Boyne City, Gaylord
& Alpena Railroad
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Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad
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Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad
This lock and key appeared on Ebay and sparked my interest.
Here's what their Railroad Pass looked like:
| (This is a 1920/1921 annual typed pass for the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad Company issued to Mr. Charles W. Clewell; Fuel & Lumber Agent - The Pennsylvania System North Western Region. It was signed by the President of the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad Company, and was good for travel over the entire line. The Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad was incorporated in 1905 and operated over 83 miles of trackage, becoming the Boyne City Railroad in 1935 before going out of business.) |
Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum seems to have the most information on the railroad:
Railroad Origins in Alpena - including Detroit & Mackinac lines and other lines in Alpena
Review of the Physical Condition of Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad in 1909
Dispatching the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena in 1925
Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad Company
Otherwise, I highly encourage you to visit the "bricks and mortar"
Michigan Railroad History Museum and Archives in Durand, Michigan.
*They have all of the surviving records of the BCG&A*
The Boyne City Heritage Center also has many images of the trains on the line (not online ;-P).
The Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin has a very neat site on how they restored and now display the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena #1Snow Plow built in November 1906.
(An authentic B.C.G.A.R.R. Lantern - This is a Adlake Reliable lantern with the last patent date of April 1 1913)
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