Old Railroad Grade & Depot Tour - Manistee & Northeastern, M & NE

Description

PLEASE JOIN US!!  Railroad and history enthusiasts are invited to join us for the Manistee & Northeastern Old Railroad Grade & Depot Tour. 
This is a return of the Benzie Area Historical Society’s popular motor coach tours of local railroad history.
 
In the spring of 1887, the Buckley & Douglas Lumber Company of Manistee began building a railroad to transport logs from the forest to its sawmill in Manistee, and they named the railroad the Manistee & Northeastern.  At its peak in 1915, the M & NE carried 190,000 passengers.
 
The tour starts at the Benzie Area Historical Museum and will follow the M & NE railroad grade route to Honor, Lake Ann, Interlochen, Karlin, Nessen City, Platte River Junction, Copemish, Thompsonville, and Kaleva. A highlight will be a tour of the historic Kaleva Depot Museum which was rebuilt in 1908 following a fire.
Tour includes motor coach, lunch, Kaleva Depot Museum Tour and commemorative book.
 
Tickets are $75/advance, and reservations are required.  To purchase tickets, visit our website:
 
http://www.benziemuseum.org/events.html
 
This tour is a collaboration between the Benzie Area Historical Society and the Kaleva Historical Society.