Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Society Mile Post 50 to 100 Web page
Mile Post Location What's There
50.02 Warren Rd. railroad crossingmotor stop Mead
50.9 Kirby
  • Listed Mile Post 1900 - 50.9, 1917 - 51.02
  • Station, 1st 8/1908, out 6/20/1915
50.9 Osmer
  • Listed Mile Post 1917 - 50.88, 1920 - 50.45
  • 1st 6-20-1915, 55 cars, 100 cars – 1918, spur on west end of pass removed from service- switch removed center of siding,Switch to spurtrack, Osmer, is spiked, 2/13/1969 Spur track west endof Osmer siding is out of service switch removed12/11/1969
50.9 Joy Rd. railroad crossing
51 Northfield
  • Listed Mile Post 1899 - 50.9, 1900 51.90
  • Station, 2ndclass stop 1905, out 8/1908
  • ChurchRoad railroad crossing
  • To South Lyon 1879 - 1891
51.9 Osmer
  • Listed Mile Post 1900 - 50.88
  • 2nd class station stop 1908, out 1909
51.94 Goldrick Station stop - 1915
53.17 Philips oil Switch
53.19 North Territorial Rd. Flashers
53.21 Carter 16r new 1980 neverused
53.23 Mannery Station stop 1915
53.91 Five Mile Rd. railroad crossing,motor oar stop Comiskey 1915
54.41 Creek 20' 13x24' beth. beam on tr. pile bents –1926
54.5 Junction From Emery
54.97 Six Mile Rd. railroad crossing,motor car stop HorseshoeLake 1915, connectionpoint for old grade
55.38 Ditch 28' 48" C.M.P.concrete headwalls - 1935
55.52 cattle pass 11' concreteabutments tr. timber deck, ballast deck 7x9' x8.5' ties – 1911
56.39 Stone Bridge Station stop 1915
56.5 Whitmore Lake Rd. flashers, siding -coal dock, siding - 166' Roarabachers (lumber)
56.6 Whitmore Lake(W) (Siding 3/16/75) Rhe Tech Inc. ICC# - Customers 3/16/84shipments of Padding, Glycol(div. of Hoover Ball Bearing Co.) plastic Ice house tracks(2) + platform tracks (2),
  • Listed Mile Post 1900 - 56.9, 1917 - 56.93, 1920 - 56.88, 56.67, 59.1
  • Station, 50 cars Hoover Chemical, new tracks No. 3 and 4 paced in service 3/6/1977.  Car 60 feet and longer are restricted fromusing all tracks. The existing trackserving Hoover Chemical Company will be designated “Hoover No. 1”, a newtrack designated “H
56.67 Whitmore Lake center of siding,ICC Elevator on lead off of passing track, Northfield original post office forWhitmore lake
56.78 Silver Lake Station stop 1915
56.91 Barker Rd. Railroad crossing,Depot
57.12 US-23 Overpass – 1958
57.26 Reynolds ChemicalCo. Siding , 570’, 1st1-1-1962, 2000’ west of MP 57
57.76 cattle pass 12' concreteabutments 4 ply 15"x2' 1 beam- 1938
57.88 horseshoe lake 68' 6x8' concreteculvert outlet
58 Toledo Ice Co. siding 1000', 1913- 3000', out 11/1918 Citizen Ice 1st11-3-1918, out 6-15-1924
58.75 Hall Rd. Railroad crossing
58.91 Hamburg Switch (out), 1895map shows bridge crossing mill pond to connect with Grand Trunk.
59.02 Strawberry Lake Rd. Railroad crossing
59.4 Hamburg(BU)(BN) Customer 3/16/75Fortune Industries-  Shipments of Plastic ICC#73 - 630'           Elevator north track ICC#74 - 393.          Elevator Hamburg Abrasives Unlimited- 1966 A. Jct.
  • Listed Mile Posts 1900 - 59.37, 1917 - 59.41, 1920 - 61.7
  • Station, mail craneon south end, 48 cars, siding out of service 8-8-1960, east siding switchspiked, west switch removed 1962. End of the line forTAA> 1881
