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The Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Railroad, was a 3 ft 2 in (965 mm) narrow gauge [2] short line operated from Bay City northward to the Lake Huron port of Alpena. The line was converted to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge in 1886 [ 3 ] and was reorganized into the Detroit and Mackinac (D&M) on December 17, 1894.
The Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad was a land grant railroad that was built and operated briefly (1881–1886) in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Incorporated in 1879, the 151.9-mile (244.5 km)-long railroad began operations in 1881.
The history of railroading in Michigan began in 1830, seven years before the territory became a state, with the chartering of the Pontiac and Detroit Railroad, but nothing came of this. This was the first such charter granted in the Northwest Territory , and occurred the same year the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began operation.
The City of Detroit invested $50,000 in the project. The State of Michigan bailed out the railroad in 1837 by purchasing it and investing $5,000,000. The now state-owned company was renamed the Central Railroad of Michigan. John Murray Forbes, President of Michigan Central Railroad from 1846 to 1855
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.
Railroad Jack wowed Detroiters and University of Michigan students at the turn of the 20th century with his amazing recall of historical facts.
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.
Delray Terminal Railroad: 1905 N/A Detroit and Bay City Railroad: NYC: 1881 1916 Michigan Central Railroad: Detroit and Bay City Railway: NYC: 1871 1881 Detroit and Bay City Railroad: Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad: D&M: 1883 1894 Detroit and Mackinac Railway: Detroit, Bay City and Western Railroad: 1907 1925 Detroit, Caro and Sandusky ...