![]() The new service, known as the Canada Division Passenger Service, saw a major surge beginning at the start of the 1920s. CSR's mainline cut through the heart of southwestern Ontario, between Windsor and Fort Erie. In 1904, MCR began a long-term lease of Canada Southern Railway (CSR), which operated the most direct route between Detroit and New York. These trains ranged from locals to the Wolverine. The Michigan Central Railroad (MCR) operated mostly passenger trains between Chicago and Detroit. The completed railroad was 270 miles (430 km) in length. Thus they reached Michigan City, Indiana, by 1850 and finished the line to Kensington, Illinois, (now a south Chicago neighborhood) in 1852, using Illinois Central trackage rights to downtown Chicago. To facilitate this process, they bought the Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad in 1851. This involved passing through two other states and getting leave from two state legislatures to do so. Michigan Central train arriving in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1887 The now state-owned company was renamed the Central Railroad of Michigan. The State of Michigan bailed out the railroad in 1837 by purchasing it and investing $5,000,000. The City of Detroit invested $50,000 in the project. The small private organization quickly ran into problems securing cheap land in the private market, and abandonment of the project was discussed. However, this is not the location of Michigan Central Station, which apparently replaced this building. The railroad actually began construction on May 18, 1836, starting at "King's Corner" in Detroit, which was the name by which the southeast corner of Jefferson and Woodward Avenue was then known. ![]() Joseph Railroad was chartered in 1831 with a capital of $1,500,000. Joseph and via boat service on to Chicago. Joseph, Michigan, was originally planned in 1830 to provide freight service between Detroit and Chicago by train to St. ![]() Louis, Sturgis and Battle Creek Railroad 1889 Glencoe, Pinconning and Lake Shore Railroad 1878.Saginaw Bay and Northwestern Railroad 1884.Michigan Midland and Canada Railroad 1878. Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad 1870.Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad 1851.Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad 1866.Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad 1871.Detroit River Tunnel Company Railroad 1918.Battle Creek and Bay City Railroad 1889.After the 1998 Conrail breakup, Norfolk Southern Railway now owns much of the former Michigan Central trackage.Īt the end of 1925, MC operated 1,871 miles (3,011 km) of road and 4,139 miles (6,661 km) of track that year it reported 4,304,000 net ton-miles of revenue freight and 600 million passenger-miles. After about 1867 the railroad was controlled by the New York Central Railroad, which later became part of Penn Central and then Conrail. The railroad later operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States and the province of Ontario in Canada. The Michigan Central Railroad ( reporting mark MC) was originally incorporated in 1846 to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan, and St. Gold Bond of the Michigan Central Railroad Company, issued 10 July 1907 ![]()
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