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The Ionia and Lansing Rail Road is a defunct railroad which operated in the state of Michigan in the 1860s and 1870s. The company incorporated on November 13, 1865; the investors hailed primarily from Lansing , Ionia and Portland .
The Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan (DL&LM) was incorporated April 11, 1871, as a consolidation of the Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad and the Ionia and Lansing Railroad. In 1872, the Ionia, Stanton and Northern Rail Road was added. By 1876 the railroad was obliged for more than $6 million in mortgages at 8%, much of it owed to men ...
By the end of 1872, the DL&LM reported 189 miles of track, including a 164-mile mainline, all built with iron rail. All 156 grade crossings were uncontrolled. The longest bridge was a 1650-ft wooden truss and trestle at Ionia. System-wide speed limits were 21 mph for passenger trains, and 10 mph for freights.
Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railroad: Ionia and Lansing Railroad: PM: 1866 1871 Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad: Ionia, Stanton and Northern Railroad: PM: 1872 1872 Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad: Iron Mountain Railroad: CP: 1855 1859 Bay De Noquet and Marquette Railroad: Iron Mountain Railway: CP: 1855 1857 Iron ...
Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Rail Road; Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad; Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad ... Ionia and Lansing Railroad; Iron Range ...
Original railroad References Fred Meijer Berry Junction Trail 11.1 17.9 Muskegon: Chicago and West Michigan Railroad [45] Fred Meijer Grand River Valley Rail Trail 15.5 24.9 Kent, Ionia: Grand Trunk Western Railroad [46] Fred Meijer Pioneer Trail 5.4 8.7 Kent: Coopersville and Marne Railway [47] Grand River Edges Trail 5.4 8.7 Kent: Pere ...
* Minnesota Northern Railroad Company (Crookston) — $1.56 million to develop land for a new industrial park and innovation center, including installing 2,478 feet of track and site preparation ...
Construction of what is now the 124-mile Plymouth Subdivision was attempted in the 1860s by a succession of short-lived and undercapitalized railroad companies, including the Detroit and Howell Railroad (organized 1864), the Ionia and Lansing Railroad (organized 1865), the Howell and Lansing Railroad (organized 1868), and the Detroit, Howell ...