D&M Stone Train Questions
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:26 pm
This question is from the other board which I'm posting here because I'm not able to post there in spite of numerous attempts to get log in access.
There are two possibilities to Nile's question.
One is shale from the pit west of Alpena that closed in the early to mid 90's.
Another is gypsum or lime from one of the pits around the Tawas City area. Two of those pits remain open but the last rail shipments were around 2006.
Both of the above went to various cement plants including Dundee Cement which received about 10ish cars a week of either gypsum lime or shale.
There are two possibilities to Nile's question.
One is shale from the pit west of Alpena that closed in the early to mid 90's.
Another is gypsum or lime from one of the pits around the Tawas City area. Two of those pits remain open but the last rail shipments were around 2006.
Both of the above went to various cement plants including Dundee Cement which received about 10ish cars a week of either gypsum lime or shale.
Posted by NILE on 6/19/2020, 2:45 pm
I'm looking for information on Detroit & Mackinaw RR's rock trains. As I understand they were loaded in Alpena and a major customer was Dundee Cement on the AA. Were there any other customers? Because of the weight were the hoppers only 1/2 full? Is the quarry still open in Alpena? Any other interesting info would be appreciated. I have some of the DM HO scale hoppers and I'm thinking of modeling parts of this.