59.45 Hamburg Rd. Flashers
60.4 Ditch 36' 72" C.M.P.concrete headwalls - 1935
60.53 Merrill Rd. railroad crossing,station stop Ball 1915
61.11 Huron River 70' T.P.G. onconcrete abutments - 1895
61.19 Riverside Station stop 1915
61.52 Zukey Rd. Railroad crossing,signs of old grade from AARR to GTW RR.
61.7 Lakeland(HU)
  • Listed Mile Posts 1900 - 61.79, 1917 - 61.82
  • Cross MAL, (GTW)interlocking, Lakeland,Station 1st joint with MAL, 2nd depot 1912, switch toGTW interchange removed 4/9/1973 from service Closed as Agency7-18-1960, train order out 11-20-1962 and auto-interlocking in service
61.73 Creek 20' 24" 1 plyI beams on 2 - 6 tr pile bents – 1916
61.84 Girard Rd. railroad crossing,ICC#75 - 1180' long transfer, ICC#76 -218' short transfer
62 Bennetts Siding, 1st 4/5/1914, out 5/10/1914, ½ mile north of GTW crossing
62 HamburgJunction
  • Listed Mile Posts 64.4
  • 1899 joint withMichigan Air Line
62.14 Creek 20' 24 1 ply beth. beam on double tr pileand frame bent – 1920
62.23 Kress dr. railroad crossing,on GTW was original Hamburg Junction
62.48 Ditch 46' 5x8. concreteculvert
62.52 M-36 Flashers, stationstop Island Lake 1915
63.31 Bettysville (Pettysville) Station stop 1915
63.94 Creek 15' 20" 2 plyI beam and 2 tr pile bents 6 pilebents-1930
64.3 Chilson Rd. Station stop Brooks1915, flashers
64.54 Creek 28' 60" C.M.P.– 1936
65.36 Bishop Lake Rd. Railroad crossing,Station stop Phillips 1915
65.5 Pettysville Motor car stop –1892, NW corner of Sec. 16, Hamburg Township, PO 1880.Pettysville depot east of Pettysville about 1/2mile, north of Road on west side of tracks, a passingtrack ran on east side of main track going north.  Horse and carriage accident at road
65.99 Chilson Rd. railroad crossing
66 Sand screen plant‘C’, siding 4000' Chilson gravel pit,siding 1000’
  • Listed Mile Posts 68.3
  • Chilson gravel pit, 4 tracks in pit area with wye + runaround tracks, located on east side of present Chilson Road,1895 pits owned by Michigan & Ohio-Sand & Gravel Company.  W. Zeeb presentowner, father previous owner.  Station stop Gravel Pit 1915, out 4-1
66.65 Chilson
  • Listed Mile Posts 69.3
  • Center of siding,Aug. 1988 west end switch for passing siding.
66.87 Brighton Rd. Railroad crossing
66.88 Chilson (ON) Station, 80cars,  formed 1878 around flour mill of Chilson & Joshn, Avery J. Chilson 1st Postmaster 3-16-1887
66.9 Chilson
  • Listed Mile Posts 1900 - 66.85, 1917 - 66.94
  • coal station, watertank, depot ICC#8 – 3539', ICC#4801 - 325' LakeConstruction Company - out 1988
67.16 Creek 45' 4x3' concrete culvert
67.73 Coon Lake Rd. Flashers, Stationstop Pangborn 1915
69.4 Crooked Lake railroad crossing,Station stop Davis1915
70.85 Shiawassee river 20' 24"beth.Beam on concrete abutments – 1916
71.02 Beck Rd. railroad crossing, Station stop Latson 1915
71.6 US16, I-96 EB Bridge
71.62 US16, I-96 WB
  • Bridge, ICC#89 –425' interchange track PM, [PM Mile Post DET-53, Spring switch west end ofsiding
  • east end of siding interlocked. Descending grade westbound to Ann Pere 1.09%, 1.7 miles long.]
72.06 Annpere – 1896 (HO) (Howell Junction -1888)
  • Listed Mile Posts 72.1, 75.1
  • Station stop 1915, Annpere PM interlocking, Howell Junction station at Annpere 1888, joint depot to1908. Depot and 1st tower burned 1908. Auto-interlocking10-18-1960.  New run around track 275’– 10-5-1965, west switch 20’ east of transfer track.
72.79 US16A – M43
  • 92' 3 span T.P.G.ballast deck - 1937 (RR paint)
  • ICC#90
  • ICC#4101 - 557' American Bitumuls and Asphalt Company, two tracks, ICC#5101 – 308.Thureson Lumber
73 Catrell Drive Flashers
73.3 National St.
  • railroad crossing
  • ICC#91 – 1409' Arrowhead Steel Products
  • ICC#1702 - 516' Howell ElectricMotor, (Glade)
73.49 Roosevelt St railroad crossing
73.68 Bernard St. Flashers
73.7 Glade
  • Listed Mile Posts 1900 - 73.78, 1917 - 73.41
  • Station (73.45 listed as discontinued 1915), 52 cars, 1st 9/28/1913, out 6-19-1921 ICC#- 325' Wylie L.P. Gas Service
