RRHX

  The Civil War and its aftermath...

Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum

   

1862

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  • Improvement in Technology         Mining.

  • Railroad built or extended

  • Railroad abandoned and/or removed

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  • Civil war continues.

  • January 20:  Flint & Pere Marquette opens line from East Saginaw to Mt. Morris.  [MCR-75/MRRC]

  • February 11:  The 13th Michigan infantry leaves Kalamazoo for the front lines in 21 coaches, 10 baggage and 8 freight cars.  [MT]

  • November 4:  The Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad reaches North Lansing from Owosso.  This line was begun in 1858.  [AAD]

  • December 8:  Flint & Pere Marquette begins train service to Flint (from Mt. Morris).  [MCR-75/MDOT/AAD]

  • Flint & Pere Marquette begins train service between Flint and East Saginaw.  [MHM/R&LHS-Winter/2000]

  • Mail sorting on railroad cars is introduced.  [STOV]

  • "Commodore" Vanderbilt begins investing in railroad properties, gaining controlling interest in several Michigan railroad lines over the next 20 years.  [STOV]

  • The first Railway Post Office service operates on the Chicago & Northwestern.  Prior to this, all mail was carried in locked pouches.  [SAM]