Boyne City, Gaylord 

& Alpena Railroad

 

 

Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad

This lock and key appeared on Ebay and sparked my interest.

 

Here's what their Railroad Pass looked like:

 

(This is a 1920/1921 annual typed pass for the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad Company issued to Mr. Charles W. Clewell; Fuel & Lumber Agent - The Pennsylvania System North Western Region. It was signed by the President of the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad Company, and was good for travel over the entire line. The Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad was incorporated in 1905 and operated over 83 miles of trackage, becoming the Boyne City Railroad in 1935 before going out of business.)

 

   

Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum seems to have the most information on the railroad:

Railroad Origins in Alpena - including Detroit & Mackinac lines and other lines in Alpena

Logging the North Woods

Review of the Physical Condition of Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad in 1909

Dispatching the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena in 1925

Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad Company

Timetable and Stations

Otherwise, I highly encourage you to visit the "bricks and mortar" 

Michigan Railroad History Museum and Archives in Durand, Michigan. 

*They have all of the surviving records of the BCG&A*

 

The Boyne City Heritage Center also has many images of the trains on the line (not online ;-P).

The Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin has a very neat site on how they restored and now display the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena #1Snow Plow built in November 1906. 

(An authentic B.C.G.A.R.R. Lantern - This is a Adlake Reliable lantern with the last patent date of April 1 1913)

 

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