{"id":1735,"date":"2015-04-27T15:21:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T19:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/?page_id=1735"},"modified":"2018-08-08T15:02:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T19:02:55","slug":"mosher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/1985-station-and-siding-list\/mosher\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mosher (mile 217.3) was established in 1951 as a pulpwood logging camp\/company town\u00a0by the Newaygo Timber Company. The location was named after Henry S. Mosher, then president of Newaygo&#8217;s Canadian operations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_420\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_7648.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-420\" src=\"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_7648-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7648\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_7648-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_7648-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_7648.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mosher station, abandoned. September 31, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For many years, Mosher was a major source of pulpwood traffic on the ACR, much of it export pulpwood to Michigan. In the mid 1970s, Newaygo established a lumber and chip mill at Mead, and from about 1974-84 a fair amount of pulpwood from Mosher would have also been shipped to <a href=\"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/1985-station-and-siding-list\/mead\/\">Mead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 1985 Newaygo shut down most of their operations on the ACR, and the spurs\u00a0and facilities at Mosher, Mead and Trembley were abandoned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1639\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mosher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1639\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1639\" src=\"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mosher-500x150.jpg\" alt=\"mosher\" width=\"500\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mosher-500x150.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mosher-1024x309.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mosher.jpg 1743w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mosher track layout in the 1980s.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related blog postings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/2015\/11\/13\/pulpwood-and-log-traffic-on-the-acr\/\">Pulpwood and Log Traffic on the ACR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/1985-station-and-siding-list\/\">Back to station list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mosher (mile 217.3) was established in 1951 as a pulpwood logging camp\/company town\u00a0by the Newaygo Timber Company. The location was named after Henry S. Mosher, then president of Newaygo&#8217;s Canadian operations. 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