered part of Greater Tri-Cities region of Central Michigan. The Saginaw metropolitan area had a population of 190,124 in 2020, while the Tri-Cities area had 377,474 residents. Established as a fort following the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw, Saginaw was a thriving lumber town in the 19th century. It was an important industrial city and manufacturing center throughout much of the 20th century due to its automobile and automotive parts production led by General Motors. As part of the Rust Belt, its industry and strong manufacturing presence declined, leading to increased unemployment, crime, and a population decline. Modern economic development is focused on comparative advantages in innovation, clean energy, and continued manufacturing exports. However, the c ...
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Traverse City, Michigan
Traverse City ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Grand Traverse County, although it partly extends into Leelanau County, Michigan, Leelanau County. The city's population was 15,678 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, while the four-county Traverse City metropolitan area had 153,448 residents. Traverse City is the largest city in Northern Michigan. Traverse City is at the head of the East and West arms of Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. Grand Traverse Bay is divided into arms by the Old Mission Peninsula, which is attached at its base to Traverse City. The city borders four townships–East Bay Township, Michigan, East Bay, Elmwood Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, Elmwood, Garfield Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Garfield, and Peninsula Township, Michigan, Peninsula–all of which are primarily suburban. Traverse City is nicknamed "the Cherry Capital of the World", as the ...
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Traverse City Branch
Traverse may refer to: Places * Traverse, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Traverse City, Michigan * Traverse County, Minnesota, a county in Minnesota Other * Traverse (climbing), moving horizontally on a climbing or mountaineering route ** Tyrolean traverse, a climbing rope-technique to cross a chasam * Traverse (fortification), a mass of earth behind a military parapet * Traverse (gunnery), the horizontal field of fire of an artillery piece * ''Traverse'' (magazine), a Northern Michigan regional monthly * TRAVERSE (software), accounting and business software * Traverse (surveying), a method of establishing basic points in the field * Traverse (trench warfare), a development in trench design * Movement of a machine slide on a machine tool * Traverse stage, a style of theatre seating or performance * Traverse Theatre, a writing theatre in Scotland * Traverse Town, a fictional city in some Kingdom Hearts series video games * Chevrolet Traverse, a 2009 sport-utility vehicle ...
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Petoskey, Michigan
Petoskey ( ) is the largest city in and the county seat of Emmet County, Michigan, and is the largest settlement within the county. Petoskey has a population of 5,877 at the 2020 census, up from 5,670 at the 2010 census. Petoskey is part of Northern Michigan, and is one of the northernmost cities in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Petoskey is located on the southern shore of Little Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. Petoskey sits directly across the bay from Harbor Springs, another Emmet County city. Petoskey is a popular Midwestern resort town. Petoskey lends its name to the Petoskey stone, a fossilized coral that is the state stone of Michigan. History Odawa inhabitants The Little Traverse Bay area was long inhabited by indigenous peoples, including the Odawa people. The name ''Petoskey'' is said to mean "where the light shines through the clouds" in the language of the Odawa. After the 1836 Treaty of Washington, Odawa Chief Ignatius Petosega (1787–1885) took th ...
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Reed City, Michigan
Reed City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,490 at the 2020 census. It is located in southwestern Osceola County and is the county seat. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The Hersey River flows through Reed City. Demographics 2020 census At the 2020 census there were 2,465 people. The population density was . 2010 census At the 2010 census, there were 2,425 people, 1,007 households, and 582 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 1,136 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the city was 94.8% White, 1.7% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.3% from other races and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.2% of the population. There were 1,007 households, of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.3% were married couples living together, ...
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Grand Rapids And Indiana Railway
The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad at its height provided passenger and freight railroad services between Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan, USA. The company was formed on January 18, 1854. Beginnings After grappling with financial difficulties for many years, the company opened service between Bridge Street in Grand Rapids to Cedar Springs, Michigan, on December 25, 1867, a distance of about . The gross earnings of the railroad in 1867 were about $22,700. In July 1868 it had 2 engines in service: the ''Pioneer'' and the ''Muskegon''. At that time the company also utilized a single passenger coach and single baggage car, six box cars, 24 flat cars and five hand cars. By 1869 the railroad was again in trouble with its creditors, and the courts appointed a receiver, Jesse L. Williams of Fort Wayne, Indiana, to control the company. Under Williams' direction the Continental Improvement Company was hired on May 1, 1869, to complete the line between Fo ...
