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D&LN logo old DT&I Railroad map. In 1901, the merger of the Detroit and Lima Northern Railway and the Ohio Southern Railway formed the Detroit Southern Railroad. [1] This company was purchased at foreclosure on May 1, 1905, by Harry B. Hollins & Company of New York, which reincorporated it in the state of Michigan under the name of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway.
The Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad was incorporated in the state of Michigan on April 26, 1855, [1] with headquarters in Detroit. [2] The charter allowed for a line originating in Detroit, Michigan, passing roughly along the shoreline of Lake Erie to the small town of Monroe on the Ohio-Michigan border. The DM&T obtained from the MS&NI the ...
The Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad (reporting mark DTS) is a historic railroad that operated in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan. The Pleasant Bay Railway was incorporated in Michigan in March 1898 and purchased the Toledo and Ottawa Beach Railway , an Ohio company incorporated in January 1898, in March 1899.
In the same year, the last low quality and hazardous strap rails were removed on Michigan state railroads. [1] 1856, the Detroit - Toledo line was completed by Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Railroad and later leased to Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad. [1]
The Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad opened a line from Detroit to Toledo in 1856. The Toledo, Canada Southern and Detroit Railway opened a parallel line, just to the east, in 1873. With the 1930 lease of the Michigan Central Railroad by the New York Central Railroad, both lines were placed under NYC operation.
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Texas and New Orleans Railroad (TNO) [17] Toledo, Ann Arbor, and North Michigan Railway Company (T, AA & NM) [18] Toledo, Saginaw, and Mackinaw Railroad [19] Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway [20] Tuckerton Railroad (TRR) Tuskegee Railroad; Warren and Ouachita Valley (W&OV) [21] Western Maryland Railway (WM) Western Pacific Railroad (WP)
The railroad of the Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Railroad Company, herein called the Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee, is a single-track, standard-gage, steam railroad, located in southern Michigan. The main line extends from Battle Creek southeasterly to Dundee, a distance of 93.944 miles. The company also owns 18.791 miles of yard tracks and sidings.