Manistee Filer City & East Lake → Northern Michigan Traction Co. → Manistee Light &Traction
Acquired: 1905 - Manistee, Filer City & East Lake.
Operated for 2 years.
Merged: 1907 - into Manistee Light & Traction.
Reference: [MRRC]
Fourteen miles were laid in 1892 connecting Eastlake with Filer City via Manistee, with a branch from Peanut Junction to Orchard Beach on Lake Michigan. The lines has seventeen passing sidings.
The company supplied its own power and the car house was well-equipped wit blacksmith, carpenter, machine and paint shops and a transfer table for shifting cars between shop and barn sections.
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