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Railroad: Detroit Belt Line Railroad Company
Built → Detroit Belt Line Railroad → Michigan Central Railroad
Built: By the Detroit and Bay City railroad
Became: Michigan Central
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
An industrial branch railroad on the east side of Detroit. Left the D&BC main line at Belt Line Junction (just east of Milwaukee Junction), ending at the Detroit River and connecting with the Detroit Manufacturers Railroad.
The railroad had a passenger station at Beaufait Avenue near Belle Isle.
Time Line
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