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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 ...
Today, nothing is left of the former townsite except for some old cement foundations near the old railroad grade. Disco ( 42°41′02″N 83°02′04″W / 42.68389°N 83.03444°W / 42.68389; -83.03444 ( Disco ) ) [ 1 ] was located at what is now the junction of 24 Mile Road and Van Dyke
West Michigan Railroad: Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway: KLS 1905 1925 N/A Kalamazoo, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad: PM: 1871 1883 Hastings, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad: Kalamazoo and Schoolcraft Railroad: NYC: 1866 1869 Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad: Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad: NYC: 1869 1916 Michigan ...
The defunct railroads of North America regrouped several railroads in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The following is a list of the past railroad companies. The following is a list of the past railroad companies.
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.
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 Clinton ...
Following the sale, the Detroit Construction Company dismantled the entire line. 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 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.