Railroad: Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway Company

This railroad was built from Ashley, Michigan to Muskegon, 96 miles in 1888. It was controlled by the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada immediately after it opened. The road had 9.9 miles of spurs and sidings. It was one of three GT main lines from the east to the west (the other two being the main line to Chicago, and the DGH&M to Grand Haven via Grand Rapids.

Built → Toledo Saginaw & Muskegon Railway → Grand Trunk Western

Built: 1887 - Ashley to Carson City. 1888 - to Muskegon.

Operated for 1 Year.

Control: 1888 - by the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada.

Merged: 1928 - into Grand Trunk Western.

Reference: [MRRC]

Notes

This was apparently a construction railroad for the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada.

Time Line

1903. SNAPSHOT. The road operated 26 stations and employed 112 people, including four engineers, firemen and conductors (each), 6 brakemen, 1 baggageman, 26 laborers, 5 yardmen and 62 others. The road owned four locomotives, 3 8-wheel passenger cars, two express/baggage cars, 67 box cars and 25 platform cars. Top five categories of freight hauled (in tons) were: potatoes (17%), fruit and vegetables (11%); stone and sand (10%); merchandise (9%); and grain (8%)