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Pere Marquette

Chicago & West Michigan Ry

Baldwin MI to Traverse City MI
75.00 miles
Built by Chicago & West Michigan Ry 1890
to Pere Marquette 12-7-1899
to Chesapeake & Ohio Ry 6-6-1947
to CSX Transportation 8-31-1987

La Crosse IN to New Buffalo MI
39.00 miles
Built by Chicago & West Michigan Ry 1881-82
to Pere Marquette 12-7-1899
to Chesapeake & Ohio Ry 6-6-1947
to CSX Transportation 8-31-1987

Ottawa Beach Branch
7.00 miles
Built by Chicago & West Michigan Ry 1890
to Pere Marquette 12-7-1899
to Chesapeake & Ohio Ry 6-6-1947
to CSX Transportation 8-31-1987

Clarey MI to Honor MI
Built by Chicago & West Michigan Ry 1895
to Chesapeake & Ohio Ry 6-6-1947?
abandoned

Wallin to West End
1901 plat shows Weldon Lumber Co/ PMRR

White Cloud MI to Troy MI
Built by White River RR 1880-82
to Chicago & West Michigan Ry 2-7-1884

West Troy Jct to West Troy MI
Built by White River RR 1880-82
to Chicago & West Michigan Ry 2-7-1884
abandoned 1895

Troy MI to Baldwin MI

Grand Rapids MI to Newaygo MI
Built by Grand Rapids Newaygo & Lake Shore RR 1872
to Chicago & West Michigan Ry 10-1-1881

Newaygo MI to White Cloud MI
Built by Grand Rapids Newaygo & Lake Shore RR 1875

Holland MI to Grand Rapids MI
Built by Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore RR 1872
to Chicago & West Michigan RR 12-28-1878

St Joseph MI to Pentwater MI
Built by Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore RR 1871
to Chicago & West Michigan RR 12-28-1878

New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI
Built by Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore RR 1870
to Chicago & West Michigan RR 12-28-1878

Traverse City MI to Bay View MI
Built by Chicago & North Michigan RR 1891-92

Williamsburg MI to Elk Rapids MI
Built by Chicago & North Michigan RR 1891-92

Rapid City MI to Kalkaska MI
Built by Grand Rapids Kalkaska & Southeastern RR 1898
leased to Pere Marquette
abandonment approved 11-24-1920

Kalkaska MI to Stratford MI
Built by Grand Rapids Kalkaska & Southeastern RR 1898
leased to Pere Marquette
abandonment approved

Berry MI to Freemont MI
Built by Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore RR ca1872

Freemont MI to Big Rapids MI
Built by Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore RR ca1872
abandoned

Foxville to Keno
Railroad extended from Foxvilleto Keno when Horning & Hartt Lumber Co mill moved in 1887
railroad abandoned 1897

Foxville Branch
Built 1881 to serve sawmill of Osterhout & Fox which was operated by Horning & Hart
line abandoned ca1897

Mears MI to Hart MI
Built by Chicago & West Michigan RR 1880
to CSX Transportation 8-31-1987?

Hamilton MI to Holland MI
miles
Built by Michigan Lake Shore RR 1870
to Grand Haven RR 9-27-1878

Allegan MI to Hamilton MI
miles
Built by Michigan Lake Shore RR 1870
to Grand Haven RR 9-27-1878
to CSX Transportation 8-31-1987?
abandoned

Untitled Path

old mainline

Brookings Lbr spur

Keno
Branch extended north from Keno to Vincent's, McDuffie's and Clark & Hary mills in 1891. A branch from Keno was also built west and north to Phelps Lumber Co. mill in section 23 of Home township.
abandoned ca1897

Stratford wye

Detroit Grand Rapids & Western RR

Grand Rapids MI to Grand Ledge MI
Built by Grand Rapids Lansing & Detroit RR 1888
to Detroit Grand Rapids & Western RR 11-24-1896
to Pere Marquette RR 12-7-1899

Oakdale Park MI to Reeds Lake
Built by Grand Rapids Lansing & Detroit RR 1888
to Detroit Grand Rapids & Western RR 11-24-1896
to Pere Marquette RR 12-7-1899

Lansing MI to Greenville MI
Built by Ionia & Lansing RR 1869-79
to Detroit Lansing & Lake Michigan RR 4-11-1871
to Detroit Lansing & Northern RR 12-14-1876
to Detroit Grand Rapids & Western RR 11-24-1896
to Pere Marquette RR 12-7-1899

