Railroad: Lansing Manufacturers Railroad Company


BuiltLansing Manufacturers Railroad → LS&MS and NYC → New :York Central


Built: 1905.

Became: 50% to Michigan Central, 50% to Lake Shore & Michigan Southern in 1905.

Reference: [MRRC]


Notes

It was reported that this railroad was built by the Olds Motor Works, Old Engine Works and the American Suction Gas Producer Co., for the purpose of providing rail service to a new Oldsmobile plant on the west side of Saginaw. Upon inception, the railroad interchanged with the Michigan Central, Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Pere Marquette and Grand Trunk Western. [DFP-7/2/1905]


Time Line

1905. March. A construction contract is let for this railroad, a distance of six miles. [RG-1905-0331]

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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