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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 .
Monroe County, at the intersection of the Norfolk Southern Railway and Steiner Roads, 4 miles north, northwest of Monroe Village of Stoney Creek 41°57′51″N 83°20′03″W / 41.96417°N 83.33417°W / 41.96417; -83.33417 , Frenchtown Township, Monroe County, 4 miles north of Monroe, and east of where Interstate 75 crosses Stoney
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.
Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad: Detroit and Huron Railway: CN: 1912 1928 Grand Trunk Western Railroad: Detroit and Ironton Railroad: DT&I: 1920 1931 Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad: Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad: PM: 1871 1876 Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad: Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad: PM ...
Railroads have been abandoned in the United States due to historical and economic factors. In the 19th century, the growing industrial regions in the Northeast, the agrarian regions in the South and Midwest, and the expansion of the country westward to the Pacific Ocean all contributed to the explosive growth of railroad companies and their rights-of-way across the entire country.
The Pere Marquette Rail-Trail (PMRT) is a rail trail in Michigan occupying a 28-mile (45 km) abandoned CSX railroad corridor in Midland County and Isabella County that was once part of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad. In 1874, the tracks stretched from Ludington to Flint, transporting supplies to the timber industry in southern Michigan's ...
Counties Original railroad References Bay County Riverwalk/Railtrail System 17.8 28.6 Bay: Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad [62] [63] Bay-Zil Trail 5.7 9.2 Bay, Saginaw: Michigan Central Railroad [64] Cass City Walking Trail 1.4 2.3 Tuscola: Pontiac, Oxford & Northern Railroad [65] [66] Fred Meijer Clinton-Ionia-Shiawassee Trail 41.4 66.6