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Hope that everyone had a healthy, and safe New Year! Can anyone tell me about where the D&M entered Rogers City, and where was the station and yard, and or anything else about this area? I am aware that the branch split off the line to Cheboygan at Posen, but after that, I am clueless. Thanks in advance!

Go to Google Satellite and follow the line from Alpena northwest to Rogers City Jct. then straight north to Calcite then straight west into Rogers City. They serviced a small factory on the west side of RC and had some dock traffic along the water front at one time too. Line was cut to Calcite when plastics plant moved in early 1980's. Line was abandoned and removed around 1999 from Calcite/Hawks to Alpena. Like I said it's pretty easy to follow the ROW from a satellite view.

The last limestone traffic from the huge pit in Calcite was around 1984. Ironically the limestone pit has (or had) it's own interplant railroad.

The last three customers on the line were two explosive plants (the one in Hawks received about 20 cars a year and the one in Calcite about 30). The plastics plant between Rogers City Jct. and Calcite received about 2-3 cars a week. Either the plastics plant decided to receive its pellets by truck (from the transload in Clare possibly) so LSRC abandoned the line or its the other way around.

I found the plastics factory---Cadilliac Products, on US23 --- and followed the line as you said. Found Calcite, and then tried to follow the line west, and found what looks like a newer road between First and Second, that could have been the right of way through town. Found the area where the yard could have been, north of Waters Edge restaurant. The yard could not have been very big, and what street was the factory on the west side of town on, or what name? Thank you very much for the help---know it has been a long time that this has been gone, just trying to piece it together. There never was any enginehouse here either, correct??

Try this link and zoom in.

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/ov ... 00_geo.jpg

THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!!!!!!!!