Railway line in Michigan
Rogers City Branch |
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The main line of the Rogers City Branch. Not shown: spurs and industrial track within the limestone quarry. |
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Status | Abandoned |
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Locale | Presque Isle County, Michigan |
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Opened | June 18, 1911 (1911-06-18) |
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Closed | 2000 (2000) |
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Line length | 13.6 mi (21.9 km) |
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Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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The Rogers City Branch was a railway line in Presque Isle County, Michigan. It ran north from a junction with the Detroit and Mackinac Railway main line near Posen, Michigan, to Rogers City, Michigan, on the shore of Lake Huron. The Detroit and Mackinac opened the line in 1911, and it was abandoned by the Lake State Railway in 2000. A major customer on the branch was the limestone quarry in Calcite, east of Rogers City.