Cass River Railroad

The Cass River Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in Michigan during the early 1870s. The company was chartered on December 12, 1871.^[1] In 1872 it completed a 19.4-mile (31.2 km) line from East Saginaw to Vassar. The line was intended to exploit the timber resources in the Cass River area. On June 4, 1872, the company was bought by the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM).^[2]

Notes

↑ Michigan Railroad Commission (1896), xxiii.
↑ Ivey (1919), 220; Michigan Railroad Commission (1896), xxiii.

References

Michigan Railroad Commission (1896). Annual Report.
Ivey, Paul (1919). The Pere Marquette Railroad Company. Lansing, MI: Michigan Historical Commission. OCLC 66109442.

Constituent companies of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad

1868	Flint and Holly Railroad

1872	Bay City and East Saginaw Rail Road Flint River Railroad Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railway Cass River Railroad

1889	East Saginaw and St. Clair Railroad Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad Manistee Railroad Saginaw and Clare County Railroad Port Huron and Northwestern Railway

1897	Monroe and Toledo Railway