Station: Dafter, MI

Dafter was on the Soo Lin railroad, 13 miles east of Rudyard.


Notes


Time Line

1917. The MStP&SSM had an agent here on the day shift. [TRT]

1963. May. In a hearing before the MPSC, the Soo Line requests to serve freight patrols at Dafter and Rudyard from a service center at Sault Ste. Marie, instead of through local station agents. The railroad's station system was created 75 years ago to meet 19th century needs, with only primitive transportation and communication. Lock City transportation company facilities (in Sault Ste. Marie) will be used to provide pickup and delivery. A traveling agent system will be provided to substitute for the offices now operated. The proposal is similar to that of the New York Central in lower Michigan, now in use. [EDP-1963-0524]

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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