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Chicago and West Michigan Railway [34] Huron Sunrise Trail: 11 18 Presque Isle: Detroit and Mackinac Railway [35] Leelanau Trail: 16.6 26.7 Grand Traverse, Leelanau: Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad [36] Little Traverse Wheelway: 26.7 43.0 Charlevoix, Emmet: Chicago and West Michigan Railway [37] North Central State Trail: 62 100 Cheboygan ...
Michigan Central Railroad; Michigan Interstate Railway; Michigan Lake Shore Railroad; Michigan Northern Railway; Michigan and Ohio Railroad; Michigan Southern Railroad (1846–55) Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad; Michigan Southern Railroad (1846–1855) Michigan United Railways; Milwaukee Road; Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault ...
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.
The Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad (MCW&LM) [1] is a defunct railroad which operated in southern Michigan and Ohio during the 1870s. By the time it went into foreclosure in the late 1870s it owned two non-contiguous track segments, each of which was leased by a different company.
The 67 pounds per yard rails were re-used in various interurban schemes in the Lower Peninsula, [15] including the Grand Rapids, Holland and Lake Michigan Rapid Railway and the Detroit, Lake Orion and Flint Railway. The two locomotives were sold for $14,000 to Francis Clergue [15] of the Algoma Central Railway.
Later (from 1902 until January 15, 1982), the Ludington & Northern Railway Company, at 2.79 miles (4.49 km), stripped the Paw Paw of its title as "shortest Michigan Railroad". [2] The Michigan Central Railroad had originally planned to reach the coast of Lake Michigan at St. Joseph, but these plans changed and the company built to New Buffalo ...
The Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in southern Michigan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The company incorporated on April 2, 1869 with the intention of constructing a 40-mile (64 km) line from Kalamazoo to South Haven , on the shores of Lake Michigan .
Map of the Ann Arbor and ferry connections. The railroad company was chartered September 21, 1895, as successor to the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway. [1] In 1905, it was acquired by the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway (DTI) and Eugene Zimmerman assumed presidency of both lines. DTI went bankrupt three years later. Zimmerman ...