| 词条 | Michigan Air Line Railroad |
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|railroad_name=Michigan Air-Line Railroad |logo_filename= |logo_size= |marks= |locale=southern Michigan |start_year=1868 |end_year= | gauge={{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}} |old_gauge= |hq_city= }} The Michigan Air Line Railroad was a planned railroad across southern Michigan, connecting the Canada Southern Railway to Chicago, Illinois. Only part of the line was built, and it was split between the Michigan Central Railroad (part of the New York Central Railroad, which also acquired the Canada Southern Railway) and the Grand Trunk Railway. HistoryThe Grand Trunk Railway was chartered in Michigan and Indiana, and the two companies merged in July and August 1868, just after the Canada Southern Railway was chartered, to form the Michigan Air Line Railroad. The Michigan Air Line and Canada Southern planned to form a continuous line from Buffalo, New York west to Chicago, Illinois via a train ferry across the St. Clair River. In 1871 the line was planned as part of a longer Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad, but that fell through. On October 11, 1870 the St. Joseph Valley Railroad was merged into the company, providing a branch from Niles south to South Bend, Indiana. That line had opened in Spring 1870. The main line was completed February 1871 from Niles east to Jackson and from Romeo east to Richmond, and was leased to the Michigan Central Railroad (as part of a shorter route between Detroit and Chicago). The Michigan Midland and Canada Railway was chartered in 1872 to continue east from Richmond to the St. Clair River, and opened in 1873 as part of the Canada Southern Railway. However, due to financial problems, the part between Jackson and Romeo was not built. The east part, from Romeo to Richmond, was split off on October 2, 1872 as the St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad, which leased the unbuilt St. Clair River, Pontiac and Jackson Railroad. The company went bankrupt in 1873, and on November 18, 1875 it was sold at foreclosure, with those lines east of Pontiac sold to the Michigan Air Line Railway. That company made arrangements for operation by the Grand Trunk Railway (which passed through Richmond). On January 1, 1881, the Grand Trunk leased the company, and the line was finished west to Jackson on September 1, 1884. The line from Pontiac to South Lyon was built on the planned right-of-way of the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Eastern Railroad. In 1916 the Michigan Air Line Railroad merged with the Michigan Central and ceased to exist as an independent company; the Michigan Air Line Railway merged with the Grand Trunk Western in 1928. In 1984, Grand Trunk Western sold an 8-mile stretch of track between Wixom (CSX line) and West Bloomfield in Oakland County to Coe Rail, Inc. It operated the Michigan Star Clipper Dinner Train and a small freight division.[1] In 2006, Coe Rail Inc. is acquired by Railmark Holdings. In 2007, it renames the line back to its original namesake, Michigan Air-Line Railway.[2] The last excursion of the Michigan Star Clipper Dinner Train was made on December 31, 2008. On November 12, 2009, Railmark sold the Michigan Air-Line Railway to the Nebraska-based Browner Turnout Company. On January 28, 2011, Michigan Air-Line Railway applied to abandon its route, resulting in freight operations ending in December 2011.[3] The railroad saw its last trains on March 25, 2012, and was removed between Pontiac and the interchange in Wixom beginning in May of 2012. This left the entire Michigan Air Line Railroad abandoned. As of 2015, sections of the rail grade have been (and continue to be) converted into a rail trail known as the Michigan Air Line Trail, with the pedestrian bridge over State Highway 5 having been completed in 2018. See also
References1. ^{{cite web|title=History of the Michigan Air-Line Railroad Company, Railmark Holdings|url=http://www.railmark.com/RailOperations/History.pdf|accessdate=2015-11-14|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908150342/http://www.railmark.com/RailOperations/History.pdf|archivedate=2013-09-08|df=}} 2. ^{{cite web |title=Employer Status Determination, Coe Rail Inc. |url=http://www.rrb.gov/blaw/bcd/bcd07-37.asp |accessdate=2015-11-14}} 3. ^Trains magazine, May 2011, p. 11. External links
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