Cadillac & Lake City Railway

Cadillac & Lake City Railway

Michigan Line Incorporated Mar. 5, 1963.   Lake City to Sandstown, Mi., 4.5 miles. (Missaukee Jct to Lake City and Falmouth) Service was discontinued Feb. 2, 1976, and line was abandoned Aug. 16,1984





June 1966





August 1966

June 1970



undated

Number 2   Lake City, MI

C&LC 11   currently located at The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad

Number 2 and Private Car 84 on a mid-October color tour

Fireman's view as train nears North Cadillac

Approaching highway 131 crossing at North Cadillac

Interchanging freight at Missaukee Junction with PRR

Engineer "oils around" the machinery of Number 2

Engineer Johnson checks no. 2 on a below zero morning

Freight Transfer from PRR at Missaukee Junction

A winter freight run at Sayer Siding

CADILLAC & LAKE CITY RY's 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 postcard

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   John Penrod postcard

THE GOOD OLD DAYS - The old-time steam locomotive and railroad cars of another era recall the thrill of railroading. The Cadillac & Lake City Railway Company offers trips through Michigan's forests and along beautiful lakes on runs between Cadillac and Lake City, Michigan   John Penrod postcard

CADILLAC & LAKE CITY RAILWAY TRAIN 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 postcard

CADILLAC & LAKE CITY RY's 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 postcard

A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE Cadillac & Lake City Railway. passenger train about to leave Lake City for North Cadillac, Michigan. Locomotive #2 is an oil burning, 2-8-2 type built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912. Both coaches are of all steel construction, built in 1924 by the Osgood Bradley Car Co. for commuter service on the Boston & Albany RR.   Leon Foster postcard

CADILLAC & LAKE CITY RAILWAY This full size old time Steam Train carries passengers on schedule between Lake City & Cadillac, Michigan   LL Cook Co postcard

"OLD NUMBER TWO" - of the Cadillac and Lake City Railway wends its way for 22 smoky miles, serving North Cadillac, Lake City, and Falmouth MI color by Geo. C. Happy, Traverse City, Michigan

CADILLAC& LAKE CITY RAILWAY TRAIN No. 73 emerging from the deep woodlands of northern Michigan. Doing the honors on the smokey end is No. 11, the smallest ofthree steam locomotives operated by the C&LC Railway. She was built by the American Locomotive Co. in 1924

CLEARING THE TRACK Cadillac &Lake City Ry. Snow Plow #SP 70 at the wye just south of Lake City, Michigan. Plow was built in the early 1880's for the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RR by the Russell Car & Snow Plow Co. of Ridgeway, Pa. The C&LC maintains year around freight service to Missaukee County

'Old Number Eleven" - of the Cadillac and Lake City Railway wends its way for 22 smokey miles, serving North cadillac, Lake City, and Falmouth, Michigan





former C&LC #2   North Freedom, WI



Cadillac & Lake City #25   at Whitewater Valley Railroad



B71   ex Armco Westinghouse blt







MX7   Sanford Centennial Museum   Whitcomb WHC      Michigan Maple Block



ex C&LC, exx PH&D 52?    Wheels of History, Brimley, MI   photo link





former Chicago and Western Indiana RR Stillwell coach used on CLC





8/16/06   Rockford, MI   ©Aaron Tanzabel

Reading Books to Close

   Ride the Steam Train!

   Cadillac & Lake City Route Map

MX7 Whitcomb WHC ~ former Michigan Maple Block, is at Sanford Centennial Museum   photo link

2 Baldwin 2-8-2 ~ blt 1912, wt 141,000 lbs, te 21,000 lbs
built as Saginaw Timber Co., then Polson Logging Co., then Rayonier 2,
then Grand Traverse Northern 2 (3/62) GTN leased this unit to C&LC.
Was at Mid Continent Railraw Museum in WI, is now in Oregon
photo link photo link

11 Alco-Cooke 0-4-0T ~ blt 1924, wt 64,000 lbs, te 10,000 lbs
built as Kelly Island Lime & Transport 11, then Mr Carlton Johnson's 11. Jonhson leased it to CLC. Located in South Dakota at Prairie Village   ~    photo link   photo link   photo link

18 Baldwin 2-6-2 ~ blt 1920, wt 110,000 lbs
Built as Florida & Alabama 18, then Mr. F. Steck's 18. Steck leased it to C&LC.

