Nahma & Northern Ry 2-6-2 No. 5
Nahma, MI, United States 		Location: Old Mill
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Posted: Dec 6, 2008 @ 08:12:59 by E. Sekol
I'm also interested in the railway routes of this train. I am told it went up my driveway across 440 about one and a half miles west of Hwy 13. There was a camp located on my property. I would like to find pictures of the camp/train etc...
Posted: Oct 18, 2004 @ 19:10:59 by Doug Bailey
The American Playground Company in Nahma manufactured wooden seats for swings, teeter-totters, etc. Now, everything is plastic, but that was over 50 years ago. Anyway they used the railroad to go north into the "woods" to get lumber that was cut at various "camps" along the line and its many branches.

At Nahma Junction they crossed the Soo Line at about a 90 degree crossing and also interchanged cars there. Outbound cars would have been lumber for the playground equipment and I'm sure there would have been some pulpwood also.

I've seen the roadbed for that "wye leg" that turned to connect, but that was many years ago. I've heard that the Nahma and Northern used a combine instead of a caboose so that the lumberjacks could ride into "civilization" on the train. That's not to say that Nahma is "civilization" but they could get a connection with the Soo Line at Nahma Junction.

 

Posted: Oct 18, 2004 @ 16:10:06 by Bob LeDuc

Just wanted to know if this train was used on the old railroad grades you see on a topo map in the Hiawatha National Forest, just north of Nahma, Mich? And if so, is there a place that shows the track routs the train made?.

          Thank you for any reply.