Railroad: St. Joseph Valley Rail Road Company

This railroad was built north from Constantine to Three Rivers and became a branch of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad.


Built → St. Joseph Valley railroad → Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad


Built: 1855 - Constantine to Three Rivers

Operated for 14 years.

Sold: 1869 - to Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad.

Reference: [MRRC] 


Notes


Time Line

1880. December 5. On Thursday, the locomotive "Berrien" made her first trip on the St. Joseph Valley Railroad. She took three flat-cars loaded with iron, ties and about 200 people, from the Michigan Central Railroad depot to the new engine house across McCoy's Creek. [DFP-1880-1205]

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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