Flint River Railroad
The Flint River Railroad is a defunct railroad. It was established on December 6, 1871 to construct a 14.4-mile (23.2 km) branch from Horton to Otter Lake to support the logging industry in the Flint River area. This line was opened on October 8, 1872, and the company was consolidated with the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM). In 1881 the F&PM extended this line 5.2 miles (8.4 km) to Fostoria.[1]
The successor to the F&PM, the Pere Marquette Railway, abandoned the segment between Fostoria and Otisville, a distance of 9.8 miles (15.8 km), in 1933. The C&O abandoned the remainder in 1972.[2] A section of the line is now operated by the heritage Huckleberry Railroad.[3]
Notes
- Michigan Railroad Commission (1896), xxiii; Meints (2005), 386.
- Meints (2005), 386-387.
- "The Huckleberry Railroad". Huckleberry Railroad at Crossroads Village. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
References
- Meints, Graydon M. (2005). Michigan Railroad Lines. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87013-693-1.
- Michigan Railroad Commission (1896). Annual Report.
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