The Haakwood Branch left the MC Mackinaw Branch at Haakwood going into the forest in Cheboygan County.
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| Station | MP from Delta Switch | Notes |
| Haakwood | 0.0 | |
| North Branch Junction | 2.0 | J |
| Hanson Branch Junction | 5.3 | J |
| Hungerford | 6.0 | |
| Hurst's | 7.0 | |
| Wylie | 8.0 | |
| Saddlers | 8.3 | |
| Sams | 9.5 | |
| Newell Branch Junction | 10.0 | J |
| Osborn (Afton?) | 11.0 | |
| Quarry | 12.0 | |
| Ellis Branch Junction | 12.3 | J |
| Whiting | 13.0 | |
| Embury | 14.5 | |
| Churchill | 16.0 | |
| Fler Branch Junction | 17.0 | J |
| Bears | 17.5 | |
| Doane | 18.0 | J |
| Mosherman | 19.0 | |
| Thorwald | 21.0 | |
| North Branch Junction | 0.0 | J |
| Dunham | ~2.5 | |
| Hanson Branch Junction | 0.0 | J |
| Armstrong | ~3 | On spur. |
| Taft | ~6 | |
| Newell Branch Junction | 0.0 | J |
| Marvin | 1.0 | |
| Blanchard's Spur | 2.0 | |
| James | 3.0 | |
| Mantz | 5.0 | |
| Hemans | 8.0 | |
| Secor | 9.0 | |
| Ellis Branch Junction | 0.0 | |
| Brown's spur | 0.3 | |
| Richards | 5.0 | |
| Bartchelor Branch | ||
| Doane | 0.0 | J |
| Bisher | 1.5 | |
Key: BB=Bascule Bridge | C=Coal | CS=Car Shop | D=Open > Day | DN=Open Day and night | DS=Dispatcher | DT=Double Main Track | EH=Engine house | F=Diesel Fuel | HI=Half nterlocked Crossing | I=Interlocked Crossing | J=Junction | LB=Lift bridge | N=Open at night | P=Passing Track w/40' car capacity | Q=Quarry | RH=Roundhouse # stalls | RT=Railroad Resort | S=Scales | SB=Swing bridge | T=Turntable | TC=Telegraph call | W=Water | X=Crossing | Y=Wye | Yard=Yard
[REF] = 1912 MC station list.
Unlike the Twin Lakes and Bagley branches, the Haakwood branch had no scheduled passenger trains in 1911. It is likely that an occasional passenger coach was attached to a freight train to move loggers from one place to another. There has been no identified station at Afton, the only town along the branch. [ETT-1911]
1900. The first 12 miles of the branch line is built to approximately Afton. [MRL]
1905. Forest fires started at the Wylie Buell Lumber Co. camps along the Haakwood branch of the MC have continued with unabated fury for nearly thirty-six hours. The loss will be considerable. [DFP-1905-0525]
1905. July. George Richards is suing the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw railroad company (leased to the MCRR) to recover a 2½ percent commission which he alleges is due him for selling $111,135 worth of land, covering over 15,000 acres (23.4 square miles) in Cheboygan county to J.A. Haak & Sons for the railway company. [LSJ-1905-0711]
1907. 8½ additional miles are added to the branch. [MRL
1907. The Newell branch (7½ miles) is built. It is removed in between 1919 and 1926. [MRL]
1909. May 12. While trying to board the way car of the log train on the Haakwood branch three miles north of Wolverine, John King fell and his left leg slipped under the wheels, crushing it so badly that it had to be amputated above the knee. [SCH-1909-0513]
1911. July 12. On the Haakwood branch of the MC, there are vast tracts of timber, owned by the Buell-Wylie Company; the Buell Lumber Co. and other big lumber operators and these are said to be doomed to forest fires. [FLJ-1911-0712]
1911. July 12. A logging train in tonight at Wolverine from the Haakwood branch of the MC railroad brings a report that the forest fires are gaining headway rapidly. The train had just crossed a burning bridge when the structure fell. Another logging train coming in on the same road is on the forest side of the burned bridge and fears are entertained for the safety of the crew. On the Pigeon river branch of the MC, another logging crew is reported cut off by burned bridges. [EDP-1911-0713]
1913. About six miles are abandoned at the end of the branch line. Two additional miles are removed in 1919. [MRL]
1916. April. A timber tract of virgin timber is to be opened this spring located in the south end of Cheboygan county and will be reached by a 2-mile extension of the MC Haakwood branch. It is covered with hardwood and hemlock which has never been touched by an axe. This tract is owned and will be operated by Kneeland, Luden & Bigelow of Bay City. [FLJ-1916-0415]
1917. The Brady branch is built (2.1 miles) and abandoned in 1925. [MRL]
1924. A broken rail on the Haakwood branch near Wolverine caused the engine of a logging train to leave the rails and turn over twice. Much track was torn up but no one received severe injuries. Had it not been that the train was running slowly loss of life might have resulted. [GRP-1924-0119]
1936. June 8. The MC and NYC railroads applied to the ICC for permission to abandon the Haakwood branch of the former road in Cheboygan county. The carriers said the branch, 12.75 miles near Afton, MI was constructed to take out timber and that this had been completed. [LSJ-1936-0608]
1936. August. The ICC authorizes the NYC/MC to abandon the Haakwood Branch from Haakwood to Afton. [JCP-1936-0812]
1937. June. A crew of men is engaged taking up the abandoned Haakwood branch of the MC railroad. [BCT-1937-0616]
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