Station: Bimo, Michigan
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Bimo was a far away outpost and crossing of the DT&I and the LSMS' Fayette Branch. |
According to the book Michigan Place Names, Bimo was a station on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and had its own post office from 1896 to 1903. The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton crossed the Lake Shore's Fayette Branch here. The Fayette branch was never more than a 1 train each way a day sleepy branch line. Over the years, it was cut back to Morenci, and then abandoned altogether in the 1980's. The DT&I line was originally the main line for the Detroit & Lima Northern, then the DT&I. But after Ford interests bought the DT&I, they straightened the DT&I's main line, converting this route into a branch line which went north through Adrian to Tecumseh. This was not a busy location at any time, and in fact sat in the midst of farm land.