Greenville MI to Howard City MI
Built by Detroit Lansing & Lake Michigan RR ca1871
to Detroit Lansing & Northern RR 12-14-1876

Ionia MI to Stanton MI
Built by Detroit Lansing & Lake Michigan RR 1873
to Detroit Lansing & Northern RR 12-14-1876

Stanton MI to Edmore MI
Built by Detroit Lansing & Northern RR 1878

Edmore MI to Blanchard MI
Built by Detroit Lansing & Northern RR 1879

Blanchard MI to Big Rapids MI
Built by Detroit Lansing & Northern RR 1880

West Detroit MI to Lansing MI
Built by Detroit Lansing & Lake Michigan RR 1871

Mecosta to Barryton MI
to Chesapeake & Ohio Ry 6-6-1947?

Rodney to Chippewa Lake
to Chesapeake & Ohio Ry 6-6-1947?

Remus MI to Weidman MI

Howard City MI to Lakeview MI
Built by Saginaw & Western RR 1871

Edmore MI to Lakeview MI
Built by Chicago Saginaw & Canada RR 1879
to Saginaw & Western RR 5-10-1883

Cedar Lake MI to Edmore MI
Built by Chicago Saginaw & Canada RR 1878
to Saginaw & Western RR 5-10-1883

St Louis MI to Cedar Lake
Built by Chicago Saginaw & Canada RR 1875
to Saginaw & Western RR 5-10-1883

Paines MI to St Louis MI
Built by Saginaw Valley & St Louis RR 1873

Webber MI to Lyons MI

Flint & Pere Marquette RR

Port Huron & Northwestern

Ruth MI to Harbor Beach MI
Built by Port Huron & North Western Ry 1879-80 as 36" gauge
to Flint & Pere Marquette RR 4-1-1899

Ruth MI to Croswell MI
Built by Port Huron & North Western Ry 1879-80 as 36" gauge
to Flint & Pere Marquette RR 4-1-1899
to Huron & Eastern Ry

Port Huron MI to Croswell MI
Built by Port Huron & North Western Ry 1879-80 as 36" gauge
to Flint & Pere Marquette RR 4-1-1899

Palms to Kinde MI
Built by Port Huron & North Western Ry 1882 as 36" gauge
converted to standard gauge 1889-99
to Huron & Eastern Ry

Port Austin MI to Kinde MI
Built by Port Huron & North Western Ry 1882 as 36" gauge
converted to standard gauge 1889-99

Yale MI to Saginaw Jct
abandoned 1891
route approximate

Yale to Brown City MI
converted to standard gauge 1889-99
to DEEX

Brown City MI to East Saginaw MI
to Huron & Eastern Ry

Port Huron MI to Almont MI
Built by Port Huron & North Western RR 1882 as 36" gauge
to Port Huron & North Western Ry 12-9-1882

Walhalla MI to Manistee MI
Built by Manistee RR ca1880

Ludington MI to Baldwin MI
Built by Flint & Pere Marquette Ry 1874

Baldwin MI to Reed City MI
Built by Flint & Pere Marquette Ry 1874

Clare MI to Meredith MI
Built by Saginaw & Clare County RR 1881-83
controlled by Flint & Pere Marquette RR

Harrison MI to Leota MI
Built by Flint & Pere Marquette RR 1897
abandonment approved 10-21-1921

logging spur
Built by Flint & Pere Marquette RR for logging purposes
per annual report 1884

logging spur
0.55 mile
spur
Built by F&PM RR for logging 1884
per annual report

Hatton MI to NE

Dorr Lake & Hoyt Spur
Built by Hoyt & Dorr in 1884 for logging
per F&PM annual report
grade visible in 1999 aerial photos

TE Dorr Spur
Built by T. E. Dorr in 1884
to load logs at lake per F&PM annual report

Joiner Spur
Built to serve sawmill on river at end of spur 1883-84
per F&PM annual report
grade visible in aerial photos

Maloney & Barnard Branch
Built by Maloney & Barnard 1882-84
for logging
per F&PM annual report
grade partially visible in aerial photos

logging spurs

Midland MI to Reed City
Built by Flint & Pere Marquette Ry 1868-72

Flint MI to Midland MI
Built by Flint & Pere Marquette Ry before 1868

Flint MI abandoned

Flint MI to Holly MI
Built by Flint & Holly RR 1864
to Flint & Pere Marquette Ry 9-2-1868

