Railroad: Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad

The railroad was organized to own 80 miles from Detroit to Butler, IN. It was reorganized several times and then merged into the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific.


Construction railroad - Detroit, Butler & St. Louis  - Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific → Wabash


Operated in Michigan: 1 year (may not have been operated)_

Chartered in: 1880

Reorganized: In 1881.

Reorganized in 1881 to Wabash, Butler and St. Louis

Reference: [MRRC]


DB&SW MapImage info: A 1881 map of the newly opened Detroit, Butler & St. Louis railroad. [DFP-1881-0706]


Notes


Time Line

 1880. The rails of the Detroit, Butler & Pacific are laid up close to the Michigan Central at the Grand Trunk Junction. [DFP-1880-0924]

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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