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Michigan Northern Railway
The Michigan Northern Railway was a railroad that provided service to the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan from 1976 to 1986. At the beginning of service on April 1, 1976, the MIGN operated the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Comstock Park to Mackinaw City, Michigan, Mackinaw City and the Walton Junction Branch to Traverse City, Michigan, Traverse City. In 1982, the MIGN assumed operation of the former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from Grawn to Williamsburg and from Charlevoix, Michigan, Charlevoix to Petoskey, Michigan, Petoskey, and the former Ann Arbor Railroad (1895-1976), Ann Arbor Railroad from Alma, Michigan, Alma to Frankfort, Michigan, Frankfort. History The Michigan Northern Railway was established in December 1975 to operate the former Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad's Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Comstock Park to Mackinaw City, Michigan, Mackinaw City. As the Penn Centr ...
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Swan Creek Township, Michigan
Swan Creek Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,416 at the 2020 Census. Communities * Garfield is an unincorporated community near the center of the township at Lakefield and Teft Roads ().Saginaw County Map.
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Garfield began as a logging settlement in about 1870 with the mills of L. Pennoyer and R. H. Nason. In 1879, Nason, along with Helen B. Allen and W. Husen, also built a salt block here. It was a station on the , and was named for the n ...
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851, making it the List of municipalities in Michigan, fifth-most populous city in Michigan. Located on the Huron River, Ann Arbor is the principal city of its Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Washtenaw County and had 372,258 residents in 2020. Ann Arbor is included in the Metro Detroit, Detroit–Warren–Ann Arbor combined statistical area and the Great Lakes megalopolis. Ann Arbor was founded in 1824 by John Allen (pioneer), John Allen and Elisha Rumsey. It was named after the wives of the village's founders, both named Ann, and the stands of Quercus macrocarpa, bur oak trees they found at the site of the town. The University of Michigan was established in Ann Arbor in 1837, and the city's population grew at a rapid rate in the early to mid-20th century. A college town, ...
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Ann Arbor Railroad Main Line
The main line of Ann Arbor Railroad (1895–1976), Ann Arbor Railroad is a partially-abandoned railway line in the states of Michigan and Ohio. It was constructed between 1874 and 1897 by the Ann Arbor Railroad and its predecessors, and constituted that company's main line. At its fullest extent it ran from Toledo, Ohio, on Lake Erie, to Frankfort, Michigan, on Lake Michigan. A train ferry service operated across Lake Michigan to Wisconsin. The original Ann Arbor Railroad went bankrupt in 1976, and ownership of the line is now split between the state of Michigan and two short-line railroads: the Ann Arbor Railroad (1988), Ann Arbor Railroad (founded in 1988) and the Huron and Eastern Railway. The northern end of the line is now near Yuma, Michigan. History Construction The Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Railroad, founded in 1869, graded a line between Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Ohio border, but was a casualty of the Panic of 1873. The Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad, founde ...
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Michigan Interstate Railway
The Michigan Interstate Railway was formed on August 27, 1977, to operate the Ann Arbor Railroad main line from Toledo, Ohio, to Elberta, Michigan. It succeeded Conrail as the designated operator of the line; Conrail had operated the line since 1976, following the Ann Arbor Railroad's bankruptcy. The Ann Arbor Railroad (1895–1976) had declared bankruptcy and was included in the assets of Conrail, formed on April 1, 1976. The MIRC operated until October 7, 1988, when the Ann Arbor Acquisition Corporation acquired all assets. Operations The Michigan Interstate Railway operated over the Ann Arbor Railroad main line from Toledo, Ohio to Elberta, Michigan. The MIRC assumed operations from Conrail on October 1, 1977, and operated until October 7, 1988. Elberta was the site of the railroad's ferry operations. The ferry operations ceased in April 1982 and service north of Cadillac, Michigan was reduced to a sand pit just south of Yuma, Michigan. Additionally, the Tuscola and Sag ...
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