Monroe MI to Holly MI
Built by Holly Wayne & Monroe Ry 1872
to Flint & Pere Marquette Ry 6-4-1872

Alexis (Toledo) OH to Monroe MI
Built by Monroe & Toledo Ry 1897

Yale MI to Port Huron MI
Built by Flint & Pere Marquette RR 1889

Ludington MI
Built by Flint & Pere Marquette RR 1889-93

Port Austin MI to Grindstone City MI
Built by Flint & Pere Marquette RR 1892
to CSX Transportation 8-31-1987??

Otter Lake to Fostoria MI
Built by Flint & Pere Marquette RR 1880-82
to CSX Transportation 8-31-1987??

Coleman to Beaverton MI
Built by Flint & Pere Marquette RR 1880-90
to CSX Transportation 8-31-1987??

Saginaw MI to Bay City MI
Built by Bay City & East Saginaw RR 1867
to Flint & Pere Marquette Ry 9-2-1868

Bay City abandoned
Built by Bay City & East Saginaw RR 1867
to Chesapeake & Ohio Ry?

McGraw (Flint) to Otter Lake
Built by Flint River RR ca1871

Saginaw belt line
Built by East Saginaw & St Clair RR before 1889

Coleman MI to Mt Pleasant MI
Built by Saginaw & Mt Pleasant RR 1879 as 36" gauge
converted to standard gauge 1884

West Bay City MI to Wolverine
Built by Huron & Western RR ca1902
controlled by Pere Marquette RR

McGrew MI to Atwood Jct
Built by Flint Belt RR 1921-23
controlled by Pere Marquette RR

Bay City existing

Bay City Belt
Built by Bay City Belt Line RR 1899-1903

Porter IN to New Buffalo MI
Built by Pere Marquette RR Co of Indiana 1903

Stanton MI to North Greenville MI
Built by Pere Marquette RR 1901

Erwin MI to Marl Lake MI
Built by Newaygo Portland Cement Co 1901
abandoned 1906

Lilley MI to Pettibone MI

Harbor Beach to Port Hope MI
Built by Harbor Beach & Port Hope RR 1903

Sandusky MI to Poland MI
Built by Sanilac RR 1902

Belding MI to Lowell MI
Built by Grand Rapids Belding & Saginaw RR 1899
to Pere Marquette Ry 5-7-1903

Lowell MI to Freeport MI
Built by Lowell & Hastings RR 1887
to Grand Rapids Belding & Saginaw RR 4-20-1899
to Pere Marquette Ry 5-7-1903
Elmdale to Freeport abandoned

Berrien Springs MI to Benton Harbor
Built by Milwaukee Benton Harbor & Columbus Ry 1897 as 36" gauge
abandoned before 1927

Berrien Springs to Buchannan MI
Built by St. Joseph Valley RR 1881
to St. Joseph Valley Ry 5-7-1889?
to Milwaukee Benton Harbor & Columbus Ry 8-10-1897
abandoned before 1927
route approximate

Lawton MI to Paw Paw MI
Built by Paw Paw RR 1867
to Toledo & South Haven RR 9-9-1886
to South Haven & Eastern Ry 5-23-1894

Paw Paw to Lawrence MI
Built by Toledo & South Haven RR 1877 as 36" gauge
to South Haven & Eastern Ry 5-23-1894
converted to standard gauge
to CSX Transportation 8-31-1987?
to West Michigan RR

Lawrence MI to Hartford MI
Built by Toledo & South Haven RR 1883 as 36" gauge
to South Haven & Eastern Ry 5-23-1894
converted to standard gauge
to West Michigan RR

Hartford MI to South Haven MI
Built by Toledo & South Haven RR 1887 as 36" gauge
converted to standard gauge

Saginaw MI to Sebewang MI
Built by Saginaw Tuscola & Huron RR 1882 as 36" gauge
to Pere Marquette Ry 5-7-1903

Sebewaing MI to Bay Port Jct
Built by Saginaw Tuscola & Huron RR 1883 as 36" gauge

Bay Port Jct to Bay Port MI
Built by Saginaw Tuscola & Huron RR 1883 as 36" gauge
to Huron & Eastern Ry?

Bay Port Jct to Bad Axe MI

Walkerville Jct to Windsor Ont