Michigan Central Railroad

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Michigan Central Railroad
Locale	Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ontario
Dates of operation	–
Track gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters

The Michigan Central Railroad operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada. It was a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad, which later became part of Penn Central and then Conrail. With the 1998 Conrail breakup, Norfolk Southern now owns much of the former Michigan Central trackage.

[edit] External links

• MCRR homepage at Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum
• Railroad Wreck: MCRR at Botsford Yard, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1924

[edit] See also

edit New York Central Railroad subsidiaries

The New York Central was formed from 10 smaller companies in 1853, with leases on the Buffalo and Niagara Falls and Rochester and Lake Ontario. Its original system included the main line as well as the Auburn Road, Falls Road, Schenectady and Troy and Buffalo and Lockport. Lewiston (1854) - Niagara Bridge and Canandaigua (1858) In 1867 Cornelius Vanderbilt gained control of the New York Central. He already controlled the following lines: Hudson River - Harlem Canada Southern - Michigan Central - Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad (1871) - Lake Shore (ca. 1877) - Geneva and Lyons (1878) - Nickel Plate (1882) - West Shore (1885) - Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad (1891) - Putnam (1894) - Gardenville (1898) - Boston and Albany Railroad (1900) - Rutland (1904) - New York and Ottawa (1905)

• Michigan Central Railway Tunnel connecting Detroit, Michigan to Windsor, Ontario
• Michigan Central Railway Bridge connecting Niagara Falls, New York to Niagara Falls, Ontario