Railroad: Grand Rapids, Kalkaska & Southeastern Railroad Company


Built → Grand Rapids Kalkaska & Southeastern Railroad → Chicago & West Michigan Railroad


Built: 1898 from Rapid City to Stratford.

Operated for less than 1 year.

Became: Chicago & West Michigan in 1898.

Reference: [MRRC]


GRK&SE Work Train Near Kalkaska in 1897Image info: Top, a Grand Rapids, Kalkaska & Southeastern work train stops on a trestle near Kalkaska in 1897. [Mark Cowles Collection-MRC-2015-06]


Notes

This was likely a construction railroad.


Time Line


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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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