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The Central Michigan Railway was formed in 1987 when the Straits Corporation bought GTW lines north of Durand. The line from Coopersville to Marne would be sold to the Coopersville & Marne Railroad in 1989, and in 1990 the Muskegon route was sold to the Michigan Shore Railroad. [1]
The Michigan Central Railroad (reporting mark MC) was originally chartered in 1832 [2] to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan, and St. Joseph, Michigan. The railroad later operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana , and Illinois in the United States and the province of Ontario in Canada .
Detroit Belt Line Railroad: NYC: 1909 1916 Michigan Central Railroad: Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad: WAB: 1880 1881 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway: Detroit, Caro and Sandusky Railway: 1925 1953 N/A Detroit and Charlevoix Railroad: NYC: 1901 1916 Michigan Central Railroad: Detroit and Chicago Railroad: NYC: 1888 1914 New York ...
In 1884, a new and larger Michigan Central Railroad depot was built at Third and West Jefferson, not far from the former site of Joe Louis Arena. In 1913, that station was destroyed by fire.
Michigan Central Station (MCS, also known as Michigan Central Depot) is the historic former main intercity passenger rail station in Detroit, Michigan.Built for the Michigan Central Railroad, it replaced the original depot in downtown Detroit, which had been shuttered after a major fire on December 26, 1913, forcing the still unfinished station into early service.
View of Michigan Central Railroad Station with Canadian Pacific trains in foreground, pictured in 1927. At the end of World War II, there were about 25 million passenger cars in the United States.
Michigan Central Station is adding new amenities for visitors, including guided tours and its first new restaurant since closing in 1988. Tours are being offered in partnership with Detroit ...
By the beginning of the 20th century Michigan's railroad network covered much of the central and southern Lower Peninsula. The decades after the Civil War witnessed a massive expansion of Michigan's railroad network: in 1865 the state possessed roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of track; by 1890 it had 9,000 miles (14,000 km).