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Railroad: Allegan and South Eastern Railroad Company
Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan → Allegan and South Eastern Railroad → Grand Rapids & Indiana → Toledo & Milwaukee Railway
Built: 1877 (Purchased the MC&LM line which was not yet in operation from Allegan to Monteith).
Operated for 2 years.
Leased to: The Grand Rapids & Indiana in 1879. Lease cancelled by GR&I in 1882.
Sold to: Toledo & Milwaukee in 1883.
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
The Allegan and Southeastern Railroad purchased a short portion of the Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan, which was affiliated with the Pennsylvania Railroad but never operated. The A&SE operated this line for two years before it was leased to the GR&I, another PRR affiliate. That lease was cancelled in 1882 and the line was sold to the Toledo & Milwaukee which later became part of the Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee and a number of other owners.
Time Line
1878. The old Mansfield, Coldwater and Michigan railroad ghost will hereafter materialize as "The Allegan and Southeastern Railroad Company." [BSE-1878-0601]
Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI