Details: Hits: 3319

Railroad: Bay City and Alpena Railroad Company

Tawas & Bay County Railroad → Bay City and Alpena Railroad → DBC&A Railroad

Built: 1880, as T&BC. 3' 2" gauge. Tawas City to Prescott

Operated for 1 year.

Became: 1882 bought from T&BC

Renamed: Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Railroad in 1883.

Reference: [MRRC]

Notes

Time Line

https://www.michiganrailroads.com/stories/6748-funding-the-bay-city-and-alpena

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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