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Haywire A Brief History of the Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad by Hugh A H
Haywire A Brief History of the Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad by Hugh A Hornstein
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket REFLECTION from lights on some photos
122 pages
Copyright 2005
CONTENTS
Acknowledgmentsix
Introduction xi
Abbreviationsxiii
Route Mapxiv
1. The Manistique & Northwestern, 1891-19011
2. Boom and Bust: The Manistique, Marquette, & Northern and the Manistique & Northern, 1902-19098
3. Annie's Little Sister: The Founding of the Manistique & Lake Superior Railroad, 1909-191017
4. Railroad Car Ferry Operations21
5. Operations30
6. Storms, Wrecks, and Accidents38
7. "Sities" and Stations, Sidings and Spurs: Settlement along the Railroad49
8. Equipment64
9. The End74
10. The Remains78
Epilogue84
Appendixes
A. Locomotives of the Manistique & Lake Superior and Predecessor Lines85
B. Financial Data of the Railroads90
C. Mileage and Equipment of the Railroads92
D. Freight and Passenger Data for the Railroads94
E. Summary of the 1915 ICC Evaluation Report on the M&LS96
F. All-Time Station List, by Milepost99
G. Manistique & Lake Superior Railroad Stations List, April 23, 1913102
H. Mileposts of the Manistique & Lake Superior Railroad, Based on a 1929 Survey 103
I. Officers of the Railroads105
Notes115
Bibliography 119
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
More properly known as the Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad for much of its existence, it was one of what Willis Dunbar called the "Little Fellows." In its earliest days it was the product of a New York visionary who saw a bright future for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Its builders laid track through gloomy swamps, heavy forests and treacherous muskegs. During its three-quarters of a century of existence, it carried iron ores, lumber, pulpwood, alcoholic beverages and livestock. Having limited passenger accommodations, it carried passengers in both passenger cars as well as cabooses, in rail-mounted motor cars and even, on occasion, in the locomotive cabs. Briefly, it even carried them on its own railroad car ferry.
"The Haywire" played a major role in the industrial development of Manistique and Schoolcraft counties. But for much of its existence it existed in virtual anonymity-merely the northern branch of a Lower Peninsula railroad.
Started by visionaries, it was finished by scavengers. By 1968 "The Haywire" had outlived its usefulness; it had become an economic drain on its parent, the Ann Arbor, which also had economic problems. With one exception, the industries it had helped found had ceased to exist. Trucks, cars, and a major class 1 railroad had taken over virtually all of its traffic; and so on 18 July 1968, at 12:01 A.M. it ceased to exist.
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