Railroad: Detroit Belt Line Railroad Company


BuiltDetroit Belt Line RailroadMichigan Central Railroad

Built: By the Detroit and Bay City railroad

Became: Michigan Central

Reference: [MRRC]


Notes

An industrial branch railroad on the east side of Detroit. Left the D&BC main line at Belt Line Junction (just east of Milwaukee Junction), ending at the Detroit River and connecting with the Detroit Manufacturers Railroad.

The railroad had a passenger station at Beaufait Avenue near Belle Isle.


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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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