Location: Swanzy, MI

Swanzy was a station on the C&NW subdivision between Escanaba and Negaunee, about 1.5 miles north of Little Lake. The Swanzy branch left the C&NW line here for the mines near Princeton and Gwinn. 


Notes

The C&NW had a bay window station here and a 1,262' passing siding. The Swanzy branch also had a 1,032' passing track near the junction switch. [CNWV]

The northward main line had a station signal about 200' south of the junction. [CNWV]


Time Line

1918. The C&NW had an agent operator here on the day shift. [TRT]

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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