![]() ![]() He is real with you, takes the time to explain the "why" behind the technique (make sure you pay attention when he does this, otherwise you are doing pushups), and he keeps the class fun with his jokes. Oh, and those stopping drills- nailed it! And now that my commute has doubled, I feel so much more confident knowing that I have the tools to deal with "the white prius" (or, in my case, the white mercedes).Ĭoach was, as always, positively genuine in his teaching- he doesn't sugarcoat things, because he knows that doesn't serve to make you a better rider. This time around the track, I really understood what it meant for the bike to compress or lengthen- really began to feel less like I was fighting with my bike and more like I was moving with it. The morning train north of Wednesday passed through here about 11 o'clock and about that time regular traffic was resumed over the line.So, I've gone for round two of the Cornering Day 1-3 series! I took the skills I learned 7 months ago (Season 1) to the streets and came back for a refresher- I GOT SO MUCH OUT OF DAY 1 THE SECOND TIME AROUND! I knew just enough from Season 1 to set my "missions" for the day: to use throttle control to adjust my line and to laugh at the demon that starts talking during emergency braking drills. Wednesday going as far as Waters where it remained until there was an opening made in the debris and the tracks repaired, which was well toward 10 o'clock in the forenoon of Wednesday. ![]() The midnight Tuesday night left here southbound about 4:00 a.m. The 1:37 south went as far as the wreck where the mail and baggage and passengers were transferred to the northbound train and the two trains were turned around and crews interchanged and sent back over the sections they had come. The Cannon Ball south on Tuesday went as far as the wreck and then returned to this place where it remained until late in the afternoon, then proceeding to Mackinaw. The accident took place during Tuesday forenoon and was caused by some of the under parts of the cars giving way, a rid it is said, dropping down and causing the derailment car which the consequent wrecking of the others. What make it all the worse was that in the wrecked cards there were three carloads of logs, which with the miscellaneous freight that was contained in the other cars, make a pile which required patience to clear the way.įortunately no one was injured and the only damage was to the freight cars and track. There were fourteen cars piled up in a promiscuous heap, and the contents of these cars intermixed with the wreckage of cars, making a tangled mess which was not easy to clean up. One of the worst freight wrecks which the Michigan Central has experience on its Mackinaw Division in a number of years took place at the long curve just north of Frederic on Tuesday morning of this week causing a blockage of the tracks for about 24 hours and not only causing a large property loss in the destruction of freight and cars, but also a serious delay to passenger and freight traffic on the road. Took About 24 Hours to Clear Tracks and Get Traffic Moving Regularly (From the Otsego Herald and Times, October 19, 1917). ġ932- The former D&C branch line is abandoned. The siding is approximately 1,400 feet long (28 50' car lengths).ġ873- The railroad comes through here from Grayling.ġ901 - The Detroit & Charlevoix is built northwest to East Jordan from here. The siding is used to store empty cars needed for customers in Gaylord. This was formally at milepost 103 (from Bay City). Today, the Lake State Railway has a siding two miles north of Frederic. Photo Info: The Frederic depot and surrounding area in 1910. The Detroit & Charlevoix branched off the MC here to 1901 and later became MC branch line. įrederic was a station stop on the Michigan Central. It was originally called Forest, then changed to Fredericville and then Frederick in 1886. Frederic, in northern Crawford County, was settled about 1874 as a wood stop on the Michigan Central railroad. ![]()
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