25 Lima Hamilton 750hp ~ blt 1951, wt 216,000 lbs, te27,000 lbs
built as Cincinnati Union Terminal 25, then C&LC 25.
Is operable at Whitewater Valley Railroad in Connersville, IN

B-71 Baldwin-Westinghouse 400hp ~ blt 1930, wt 156,000 lbs, te 34,000lbs
built as Armco Steel B-71, then Michigan Railway Historical Society 71. The Society leased it to C&LC. Was at Jackson St Railroad Museum in Minnesota, moved to IRM in 2016 ~    p hoto link

127 CLW 4-6-2 ~ blt 1948
built as CP 1278. Built by Canadian Loco. Works, Kingston, Ontario, in 1948.
Was leased to Cadillac & 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 at Ohio Central RR Morgan Run, OH
I nfo link   1971 photo links photo link

Rolling Stock

46 Chicago & Western Indiana Stillwell Coach, located in Rockford, MI
Painted Green, Yellow, & Red Photo Link

45 Chicago & Western Indiana Stillwell Coach painted Green

44 Chicago & Western Indiana Stillwell Coach painted Green

Steel Coach, blt 1924, Osgood & Bradley for Boston & Albany RR

Steel Coach, blt 1924, Osgood & Bradley for Boston & Albany RR

Blue Coach

84 Emerald Lakes Photo Link

200 ex CGW   photo link

?? ex CGW   photo link

?? Diner Car   photo link

SP70 Snow Plow   photo link

Red no# Caboose ex PH&D 52?? Photo Link

Newspaper Clippings

1963-08-07 Lansing State Journal New Steam Rail Line Planned

1964-04-08 Battle Creek Enquirer Old Steam Locomotives New Tourist Attraction

1964-04-08 Petoskey News Review New Railroad to Open at Cadillac

1964-04-09   The Escanaba Daily Press   Steam Locomotives are Fascinating Relics Now

1964-04-19   The Indianapolis Star   Steam Railroads Come To Michigan

1964-05-23   The News Palladium   Steam Trains To Puff Again

1964-06-14   Lansing State Journal   Rail Buffs Realize Dream

1964-06-18   Lansing State Journal   Rail Fete Lures 'Hoboes'

1964-06-18   Traverse City Record Eagle   New Railroad at Cadillac

1964-06-21   Dayton Daily News   Horseback Gang Holds Up Train

1964-06-22   Petoskey News Review   Holdup, Kidnaping Highlight the Start of Steam RR at Cadillac

1964-06-23 The Chicago Tribune   Steam Makes Comeback

1964-06-28   Lansing State Journal   It's a Heck of a Way to Run a Railroad...

1964-06-30   The Holland Evening Sentinel   Kidnaped By Bandit

1964-06-30   The Holland Evening Sentinel   In The Coach

1964-06-30   The Holland Evening Sentinel   Boarding The Train

1965-05-21   Lansing State Journal   Governor Will Drive Gold Spike

1966-06-09   The Windsor Star   '7470' faces new life

1968-05-12   Lansing State Journal   No. 2 Spruced Up for Movie Role pt.1

1968-05-12   Lansing State Journal   No. 2 Spruced Up for Movie Role pt.2

1968-08-10   Lansing State Journal   From Nowhere to Nowhere by Rail

1968-09-18   Lansing State Journal   Locomotive Buff

1970-09-06   Lansing State Journal   Riding A Train Just For Fun

1970-09-06   Lansing State Journal   Railroad Very Informal

1971-09-30   Lansing State Journal Boxcars Strangle Rail Line

1971-09-30   Lansing State Journal   Boxcars Entangling Rail Line

1971-10-08   The Times Herald   Railroad Steam Engine Towed Through Port Huron

1972-07-19   Lansing State Journal   Cadillac & Lake City Railway Shut Down

1972-07-21   Lansing State Journal   Tourists Miss Train's Chug-Chug

1972-09-24   The South Bend Tribune Michigan's Bootstrap Railroad

Links

Abandoned Rails: The Missaukee Branch

Armco B-71 at Minnesota Transportation Museum also see B-73

A short movie of 127 & 25 taken in 1969 or 1970 provided by Brian Norman

Baldwin 2-8-2 #2 at Mid Continent Railway Museum

Cadillac & Lake City Central Vermont Caboose

Cadillac & Lake City History from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cadillac & Lake City Pictures   Railfan.com

Cadillac & Lake City Ry information and photos by Don's Depot

Canadian Pacific 1278   Leased to the Cadillac & Lake City Railway 1970-1971

Mobile River Sawmill Company #18

The Marion Press: 23 Smokey Miles

USGS TopographicMaps     Cadillac North     Jennings      Lake City    Dinca       Falmouth

