Railroad: Peninsular railway company

This was a construction railroad which built the Grand Trunk main line from Lansing west to Valparaiso, Indiana. It became the Chicago & Grand Trunk railroad in 1880 and the Grand Trunk Western in 1900.

Built → Peninsular Railway → Chicago & Lake Huron railroad

Built: 1870 - Battle Creek to Lansing and to Valparaiso, IN in 1873.

Operated for 8 years.

Merged: 1878 - into Chicago & Lake Huron.

Reference: [MRRC] 

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1870. May. Word that the Peninsular Railway was abandoned was denied by the President of the Peninsular Railway Company. He blamed the rumors on their competitor, the Michigan Air Line, which has done all that it could to the detriment of the Peninsular Railway Company. [DFP-1870-0525]