Railroad: Blissfield Railroad Company

The Blissfield Railroad was a short-lived railroad which purchased from the Toledo & Western the line from Fitch, Ohio and Wabash Subway (Adrian).


Toledo & Western railroad Blissfield railroad Ohio & Morenci

Acquired: 1935 from part of the Toledo & Western railroad in Blissfield

Operated for 1 year.

Became: Ohio & Morenci (part) in 1936, part to J. Schonthol Co.

Reference: [MRRC]


Notes

Controlled by Joseph Schonthal Co., which also owned the Ohio & Morenci.


Time Line

1935. Blissfield Railroad operations ceased in 1935. [MRRC]

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

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