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Timetable: MCRR - Gladwin Branch - Huron Dock to Gladwin
The MC Gladwin Branch started at docks along Saginaw Bay near Pinconning, and then went west into the forests of Bay and Gladwin counties.
| Station | MP from Pinconning | Notes |
| Lake Huron Dock | 2.6 (east of Pinconning) | |
| D&M Crossing xDM | I | |
| Pinconning xMC | 0.0 | X J |
| Beardsleys | 2.7 | |
| Woodville | 3.3 | |
| East St. Johns | 5.0 | |
| St. Johns | 5.1 | |
| Nine Mile | 5.2 | |
| West St. Johns (St. Johns Branch) | 5.8 | |
| Rhodes Nine Mile Track Switch | 6.6 | |
| Nine Mile Branch Junction | 6.7 | |
| Eddy's Branch Junction | 7.7 | |
| Ogden Branch Junction | 7.8 | |
| Mount Forest | 7.9 | J |
| Rhodes | 11.2 | |
| Camp 9 Spur | 11.2 | |
| Smiths | 14.8 | |
| Highwood (Hawes Bridge) | 17.8 | |
| Bausfields | ~20 | |
| Winegars or Marsh Farm | 21.2 | |
| Howry's | 23.5 | |
| Gladwin | 27.4 | |
| Ogden Branch | ||
| Mount Forest | 8.0 | J |
| Bentley | ~13.0 | |
| Glover | ~16.0 | |
| Moore's Junction | ~19.0 | |
| Ogden | ~22.0 | |
| St. Johns Branch | ||
| St. Johns | 5.8 | |
| End of Track | 6.2 | |
| Rhodes Nine Mile Track | ||
| Rhodes | 6.6 | |
| End of Track | 7.2 | |
| Nine Mile Branch | ||
| Nine Mile Track Switch | 6.7 | |
| Thurtles | 9.1 | |
| Switch to Branch Running North | 9.5 | |
| Gales | 11.4 | |
| End of Branch Running North | 12.6 | |
| Lowell | 10.9 | |
| Mugwamp | 13.8 | |
| Eddy's Branch | ||
| Eddy's Branch Junction | 7.7 | |
| Browns | 8.6 | |
| Switch to Sullivan's Branch | 8.6 | |
| Sullivan's CaMP | 10.5 | |
| End of Sullivan's Branch | 10.9 | |
| Fishers Junction | 9.1 | |
| Hudson's or Campbell's (on Fisher Br.) | 10.3 | |
| End of Fisher Branch | 10.4 | |
| Newtons | 10.2 | |
| Jordans | 11.6 | |
| Murphy's | 12.6 | |
| End of Eddy's Branch | 12.7 | |
| Ogden Branch | ||
| Ogden's Branch Junction | 7.8 | |
| Hitchcock | 8.8 | |
| Switch to Branch Running East | 8.8 | |
| End of Branch Running East | 9.4 | |
| Ketchams | 11.0 | |
| Bennetts | 11.4 | |
| Peterson's Camp | 11.9 | |
| Freeman's | 12.0 | |
| Bently's Store | 12.3 | |
| Redys | 13.2 | |
| Switch to Redys Branch | 13.2 | |
| End of Redys Branch | 13.4 | |
| Switch to Old Gorman Branch | 14.1 | |
| End of Old Gorman Branch | 14.5 | |
| Peasley's | 15.7 | |
| Moore Junction | 17.1 | |
| Switch to Turner Branch | 17.1 | |
| Moore's | 17.4 | |
| Switch to Sand Pit | 18.3 | |
| Ogden | 18.6 | |
| Switch to Branch to Right | 19.6 | |
| End of Branch to Right | 20.2 | |
| Davidson's | 22.9 | |
Note Key: BB=Bascule Bridge | C=Coal | CS=Car Shop | D=Open > Day | DN=Open Day and night | DS=Dispatcher | DT=Double Main Track | EH=Engine house | F=Diesel Fuel | HI=Half Interlocked Crossing | I=Interlocked Crossing | J=Junction | LB=Lift bridge | N=Open at night | P=Passing Track w/40' car capacity | Q=Quarry | RH=Roundhouse # stalls | RT=Railroad Resort | S=Scales | SB=Swing bridge | T=Turntable | TC=Telegraph call | W=Water | X=Crossing | Y=Wye | Yard=Yard
[REF] = [MILB][ETT-1897-11]
Notes
Time Line
1897. SNAPSHOT: This branch hosted one 1st class passenger train each way from Bay City to Gladwin via Pinconning. This was a mixed train, which took 1 hour and 20 minutes between Gladwin and Pinconning.
1897. This branch was controlled by telephone stations at Pinconning, Mt. Forest, Rhodes, Highwood and Gladwin. [ETT-1897-11]s
1949. Michigan railroads since 1932 have quit using the following tracks. Some continue to exist but are not in use: MC from Mount Forest to bentley. [DFP-1949-1009]
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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