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07/28/21

	Number 2 Lake City, MI
	C&LC 11 currently located at The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad
	Number 2 and Private Car 84 on a mid-October color tour
	Fireman's view as train nears North Cadillac
	Approaching highway 131 crossing at North Cadillac
	Interchanging freight at Missaukee Junction with PRR
	Engineer "oils around" the machinery of Number 2
	Engineer Johnson checks no. 2 on a below zero morning
	Freight Transfer from PRR at Missaukee Junction
	A winter freight run at Sayer Siding
	CADILLAC & LAKE CITY RY's 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 postcard
	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 *John Penrod postcard*
	THE GOOD OLD DAYS - The old-time steam locomotive and railroad cars of another era recall the thrill of railroading. The Cadillac & Lake City Railway Company offers trips through Michigan's forests and along beautiful lakes on runs between Cadillac and Lake City, Michigan John Penrod postcard
	CADILLAC & LAKE CITY RAILWAY TRAIN 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 postcard
	CADILLAC & LAKE CITY RY's 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 postcard
	A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE Cadillac & Lake City Railway. passenger train about to leave Lake City for North Cadillac, Michigan. Locomotive #2 is an oil burning, 2-8-2 type built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912. Both coaches are of all steel construction, built in 1924 by the Osgood Bradley Car Co. for commuter service on the Boston & Albany RR. Leon Foster postcard
	CADILLAC & LAKE CITY RAILWAY This full size old time Steam Train carries passengers on schedule between Lake City & Cadillac, Michigan LL Cook Co postcard
	"OLD NUMBER TWO" - of the Cadillac and Lake City Railway wends its way for 22 smoky miles, serving North Cadillac, Lake City, and Falmouth MI color by Geo. C. Happy, Traverse City, Michigan
	CADILLAC& LAKE CITY RAILWAY TRAIN No. 73 emerging from the deep woodlands of northern Michigan. Doing the honors on the smokey end is No. 11, the smallest ofthree steam locomotives operated by the C&LC Railway. She was built by the American Locomotive Co. in 1924
	CLEARING THE TRACK Cadillac &Lake City Ry. Snow Plow #SP 70 at the wye just south of Lake City, Michigan. Plow was built in the early 1880's for the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RR by the Russell Car & Snow Plow Co. of Ridgeway, Pa. The C&LC maintains year around freight service to Missaukee County
	'Old Number Eleven" - of the Cadillac and Lake City Railway wends its way for 22 smokey miles, serving North cadillac, Lake City, and Falmouth, Michigan

MX7	Whitcomb WHC ~ former Michigan Maple Block, is at Sanford Centennial Museum photo link
2	Baldwin 2-8-2 ~ blt 1912, wt 141,000 lbs, te 21,000 lbs built as Saginaw Timber Co., then Polson Logging Co., then Rayonier 2, then Grand Traverse Northern 2 (3/62) GTN leased this unit to C&LC. Was at Mid Continent Railraw Museum in WI, is now in Oregon photo link photo link
11	Alco-Cooke 0-4-0T ~ blt 1924, wt 64,000 lbs, te 10,000 lbs built as Kelly Island Lime & Transport 11, then Mr Carlton Johnson's 11. Jonhson leased it to CLC. Located in South Dakota at Prairie Village ~ photo link photo link photo link
18	Baldwin 2-6-2 ~ blt 1920, wt 110,000 lbs Built as Florida & Alabama 18, then Mr. F. Steck's 18. Steck leased it to C&LC.
25	Lima Hamilton 750hp ~ blt 1951, wt 216,000 lbs, te27,000 lbs built as Cincinnati Union Terminal 25, then C&LC 25. Is operable at Whitewater Valley Railroad in Connersville, IN
B-71	Baldwin-Westinghouse 400hp ~ blt 1930, wt 156,000 lbs, te 34,000lbs built as Armco Steel B-71, then Michigan Railway Historical Society 71. The Society leased it to C&LC. Was at Jackson St Railroad Museum in Minnesota, moved to IRM in 2016 ~ p hoto link
127	CLW 4-6-2 ~ blt 1948 built as CP 1278. Built by Canadian Loco. Works, Kingston, Ontario, in 1948. Was leased to Cadillac & 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 at Ohio Central RR Morgan Run, OH I nfo link 1971 photo links photo link

46	Chicago & Western Indiana Stillwell Coach, located in Rockford, MI Painted Green, Yellow, & Red Photo Link
45	Chicago & Western Indiana Stillwell Coach painted Green
44	Chicago & Western Indiana Stillwell Coach painted Green
	Steel Coach, blt 1924, Osgood & Bradley for Boston & Albany RR
	Steel Coach, blt 1924, Osgood & Bradley for Boston & Albany RR
	Blue Coach
84	Emerald Lakes Photo Link
200	ex CGW photo link
??	ex CGW photo link
??	Diner Car photo link
SP70	Snow Plow photo link
Red no#	Caboose ex PH&D 52?? Photo Link