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The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, established in 1833, and sometimes referred to as the Lake Shore, was a major part of the New York Central Railroad's Water Level Route from Buffalo, New York, to Chicago, Illinois, primarily along the south shore of Lake Erie (in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio) and across northern Indiana.
This is a map of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway as of 1914 drawn on the New York Central system as of 1918, with trackage rights in purple. Email me if you would like a copy of the GIS data I created (modified from Bureau of Transportation Statistics North American Transportation Atlas Data) or if you see any errors.
The Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway (aka The Fruit Belt Line) operated on track laid between Kalamazoo and South Haven, Michigan. Much of the track has been removed and is now known as the "Van Buren Trail". The railway went through the following towns, starting from the east: Kalamazoo, Michigan; Oshtemo, Michigan; Brighton, Michigan
Pages in category "Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway lines" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A Lake Shore Limited train backs into Union Station in Chicago, with the Willis Tower visible in the background. The Lake Shore Limited consists of a New York section (train number 48 eastbound, 49 westbound) and a Boston section (448 eastbound, 449 westbound), which run combined between Chicago and Albany. The distance between Chicago and New ...
In Nunica, the line connected to the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad (D&M). Running rights on the D&M allowed trains to operate between Grand Rapids and Muskegon, via Fruitport. [6] In late 1870, the Grand Rapids & Lake Shore was absorbed into the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad (C&MLS), [7] [8] which was building a line north from New ...
Track #2 parallels Track #1 to the east running from adjacent to 0.5 miles (0.80 km) apart, and is the northbound track originally owned by Michigan Central Railroad. [1] Track #2 is paralleled directly to its east by the CN/GTW Shore Line Subdivision from the start of the line at Gibraltar Road to Vienna Junction just north of the Michigan ...
The Michigan railroad network, c. 1876. Railroads have been vital in the history of the population and trade of rough and finished goods in the state of Michigan.While some coastal settlements had previously existed, the population, commercial, and industrial growth of the state further bloomed with the establishment of the railroad.