Cadillac & Lake City Railway
Incorporated Mar. 5, 1963. Lake City to Sandstown, Mi., 4.5 miles. (Missaukee Jct to Lake City and Falmouth) Service discontinued Feb. 2, 1976, line abandoned Aug. 16,1984
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short movie of 127 & 25 taken in 1969 or 1970 provided by Brian Norman
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Interchanging freight at Misaukee Junction with pr |
Engineer "oils around" the machinery of Number 2 |
Number 2 and Private Car 84 on a mid-October color tour |
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Engineer Johnson checks no. 2 on a below zero morning |
A winter freight run at Sayer Siding |
Freight Transfer from PRR at Misaukee Junction |
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Fireman's view as train nears North Cadillac |
Approaching highway 131 crossing at North cadillac |
Number 2 Lake City, MI |
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Cadillac & Lake City #25 at Whitewater Valley Railroad
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Brimley (possible ex C&LC, exx PH&D 52) Part of the Brimley Historical Museum
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Cadillac & Lake City Railway. Full size steam trains of the C&LC carry passengers through Michigan's forests and along beautiful lakes on scheduled runs between Cadillac and Lake City, Michigan |
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former C&LC locomotive at Mid Continent Railway Museum |
former C&LC locomotive at Mid Continent Railway Museum |
former C&LC locomotive at Mid Continent Railway Museum |
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C&LC 11 |
train No. 71 and crew at North Cadillac, Michigan Station, 3 miles north of Cadillac on U.S. 131. Left to right Engineer Carlton Johnson, fireman Edward Seeley, and conductor Earl Abbett Leon Foster |
locomotive #2, an oil burning 2-8-2 built in 1912, shown just east of North Cadillac, Michigan on a special run with the private car "Emerald Lakes"A rare taste of the elegant living of the past Leon Foster |
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locomotive #2, an oil burning 2-8-2 built in 1912 shown at Sayer Siding in North Cadillac with a mixed freight and passenger train from Lake City, Michigan. The C&LC Ry. maintains year around freight service between Cadillac, Lake City and Falmouth with trains each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. During the summer there is a daily Passenger Service except Sunday Leon Foster |
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C&LC Brochure |
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Route Map |
Ohio Central 1278 Leased to the Cadillac & Lake City Railway 1970-1971 |
Baldwin-Westinghouse survivor B-71 see B-73
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Cadillac & Lake City Ry information and photos by Don's Depot
Baldwin 2-8-2 #2 at Mid Continent Railway Museum
Armco B-71 at Minnesota Transportation Museum
Roster
Roster Notes
Road Number
HP
Builder
Builder's Model
Tractive Effort
Weight
Date
Notes
2
Baldwin
2-8-2
21,000
141,000
1912
1
11
Alco-Cooke
0-4-0T
10,000
64,000
1924
2
18
Baldwin
2-6-2
?
110,000
1920
3
25
750
Lima Hamilton
Yd. Sw
27,000
216,000
1951
4
71
400
BW
34,000
156,000
1930
5
127
CLW
4-6-2
1948
6
1. C&LC 2 was originally Saginaw Timber Co., then Polson Logging Co., then Rayonier 2, then Grand Traverse Northern 2 (3/62) GTN leases this unit to C&LC
2. C&LC 11 was originally Kelly Island Lime & Transport 13, then Mr. Carlton Johnson's 11. Johnson leased it to C&LC. No longer on C&LC's roster
3. C&LC 18 was originally Florida & Alabama 18, then Mr. F. Steck's 18. Steck leased it to C&LC. No longer on C&LC's roster.
4. C&LC 25 was originally Cincinatti Union Terminal 25, then C&LC 25
5. C&LC 71 was originally Armco Steel B-71, then Michigan Railway Historical Society 71. The Society leases it to C&LC
6. 127 is Ex-CP 1278. Built by Canadian Loco. Works, Kingston, Ontario, in 1948. Was leased to Cad & Lake City in 1970 for one year by Steamtown USA in Vermont.
Returned to steamtown in September of 1971, and Re# back to 1278 in 1974. Suffered boiler explosion on Gettysburg RR in PA 1995,
currently awaiting restoration at Ohio Central RR Morgan Run, OH
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12/30/07