73.7 Passing track 1st 6-8-1913, out 1-18-1914
73.76 Court St.
  • Listed Mile Posts 73.78
  • Overhead 70' 5 span tr stringers on concrete, abutments andsteel post 66' wide – 1902
73.81 State St. 70. 5 span tr stringers on concrete, abutments and steel post 66' wide - 1902
73.85 Division St. overhead bridge, North Michigan Statebuilt new bridge 1980
73.9 Howell (H) -Customers 1892 Howell Mfg Co.- spoke works Electric light works1899 MichiganCondensed Milk Co. C.E. Burns -  Flour millC.E. Burns - BeanelevatorA.O. Hutching, FeedMill Ann Arbor Milling Co. Lime house & Grain house1916 Coal TippleBorden's C
  • Listed Mile Posts 1900 - 73.87, 1917 - 73.90
  • 1888 Depot - Westmore Sreet at the foot of Walnut
  • Freight shed to the west of depot, small grain warehouse north side and east of depot.  
  • The railroad actually ran on North Street.
  • 1892 Freight house, coal sheds, and water tank
  • Station sold to Livingston Hist
  • 10 pocket coaltrestle across track and west of freight
  • ICC#95- 72'2' freight house
  • ICC#96 - 978' coal + elevator
  • ICC#97 - 355'
  • ICC#98 - 347' Lumber
  • ICC#99 - 422' Elevator house
74.07 West St
  • railroad crossing
  • ICC#102-655' BruceProducts
  • ICC#101 - 466' Ashland Oil Company
  • Chevron AsphaltCompany No. 1 and 2 spots on each track will lineup properly withoutseparating cars.  No. 3, 4, and 5 cars must be separated to spot correctly.
74.1 Siding paint track – 284’
74.27 Alger St
  • railroad crossing
  • ICC#103 - 663' Bruce Products
74.97 Riddle St.(M59) 66' concrete and steel, state owned railroad crossing
75.3 Corunna Team track removed from service 11-10-1977
75.47 M-59 Overhead
75.86 Henderson Rd. railroad crossing
76.5 Legion road New station “San” 1/18/1977
77 Armond Rd. railroad crossing,Station stop Baron 1915
78 Marr Rd. railroad crossing,Station stop Hale 1915
79.49 Oak Grove
  • Listed MP 79.94, 82.4
  • center of passing track
  • Station stop Kleckler 1915
80 cattle pass 50’ 3 span 2 ply24" I beam on tr pile bents – 1933
80.23 Oak Grove Rd. flashers, sidingfrom west end passing track
80.3 Oak Grove (OG)Customer 3/16/75Lott ElevatorDetroitEdisonShipments of grain,feed, cable, steel
  • Listed Mile Post 80.20 - 1917, 80.24 - 1920
  • Station, called Chmungville PO 1880, 58 cars.
