Railway Companies Disestablished in 1914 - Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad (Paperback)

Chapters: Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad, Terminal Railway of Buffalo, Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway, New Jersey Shore Line Railroad, Florida Central Railroad, New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway, Detroit and Chicago Railroad, Oklahoma Central Railway, Brinson Railway, Charlottesville and Rapidan Railroad. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, sometimes referred to as the Lake Shore, was a major part of the New York Central Railroad's Water Level Route from Buffalo, New York to Chicago, primarily along the south shore of Lake Erie and across northern Indiana. The line is still a major corridor, split at Cleveland by CSX and Norfolk Southern in 1998, and hosts Amtrak passenger trains. Toledo to ChicagoOn April 22, 1833 the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad was chartered in the Territory of Michigan to run from Toledo on Lake Erie northwest to Adrian on the River Raisin. The Toledo War soon gave about 1/3 of the route to Ohio. Trains commenced operating, pulled by horses, on November 2, 1836, the horses being replaced by a steam locomotive, Adrian No. 1, in August 1837. The Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad was chartered in Indiana on February 6, 1835 to run from Buffalo, New York to the Mississippi River. The name was changed February 6, 1837 to the Northern Indiana Railroad, which would run from the eastern border of Indiana west to Michigan City on Lake Michigan. Some grading between Michigan City and La Porte was done in 1838, but money ran out. 1850 map of the Michigan Southern Rail Road with connections LSMS double arch bridge over the East Branch of the...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=112123