Station: Essexville, MI

Essexville is a city on the eastern edge of Bay City. The city is served by the Lake State Railway and the Huron and Eastern Railway.

Essexville is the location of Foss Yard.


Notes


Time Line


Industry

  • Consumers Energy power plant. Unit coal trains are received at least weekly. The service is alternated by LSRC (via CSX and Flint) and HESR (via CN and Durand).
  • Essex Refining. 1940-1941. Served by the MC. [MW]
  • Jonathon Boycer - saw mill and salt block - south side of river - 1895
  • W. B. Rouse - saw mill and salt block - south side of river, Woodside Avenue - 1895

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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