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Grand Trunk Western

Untitled Path

Battle Creek MI to MI/IN State Line
64.00 miles
Built by Peninsular Ry 1872
to Chicago & Lake Huron RR 8-15-1873
to Michigan Ry ? 3-13-1880
to Chicago & Grand Trunk Ry 4-6-1880
to Port Huron & Indiana Ry 11-20-1900
to Grand Trunk Western Ry 11-22-1900

Battle Creek old alignment

Battle Creek to Lansing MI
45.00 miles
Built by Peninsular Ry 1872
to Chicago & Lake Huron RR 8-15-1873
to Michigan Ry ? 3-13-1880
to Chicago & Grand Trunk Ry 4-6-1880
to Port Huron & Indiana Ry 11-20-1900
to Grand Trunk Western Ry 11-22-1900

Lansing MI to Flint MI
49.00 miles
Built by Chicago & North Eastern RR ca1874
to Chicago & Grand Trunk Ry 4-6-1880
to Port Huron & Indiana Ry 11-20-1900
to Grand Trunk Western Ry 11-22-1900

Port Huron MI to Flint MI
started by Port Huron & Milwaukee Ry
completed by Port Huron & Lake Michigan RR 1871
to Chicago & Lake Huron RR 8-15-1873
to Northwestern Grand Trunk Ry 3-13-1880

Detroit MI to Royal Oak MI
Built by Detroit & Pontiac RR 1838
to Detroit & Milwaukee Ry 4-21-1855
to Detroit & Milwaukee RR 10-16-1860
to Detroit Grand Haven & Milwaukee Ry 11-9-1878
to Grand Trunk Western control

Royal Oak MI to Birmingham MI
Built by Detroit & Pontiac RR 1841
to Detroit & Milwaukee Ry 4-21-1855
to Detroit & Milwaukee RR 10-16-1860
to Detroit Grand Haven & Milwaukee Ry 11-9-1878
to Grand Trunk Western control

Birmingham MI to Pontiac MI
Built by Detroit & Pontiac RR 1844
to Detroit & Milwaukee Ry 4-21-1855
to Detroit & Milwaukee RR 10-16-1860
to Detroit Grand Haven & Milwaukee Ry 11-9-1878
to Grand Trunk Western control

Pontiac MI to Fentonville MI
Built by Oakland & Ottawa RR 1855

Fenton MI to Grand Haven MI
Built by Detroit & Milwaukee Ry 1856-58

Owosso MI to Malta MI
Built by Detroit & Milwaukee Ry 1856-58

Malta MI to Coopersville MI
Built by Detroit & Milwaukee Ry 1856-58

Coopersville MI to Ferrysburg MI

Muskegon MI to Carson City MI
Built by Toledo Saginaw & Muskegon Ry 1886-88
controlled by Grand Trunk Western

Carson City MI to Ashley MI
Built by Toledo Saginaw & Muskegon Ry 1886-88
controlled by Grand Trunk Western

Owosso to Ashley
GTW trackage rights on Ann Arbor

Pontiac MI trackage
Built by Pontiac Oxford & Port Austin RR 1883
to Pontiac Oxford & Northern RR 9-24-1889

Pontiac trackage abandoned
Built by Pontiac Oxford & Port Austin RR 1883
to Pontiac Oxford & Northern RR 9-24-1889

Pontiac to Caseville MI
Built by Pontiac Oxford & Port Austin RR 1883
to Pontiac Oxford & Northern RR 9-24-1889

Cass City to Bad Axe MI
Built by Detroit & Huron Ry 1912-13
controlled by Grand Trunk Western

Durand MI to Bay City MI
Built by Cincinnati Saginaw & Mackinaw RR 1888-90

Carrollton to Sargents
Built by Cincinnati Saginaw & Mackinaw RR 1888-90

Sargents to Oa-At-Ka Beach
Built by Cincinnati Saginaw & Mackinaw RR 1888-90

Saginaw trackage

Detroit to Port Huron
Built by Chicago Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Jct RR 1858-59

Port Huron to Fort Gratiot
Built by Chicago Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Jct RR 1858-59

Pontiac belt

Pontiac belt abandoned

Pontiac to Jackson MI
Built by Michigan Air Line Ry 1882-84

Pontiac to Romeo MI
Built by Michigan Air Line Ry 1878-81

Romeo MI to Richmond MI
Built by Michigan Air Line RR 1869
to Michigan Air Line Ry ca1875

Pavilion MI to Pavilion Jct

Kalamazoo trackage

Kalamazoo

Chicago & Kalamazoo Terminal

South Bend IN to IN/MI State Line

Bay City