DORR, MI
Dorr, MI; March 2005
| Tracks through Dorr were laid in 1869 by the Kalamazoo,
Allegan and Grand Rapids Rail Road. In September of that year, the railroad
was leased for 999 years by the Michigan Southern. It was combined with a
railroad from Sturgis to Kalamazoo to give the Michigan Southern a branch
to Michigan's second largest city, Grand Rapids.
By 1874 the New York Central had taken over the Michigan
Southern. In 1968 the New York Central and Pennsvlvania Railroads merged
to form Penn-Central. The railroad now had three lines into Grand Rapids
from the south. The line through Dorr was abandoned in the early 1970's.
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Street Side, November 1998
Freight Room End / Trackside, November 1998
| The original Dorr depot, from around 1869, burned in
1915. The present depot, shown above, was built soon after that, about 300
feet south of the first depot. |
First Dorr Depot, Art Harnish Collection
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