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The Wolverine was an international night train that twice crossed the Canada–United States border, going from New York City to Chicago.This New York Central Railroad train went northwest of Buffalo, New York, into Canada, traveled over Michigan Central Railroad tracks, through Windsor, Ontario, reentering the United States, through Detroit's Michigan Central Station, and on to Chicago.
The line was built in 1892 by William Seward Webb, a Vanderbilt in-law, [2] as the Mohawk & Malone Railway and was purchased from him in 1893 by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. [3] Its successor from 1913, the New York Central Railroad, ran passenger trains on the route until April 24, 1965.
A Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad train east of Chama, New Mexico This is a list of heritage railroads in the United States ; there are currently no such railroads in two U.S. states, Mississippi and North Dakota .
The Wolverine is a higher-speed passenger train service operated by Amtrak as part of its Michigan Services. The 304-mile (489 km) [3] line provides three daily round-trips between Chicago and Pontiac, Michigan, via Ann Arbor and Detroit. It carries a heritage train name descended from the New York Central Railroad (Michigan Central).
The Franklin Canal Company was chartered on May 21, 1844, and built a railroad from Erie, Pennsylvania, southwest to the Ohio border.The Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad was incorporated February 18, 1848, [2] to build northeast from Cleveland, to join the Canal Company's railroad at the state line, and the full line from Erie to Cleveland, opened November 20, 1852.
For scenic gravity railroads, an early terminology, see roller coasters A scenic railroad or scenic railway is a train service operating leisure tours of sights such as mountain scenery and foliage tours.
Three train lines are operating in Michigan: The Pere Marquette connects Chicago to Grand Rapids, including stops in St. Joseph (near Benton Harbor), Bangor, and Holland.
The FGLK operates 18 diesel locomotives on 167 miles (269 km) of ex-Conrail trackage, formerly owned by the New York Central Railroad, the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Between 2001 and 2013, the railroad operated a heritage railroad known as the Finger Lakes Scenic Railway which offered passenger train excursions. [1] [2]