Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Society Mile Post 200 to 250 Web page
Mile Post Location What's There
200.71 Temple center of siding, Lake Geoge and Muskegon River RR 1876
200.72 Main St. railroad crossing
200.9 Temple (CX)
  • Listed Mile Post 200.66, 200.70, 208.3, MP 199.66 9-12-1920, 200.7 10-3-1920 siding 41 cars, 3500’
  • 1st depot burned 1900, 2nd depot 1911, agency closed 4-1967 to Clare
  • Siding Temple has been permanently taken out of service and switches spiked 8-11-1971
  • Siding out 1-1-72, two side track tracks on east side
  • Originally Campbell City (1889), connected with Lake Geoge and Muskegon River RR 1876
  • tracks removed by 3/16/1975
-- Michigan Tax case 1914 replacement value for structure(s) at Temple
  • Reproduction cost $1600.00 - Passenger and Freight
201.1 Bridge Muskegon River
201.71 Trail railroad crossing
203.2 Ross's
  • Listed Mile Post 210.8
  • siding 8019'-1889 - to Muskegon River for Ross Mill, 1.51 miles, built 1890, abandoned 1897
203.45 County Rd. Railroad crossing, ICC# - 1600' Consumers Power Co.
203.8 Pennocks
  • Listed Mile Post 203.4, 202.4, 203.43, 209.9, 238, 202.4 9-12-1920, 203.43 10-3-1920
  • Station opened 1888, out 1-1-1951, 28 cars, 995’, Station stop 1915
  • Originally was lumbering spur, short spur used for unloading natural gas to underground caverns.
204.84 Watson Station stop 1915, Bounty Road railroad crossing
205.42 County Rd. railroad crossing
206.11 Trail railroad crossing
207.01 County Rd. railroad crossing
207.38 Trail railroad crossing
208.54 First St.
  • Railroad crossing, ICC# -, Pickie Station track + Miller Michigan Potato Company, Libby, McNeal& Libby - stock yards
  • ICC# - Marion Product Company + Standard Oil Company + Marion Lumber Co., Kent Elevator Company, Gleaner Clearing House Assn.
208.6 M-61 Main St.
  • Listed Mile Post 203.25
  • 8/13/1974 automatic cantilever type flashing light signals in service, Mill St.
208.8 Marion (MN)
  • Listed Mile Post 208.57, 208.61, 215.9
  • Station, 75'x24.5’, 51 cars, 7840’, 92 cars, 7/10/1932, 82 cars 1964
  • Joint depot with Manistee and Grand Rapids [Michigan East and West] 1907 to 1915
  • In 1915 Michigan East and West remodeled creamery into station, later Marion Produce Company
  • Wood water tank 20,000 gallon, 1925 steel water tank 80,000 gallons, 12.5'x14.4’ car house, scale house 9.5'x15.4, Potato house 34.4'x55. 2'
  • Michigan East and West discontinued service in 1919, sold for scrap 1920
  • Designated division point 1919, round house located west of tracks between river and M-66 later lumber yard
  • Train order signal removed 9-19-1978, 10-19-1978
  • Area rebuilt by State of Michigan 1989, most of the side trackage removed, passing and team track rebuild
208.92 M-66 Flashers
209.67 County Rd. railroad crossing
211 Gorham’s 400’, (possible Session’s siding 395’), out 4-1909
211.83 Trail railroad crossing
212 Marion Manufacturing Siding Marion Manufacturing.Company, 700’, out 11-1911
212.68 Trail railroad crossing
212.8 ICC# - Falmouth CO-OP
212.9 Park lake
  • Listed Mile Post 212.64, 211.64, 212.68, 220.2
  • Station stop 1915,out 6-9-57, 913’, switch spiked 1953, sawmill settlement
213 Duroy Passing track,160’, 1st 1-13-1918, out 6-19-1921
214.06 Ryan Station stop 1915, railroad crossing
215.3 Siding 396' tie track
215.46 County Rd. railroad crossing
216.36 Euclid St. railroad crossing
216.37 McBain center of siding
216.48 Morey Rd. Flashers
216.51 Stoney Corner Rd. Flashers
216.6 McBain (MC)
  • Listed Mile Post 216.39, 215.39, 216.43, 223.8
  • Station, 51 cars,4113’,  - Owens PO & station 1887
  • Maple St. railroad crossing, Pickle station bldg.,
  • ICC#146-502', Gulf Oil Co.+ stock pens + lsabella (Michigan) Sugar Company, originally on passing track, removed by 1985
  • ICC# - passing track, cut back to just south side of road
  • ICC# - McBain Grain Company
  • ICC# - new siding 1985 for new cedar post plant and mill, north of original passing siding track.
