Location: Grayling, MI - More Photographs

Early Grayling MI Michigan Central at Grayling MI Michigan Central at Grayling MI Michigan Central at Grayling MI Michigan Central at Grayling MI Looking east across the Michigan Central Railroad D&M train at Grayling

Image info: Top, an early view of Grayling. The MC roundhouse and water tower are in the back ground. A dray is bringing refuse to the burn chimney, which has a mesh cover on the top to arrest sparks. 2nd image, a Michigan Central snow plow X23175 at Grayling, in the process of pushing new snow off the line. 3rd photo, NYC geep 5632 switches the Grayling Yard in 1954. Note the coaling tower behind the locomotive. By this time, it was seldom used. [Neil Plagens]; 4th and 5th photos, views of NYC snowplow X19556 at Grayling, stored in the summer of 1953. [Neil Plagens photo, Mark Andersen collection]. 6th photo, a view looking east across the MC main line and along Michigan Avenue. This view was likely taken from the water tower or roundhouse. 7th photo, D&M 466 leads a southbound train at the Grayling depot. [Neil Plagens photo, Mark Andersen collection]

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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