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Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad
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The Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad (reporting mark M&NE)[1] was a short, standard-gauge line in the U.S. state of Michigan. Organized in 1887, it served several counties in the northwestern quarter of Michigan's Lower Peninsula in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The railroad's main line stretched from Manistee to Traverse City, with a spur line to Northport leased from the Leelanau Transit Company.[2] The M & NE was originally built to help exploit the old-growth timber resources of its service area. Logs were carried to mills in Manistee. The railroad also attempted to develop a sideline as a hauler of potatoes, orchard fruit, and grain.[2]
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Reporting mark | M&NE |
Locale | Michigan |
Dates of operation | 1887ā1955 |
Successor | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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