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Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad; St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad; St. Clair River, Pontiac and Jackson Railroad; St. Joseph Valley Railroad (1880–89) St. Joseph Valley Railroad (1848–1869) St. Joseph Valley Railway (1889–1897) St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway; SEMTA Commuter Rail; South Eastern Michigan Railway; Southern ...
Pages in category "Narrow-gauge railroads in Michigan" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... St. Joseph Valley Railroad (1880–89) T.
Michigan Central Railroad: Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad: WAB: 1880 1881 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway: Detroit, Caro and Sandusky Railway: 1925 1953 N/A Detroit and Charlevoix Railroad: NYC: 1901 1916 Michigan Central Railroad: Detroit and Chicago Railroad: NYC: 1888 1914 New York Central Railroad: Detroit and Cincinnati ...
On February 3, 1902, the company completed a 18.5-mile (29.8 km) line as far as St. Johns. On entering Lansing trains joined the Cedar Street line of the local streetcar system. The electrical systems were not yet ready, so the railroad was operated by steam locomotives supplied by the Michigan Suburban Railroad. Arnold's account states that ...
On August 1, 1888, the Grand Trunk Railway took control of the TS&M and the trains began using the Toledo, Ann Arbor, & Northern Michigan between Ashley and Owosso Junction. Operations consisted of mail and express trains #1 and 2 and mixed trains #5 and #6. Trains #1 and #5 were eastbound and trains #2 and #4 were westbound.
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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.
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.