80.75 Sanford Rd. railroad crossing
81.75 N. Dean Rd. 22' 24" beth. Beam on concrete abutments  - 1916
82.13 Little Shiawassee 64' 75" D.P.G.on concrete abutment - river 1913
82.51 Stelzer Rd. railroad crossing,Station stop Hough 1915
84.49 Village St. railroad crossing
84.55 Cohoctah Rd Listed Mile Post 84.73 - Flashers
84.6 Cohoctah (F) Customers 3/16/75Lott elevator Inc.R.E. Peckens Shipments of Grain,coal, feed, fertz. Machinery
  • Listed Mile Post 1900 - 84.48, 1917 - 84.52, 1920 - 84.73
  • Station - passingand siding tracks, 80 cars
85.31 Richards Rd. railroad crossing
85.96 Lovejoy Rd. railroad crossing, Station stop Brown 1915
86.97 Braden Rd. railroad crossing, Station stop Arthur 1915
87.2 Cohoctah/Darrun 20' 24" beth beams on tr pile bents -1916 drain
87.97 Beard Rd.
  • railroad crossing
  • ICC#- passing track
  • ICC# - siding for elevator and coal sheds
  • Station stop Eddy 1915
88.49 Gale & Allendrain 60' 54" C.I.P.– 1949
88.98 Bath Rd. wig-wag railroadcrossing, automatic signals installed 4/9/1974 – starting circuits 1100 feeteast and west
89 Byron (BY)
  • Listed Mile Post 1900 - 88.88, 1917 - 88.93,1920 - 92.9
  • Station, 41 cars, 1st depot burned, 2nd depot 1910, telegraph out 1962
89.37 Shiawassee river 106' riveted deck trusson concrete abutments – 1909
89.49 Lehring Rd. railroad crossing
90.4 Platt's siding – 315’ (1889)
90.99 Cole Rd. railroad crossing,motor oar stop McKinney1915
91.08 Ditch 53' 48" D.I.P.and concrete pipe
92.02 Miller Rd. railroad crossing,motor car stop Roberts 1915
93.02 Prior Rd. railroad crossing,motor car stop Carpenter 1915
94 start GTW trackoperation 1-31-74 209 feet east of MP94 - Control point Pitt
94.04 Pittsburg Rd. railroad crossing
94.58 New  Lothrop Rd. railroad crossing
94.7 Emergency
  • Listed Mile Post 1900 - 94.73, 1917 - 94.77
  • Station stop 1915
  • list as discontinued, a short siding designed to hold one passenger trainjust east of west bound home signal at Durand, B. Station, (south of Durand),out 4-30-1939
94.98 3 mile creek drain 56.8' double 8x8' reinf concrete box
95.68 *Main St. Manned crossinggates, New Burg Road mostly likely Junction switch to T, S&M RR when T,AA&NM operated to Bay City.
95.7 *Durand (Uniondepot) Depot 1903 – burnedand rebuilt, D&M - GTW interlocking, station built 1905 joint C>,CS&M, DGH&M , D&M, AA Track used by AARR north side of DurandDepot owned by GTW – leased 3/1/1889 for perpetuity - west to MP95.59.  Leased to city 2-1979, building purc
95.8 *York Depot, Freighthouse, connection to GTW after trackage behind depot was removed.  Team track out of service, 9-5-1969 and1-1-1971.  Agent office replaced withshanty 1973 (Bulletin 90) MP 95.8 TO MP 129ARE OPERATED BY GTW as of April 1, 1976
95.85 *Oak St. Flashers, Oak St
95.86 *ICC#115 – 238' Interchange tracklead east, Grand Trunk Western
95.9 *Durand yard 1st6/8/1913, out 1-18-1914
95.9 *York (RA)
  • Listed Mile Posts 1900 - 95.91, 1917 - 96.2, 1920 - 96.0
  • Durand yard ICC#116- 3766, ICC#117 - 2754', ICC#118 - 2032', ICC#120 - 370' 1st 9-28-1913,86 cars
95.96 * 87' C.I.P. and 39'timber box
96 End of GTW track.operation 1-31-74 A point 1120 feeteast of MP 96
96.2 *Durand (DU) York Station
96.73 *Vernon - Customers 1902 MichiganMilling Co.Stock yardCheese factoryVernon Milling Co.1929 Chatterton& Son - Grain elevatorCement warehouseMichigan MillingCo.Coal shedStock yard
  • Listed Mile Posts 102.2
  • Station, built1886, out of service 10-28-1953, torn down 1958.
  • 1929 tool house
97 *ICC#2401 - 255' Interchange trackwest end, Grand Trunk Western
97 *ICC#122 – 253' Interchange trackwest end, GTW
97.2 *M-78A Overhead – 1939
97.3 *M-78EB Overhead – 1939
97.32 *M-78WB Overhead – 1939
97.41 *Clark Station stop Clark 1915
97.59 *ditch 36' 48" C.I.P.
98.3 *Vernon (VN)
  • Listed Mile Posts 1900 - 98.69, 1917 - 98.73
  • Station, 16 cars
98.44 *Holly drain 40' D.P.G. onconcrete abutments and pile helpers bents west end – 1916
98.47 *Vernon Rd. Railroad crossing, Maple St
98.48 Siding *ICC#123 - 1323',*ICC#124 - 707' Vernon Elevator Co., ICC#126 south side of elevator, ICC#126- 576' team track
98.62 *Vernon center of siding
98.64 *ICC#123- coal yard
98.65 *Church St. Railroad crossing –track removed at this point and west to MP 102.96 by GTW
98.72 *Olive St. Railroad crossing
98.73 *Holly drain 70' T.P.G. skew onconcrete abutments –1916
98.77 *Walnut St. Railroad crossing
98.99 *Bennington Rd. Flashers
99.17 *Holly drain – Shiawassee River 128' 2-64' D.P.G.on concrete abutments and pile – 1918
99.44 *Parmenter Rd. Railroad crossing
99.87 *Geeck Rd. Railroad crossing,motor car stop Burgman 1915
Web page by Henry F. Burger on Dec 05, 2007