Railroad: Cobbs and Mitchell

Built → Cobbs & Mitchell → Boyne Falls & Northeastern

Built: In 1882 five miles in Wexford and Missaukee counties.

Operated for 

Became: Boyne Falls & Northeastern, date not known.

Reference: [MRRC]

Notes

This was a 3' gauge logging railroad.

Image Info: Top, a Cobbs & Mitchell locomotive near their Cadillac, MI mill. This was the second Shay built by Lima Machine Works in 1880. 36" gauge. [University of Michigan Bentley library collection]. 2nd image, a postcard view of a logging train in the woods near Cadillac. 1911.

Time Line

1918. July 11. Boyne Falls. Peger Skop, brakeman on the Cobbs and Mitchell railroad, slipped and fell beneath the wheels of his train while working out of Boyne Falls. One wheel passed over the middle of his body, but did not break his back or cut the flesh. He is in a serious condition, however, from internal injuries. [YEX]

According to [ITP1], Cobb & Mitchell had significant railroad operations on the northeast portion of Grand Traverse County, with connections at Cobb Junction on the GR&I Traverse City Branch, and at Mitchell Junction on the GR&I Mackinaw City branch (in Kalkaska County). [ITP1]