the Cleveland area. They spent a week digging it
out, loading and then transporting to Carson
City. On arriving at Carson it required four days
to unload. The switcher had stood idle
approximately eight years next to Lake Erie and
was in pretty bad shape. The truck bearings
were worn so bad into the frame that it required
the frame to be built up with welding material and
then machined down to the right size. All four
wheels on one truck had to be retired. Each
truck has one traction motor on one of its axles.
The two axles are tied together with a tie rod and
counter weights. The switcher has two
Cumminns diesel engines to generate electrical
power for the traction motors. I took this photo
in May, 2000 and to the best of my knowledge
the unit has yet to be put into service.
for Continental Can Corporation. It spent most
of its life at the company's Chicago plant. It
ended up at the Penwalt Corporation in
Wyandotte,MI. The 41-ton locomotive was
stored for a year in Ann Arbor before being
purchased in 1987 by the Kellogg brothers. The
locomotive was sold and now sits at a restaurant
on M-81 between Caro and Cass City,MI.
Photo date 1989..
noted for raising large potatoes.
Photo, Gordon Lydeksen collection.
Saginaw and Muskegon Railway Company line
reached Carson City, and the event was the
occasion for a gala celebration. People from the
entire area came to see the first locomotive pass
through when the tracks were joined at
11:30a.m. School was dismissed and the
celebration carried over until evening when the
"Railroad Men" were guests of the community at
a banquet. Last week without the gala
celebration, or any hoopla at all, the railroad
station was razed; another landmark that gave
way to progress.
Carson City Gazette August, 1979.
The locomotive mentioned here was No.1 the
Geo.A.Evans a 4-4-0 built in 1887 by the
Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works. It was
scrapped in 1904.
The new town just platted on the line of the
Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon R.R., and on the
Maple Rapids and Alma state road is booming.
The Elevator Company have commenced building
the elevator. A large hotel will be erected at
once. The contract is let for erecting a store to be
completed in three weeks; and will be occupied
by a hardware firm from Grand Rapids. Other
buildings are being built as rapidly as possible.
Talyor & Son's planing mill will be in operation in
a few weeks.
Here is a good opening for all kinds of business.
Lots are selling from $30. up, with easy
payments.
Any information relative to Middleton will be
cheerfully given by addressing,
A.J. Moss Agent,
Maple Rapids, Mich.
Maple Rapids Dispatch May 6, 1887.
The top photo is a west view from Ely Highway.
To the left of the elevator is the roof of the depot
The photo to the left is a east view with the depot
on the right, Ely Highway is in the back-
ground. Two photos, Gordon Lydeksen
collection.
Photo, Gordon Lydeksen collection.
Highway is on the right
July, 1993.
Grain Service. Fricke grain loading facilities in
the background
Date April, 1993.
working on the old T., S. & M. main.
Northeast view in April, 1993.