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The original Ann Arbor Railroad went bankrupt in 1976, and ownership of the line is now split between the state of Michigan and two short-line railroads: the Ann Arbor Railroad (founded in 1988) and the Huron and Eastern Railway. The northern end of the line is now near Yuma, Michigan.
St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad: CN: 1872 1875 Michigan Air Line Railway: St. Clair River, Pontiac and Jackson Railroad: CN: 1872 1872 St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad: St. Clair Tunnel Company: CN: 1886 2008 Grand Trunk Western Railroad: St. Clair and Western Railroad: NYC: 1906 1932 N/A St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern ...
Trail map The Dequindre Cut is a below-grade pathway, formerly a Grand Trunk Western Railroad line, [ 1 ] located on the east side of Detroit , Michigan , just west of St. Aubin Street. Much of the Cut has been converted to a greenway ; the colorful graffiti along the pathway has been left in place.
At the same time the main part of the MCW&LM, under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), was constructing a 216-mile (348 km) line from Mansfield, Ohio (where it met the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago) northwest toward Allegan. By 1874 a 49.7-mile (80.0 km) line from Toledo Junction (near Mansfield) via Tiffin to Fostoria was ...
The Paw Paw Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in Van Buren County, Michigan, between 1857 and 1887. At a length of 4 miles (6.4 km), it was the shortest operating common carrier railroad in the state. [ 1 ]
Michigan Air Line Railway; Michigan Air-Line Railway; Michigan and Canada Bridge and Tunnel Company; Michigan Central Bridge Company; 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 ...
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
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 .