-- Michigan Tax case 1914 replacement value for structure(s) at McBain
  • Reproduction cost $2740.00 - Passenger and Freight
  • Reproduction cost $50.00 - Tool House (car)
218.75 W. Euclid Ave. railroad crossing
219.37 Trail railroad crossing, ICC# - passing track + warehouse Creamery
220.43 Lucas Ave. railroad crossing
220.82 Lucas center of siding
221 Lucas
  • Listed Mile Post 220.35, 219.35, 220.39, 227.9
  • Station, 65 cars, (Holland's) siding 3029', 1973 west end removed - 1200 feet left
  • Agent closed 4-1967 to Clare.
-- Michigan Tax case 1914 replacement value for structure(s) at Lucas
  • Reproduction cost $1350.00 - Combination Dwelling, Passenger and Freight
221.46 Kieldsen Station stop 1915, County road railroad crossing, old grade going north
223.13 Sleuters Rd. Station stop 1915, railroad crossing
223.3 tie track
  • Listed Mile Post 230.3
  • Brink's siding 800’, 396’ in 1892
224 grade old grade going east
225.9 Siding ICC# - 775’, Littlefield's 1889
226 Whaley St. railroad crossing
226.5 `CN'
  • Cadillac tower crossing Grand Rapids & Indiana (PRR)
  • Fire 1-24-1926
  • Changed mechanical to electrical operation 5-1962
  • Removed diamond 5-1969
226.6 Cobb St. railroad crossing'
226.63 Hobart St. railroad crossing
226.67 Cedar St. railroad crossing
226.98 Chapin St.
  • Railroad crossing
  • Nelsons siding south of Cadillac
  • Browns siding south of Cadillac, Northern Chair Co., St. Johns Table, and Mitchell Bros.
227 Siding Hayes, track shed
227.03 Cadillac PRR crossing, autointerlocking 10-9-1963
227.06 Cass St. Railroad crossing
227.06 `CN' (CN)
  • Present MP for interlocker scheduled to be removed in 1986, along with PRR track through downtown
  • Murphy and Diggins, Cummer & Diggins crossings in town area along lakefront.
  • Junction board
-- Michigan Tax case 1914 replacement value for structure(s) at Cadillac
  • Reproduction cost $25930.00 - Passenger
  • Reproduction cost $1600.00 - Freight
  • Reproduction cost $1950.00 - G. R. & I. 1/2
  • Reproduction cost $5840.00 - 4 stalls
  • Reproduction cost $1620.00 - 14' x 20' Tank, wooden support, drop spout
  • Reproduction cost $488.00 - Motor Car House
  • Reproduction cost $600.00 - Yard Master Office
  • Reproduction cost $96.00 - Tool House
  • Reproduction cost $75.00 - Road Master Office
  • Reproduction cost $50.00 - Tool House (car)
  • Reproduction cost $100.00 - Coal Dock Cabin
  • Reproduction cost $100.00 - Car Repairs Cabin (Cars)
  • Reproduction cost $225.00 - Round House Foremans Office and Oil House
  • Reproduction cost $250.00 - Bunk House Trainmen
227.13 Harris St. Railroad crossing
227.3 Cadillac
  • Listed Mile Post 226.93, 226.0, 227.03, 226.98, 234.3
  • Station 1st 1888, 2nd 1912, 42 cars - 16,645’, 30 cars - 9/36
  • Welfare track out of service 7-17-61
  • Sruabe track 7
  • Breidenstein oil Co.,
  • west switch siding out of service 8-1-61
  • Sandell’s (formerly Plywood Co.)
  • 1922 Malleable Iron Co. switches spiked 1-5-60, 1972 Cast Metal Industries, 2005 Cadillac Casting, Inc - receives Coke
  • Goodrich Rubber Co. reoccupied by Cadillac Marine Boat Co. 10-60
  • Former Goodrich Lumber Co. > Brook and Perkins
  • PRR spur crossing removed 1-1-72 (4/24/1970)
  • Western Concrete installed new under track unloading pit with conveyor on north side of track 6-11-1980
  • Mitchell Bentley,all racks and bins set out west end of No. 8 track, padding set out No. 5 or No. 6 track 4-21-1978
227.32 Pine St. Wigwag & bell
227.5 Haynes St. Flashers
227.6 Crossing Cadillac and Northeastern RR crossing
227.63 Clam River in 1916
227.81 Bond St. Railroad crossing
227.94 Wright St. Railroad crossing
228.19 Selma Yard, later Cadillac yard, wye track on south end scheduled to be rebuild and yard removed 1886.
228.2 Selma coal station
228.3 Selma (CY)
  • Listed Mile Post 227.88, 227, 228.19, 227.98
  • Station Cadillac yard, Selma yard 1-18-14, 1st 9-28-1913
  • Stop listed as discontinued 1915, Cadillac & Northeastern RR station, later Cummer & Diggins RR crossing, south of Wright St. & north of Bond St.
