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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