Railroad: Detroit Southern Railroad Company

Detroit & Lima Northern → Detroit Southern Railroad → Detroit Toledo & Ironton

Acquired in 1901. Line from Delray via Tecumseh to Ohio state line.

Operated for 4 Years

Became: DT&I in 1905.

Reference: [MRRC]

Notes

This road operated from Delray, Michigan to Dundee (part of which was the former C&CS purchased from the LS&MS). It used trackage rights on the DT&M from Dundee to Tecumseh. Then on its own line from Tecumseh via Adrian to the Ohio State line, and on to Jackson and Ironton, Ohio, a total owned trackage of 338 miles.

Time Line

1902. The railroad commission became involved in a problem at a public crossing of the line in Detroit. An automatic electric alarm bell had been located at the crossing and was not giving satisfactory service. The railroad was required to reconstruct the bell so as to provide that it be operated by a track circuit, instead of a wire circuit. This work was performed and the appliance was then working satisfactorily. [MCR-1903]

1903. SNAPSHOT: This railroad had 58 engineers, 632 firemen, 43 conductors, 118 brakemen and 120 baggagemen. It also employed 368 laborers (section men), 467 shopmen and 48 yardmen. These numbers include both Michigan and Ohio. The railroad owned 64 locomotives, and 4,956 cars of all types. The top five categories of freight hauled in Michigan in 1903 were: Bituminous coal (45%), other merchandise (11%), big and bloom iron (6%), stone (4%) and cement, brick and lime (4%). [MCR-1904]