  • Interlocking type unknown at this crossing
  • West switch of siding removed 1962 removed, west switch
  • Sinclair switch spiked 1962
228.59 Leeson St. railroad crossing
230 White Sands Siding 300’, out 3-1912
230.3 Brinks siding in 1893
230.72 M-115 Flashers
231.2 Lake Blvd. railroad crossing
231.66 Lake blvd. railroad crossing
232.7 Selma (CY)
  • Listed Mile Post 1900 232.50
  • Station, 2300’, 1st class stop 1907, out 6-25-1911
233 Gardiner Siding 800’, out 6-8-1913
233.35 Trail railroad crossing
234 Bunyea
  • Town around Sturlevant & Bunyea sawmill, about 1903 to 1913
  • Siding 700’, out 9-28-1913, listed as flag stop until 3-31-1912
234.3 Powell Rd. railroad crossing
235.29 S. 27-Mile Rd. railroad crossing
235.5 Millersville
  • Listed Mile Post 234.96, 234.2, 235.27, 242.3
  • Station, Millers 1888-1889, flag stop, no buildings, siding (765’) 265', out 6-9-1957
236.22 Townline Rd. railroad crossing
236.5 One time crossing narrow gage Cadillac and Northwestern Railroad
237 Diggins Siding 500’,abandoned (to Cummer & Diggins mill, 1.28 miles built 1893 abandoned1897), out 9-28-1913
237.11 Boon Rd. railroad crossing
237.64 Boon
  • Section House 14' 6" x 10' 4" at south side of Hueston Street [private drive]
  • Radio relay tower located south of section house
  • center of siding 3659'
  • Fall 2009 all trackage replaced, siding replaced
237.86 Heuston St. railroad crossing
238.09 County Rd. railroad crossing
238.1 Boon (BO)(Hoskins)
  • Listed Mile Post 237.78, 236.8, 237.83, 245.0
  • Station 1889, 41cars, 3659’
  • Springdale PO north of Boon
  • Duforts siding north of Boon
  • Russel or Durtham south of Boon
  • Drawing M-I-d S-3 passing track ICC66 - 1944' customer ICC67 - 1002'
-- Michigan Tax case 1914 replacement value for structure(s) at Boon
  • Reproduction cost $1200.00 - Combination Dwelling ($500) Passenger and Freight
  • Reproduction cost $96.00 - Tool House
239.29 County Rd. railroad crossing
239.62 Elm Flat Rd. railroad crossing
240 Williams
  • Listed Mile Post 247.0
  • Depot?, siding 500’, out 9-28-1913, 1910 - 1913 (Boyd's mill 1889)
241 McPherson Siding, 800’, out 6-18-1916
242.3 Trail railroad crossing, old grade crossing
242.81 County Rd. railroad crossing
243 Dufort's Siding, 700’, out 9-28-1913
244 Gasser's Siding, 300’, out 6-8-1913, Wexford Sand Co.
244.08 Harrietta
  • Listed Mile Post 251.2 Station (Gaston -1891)
  • Pecks siding north of Harrietta, old pickle track
244.16 Davis Rd. Flashers
244.7 Harrietta (HR)
  • Listed Mile Post 244.04, 243.06, 244.08, 245.00
  • Station 1889, 41cars, 4557’, (500’), out 9-28-1913
  • Originally PO Springdale, lumbering town, mill burned 1918
  • Drawing M-I-d S-4 customer ICC70 - 500'
244.78 County Rd. 594 Railroad crossing
244.87 County Rd. Railroad crossing
246 Sauder's
  • Listed Mile Post 246.25
  • Siding, 490’, Siding, 700’, 1st 5-10-1914, out 11-1911
246.5 Cutler's Siding 1400', out 9-1909
247 Derry's Siding, 1500',Derry 1910 - mail to Harrietta, out 9-17-1916
247.57 Burkett Rd.West No. 28 MileRoad Railroad crossing,leave cars beyond 150 feet west of road crossing
248.03 Yuma Center of siding
248.56 County Rd. Railroad crossing
249 Fitzpatricks Siding, 800', 1889
249.2 Yuma (MU)
  • Listed Mile Post 249.05, 248.07, 249.10, 255.7
  • Depot, 50 cars,4000’, Original Station burned, replaced by Thompsonville depot, which came from Lucas, abandoned siding, (siding and sand pit 3/16/75)
  • West 4500 feet of siding out of service, west switch is spiked 9/3/1970
  • East switch and east 1700 feet of siding has been restored to service 9-2-1971
  • Siding stubbed 1700’ west of east switch 1-1-72
  • West 1700 feet of siding out of service, west switch is spiked 5/18/1979
  • West switch removed, east switch spiked 1953
  • Jenny coal kilns and chemical plant from Harriette in 1888
  • Fall 2009 all trackage completely replaced - siding reinstalled
249.56 County. Rd. railroad crossing
Web page by Henry F. Burger on May 29, 2011