The Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad Railway Equipment and Publication Company
The Official Railway Equipment Register
June 1917, p. 579 was a short, standard-gauge line in the U.S. state of

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. Organized in 1887, it served several counties in the northwestern quarter of Michigan's

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in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The railroad's main line stretched from Manistee to Traverse City, with a spur line to Northport leased from the Leelanau Transit Company."Description of the Manistee & North Eastern Railroad", MichiganRailroads.com, accessed November 20, 200

/ref> The M & NE was originally built to help exploit the old-growth

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resources of its service area. Logs were carried to mills in Manistee. The railroad also attempted to develop a sideline as a hauler of

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es, orchard fruit, and grain. Leelanau Transit Company Suttons Bay Depot 2011

Today

The Manistee and North-Eastern was consolidated into the

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in 1955. A section of the short railroad's right-of-way is now in use as the Leelanau Trail.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manistee Northeastern Railroad Defunct Michigan railroads Northern Michigan Predecessors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway