Time Line - 1846

Last Year | Next Year

• February 2: Central line reaches Kalamazoo from Battle Creek. [MCR-75/MDOT/AAD]

• March 28: The state authorizes the sale of the Central line, and it is paid $2,000,000 for it.  The Michigan Central Railroad if formed by Bostonian John Murray Forbes and others. [RWC/AAD]

• May 9:  State authorizes sale of  Southern line for $500,000 ($650,000 less than cost) and the Michigan Southern Railroad is formed. [AAD]

• The building of new railroads comes to a virtual halt until 1856 when the Railroad Incorporation Act was passed and signed into law. [AAD] 

Time line Key:

• Railroad event in Michigan
• Event relating to mining
• Event related to car ferries
• Event outside of Michigan
• Improvement in Technology
• Railroad built or extended
• Railroad abandoned and/or removed
• Economic panic or depression