The Detroit and Mackinac Railway (reporting marks D&M, DM), informally known as the "Turtle Line", was a railroad in the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The railroad had its main offices and shops in Tawas City with its main line running from Bay City north to Cheboygan, and operated from 1894 to 1992. At the end of 1925 it incorporated 375 miles of road and 470 miles of track; that year the Turtle Line reported 81 million ton-miles of revenue freight and seven million passenger-miles. In 1967 it reported 124 million ton-miles on 224 miles of road.
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| - The Detroit and Mackinac Railway (reporting marks D&M, DM), informally known as the "Turtle Line", was a railroad in the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The railroad had its main offices and shops in Tawas City with its main line running from Bay City north to Cheboygan, and operated from 1894 to 1992. At the end of 1925 it incorporated 375 miles of road and 470 miles of track; that year the Turtle Line reported 81 million ton-miles of revenue freight and seven million passenger-miles. In 1967 it reported 124 million ton-miles on 224 miles of road. (en)
- Le Detroit and Mackinac Railway (sigle de l'AAR: DM, D&M), surnommé officieusement the Turtle Line, était un chemin de fer américain de classe I en opération dans le nord-est du Michigan. La ligne principale reliait Bay City à Cheboygan. L'exploitation dura de 1894 à 1992. (fr)
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| - Rogers City, Michigan
- Motor coach (rail)
- Lower Peninsula
- Bay City, Michigan
- Dearborn, Michigan
- Detroit
- Defunct Michigan railroads
- Northern Michigan
- 1894 establishments in Michigan
- Library of Michigan
- Narrow gauge railway
- GE 44-ton switcher
- Gaylord, Michigan
- Great Overland Station
- Lincoln, Michigan
- Mackinaw City, Michigan
- Standish, Michigan
- Steam locomotive
- Penn Central
- Defunct companies based in Michigan
- Railway companies established in 1894
- Topeka, Kansas
- U.S. state
- Class I railroad
- Aloha State Park
- Alpena, Michigan
- Former Class I railroads in the United States
- Railway companies disestablished in 1992
- Harrisville, Michigan
- Internet Archive
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- Tawas City, Michigan
- Cheboygan, Michigan
- Lake Huron
- Lake State Railway
- Southern Michigan Railroad Society
- Michigan
- Michigan Central Railroad
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| - D&M 25011, now on display at the Great Overland Station in Topeka, Kansas (en)
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| - The Detroit and Mackinac Railway (reporting marks D&M, DM), informally known as the "Turtle Line", was a railroad in the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The railroad had its main offices and shops in Tawas City with its main line running from Bay City north to Cheboygan, and operated from 1894 to 1992. At the end of 1925 it incorporated 375 miles of road and 470 miles of track; that year the Turtle Line reported 81 million ton-miles of revenue freight and seven million passenger-miles. In 1967 it reported 124 million ton-miles on 224 miles of road. (en)
- Le Detroit and Mackinac Railway (sigle de l'AAR: DM, D&M), surnommé officieusement the Turtle Line, était un chemin de fer américain de classe I en opération dans le nord-est du Michigan. La ligne principale reliait Bay City à Cheboygan. L'exploitation dura de 1894 à 1992. (fr)
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