Railroad: Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Railroad Company

This was the last successor to one of the three railroads which made up the bulk of the Pere Marquette railroad in 1899.


VariousDetroit Grand Rapids & Western Railroad → Pere Marquette Railroad


Consolidated lines: In 1897 (see below).

Operated for: 2 years

Became: PM in 1899

Reference: [MRRC]


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Notes

Consolidated Detroit, Lansing & Northern, Grand Rapids, Lansing & Detroit, Saginaw and Grand Rapids, Saginaw Valley and St. Louis, and Saginaw and Western in 1897. Two years later into Pere Marquette system.


Time Line


Map

DGR&W - C&WM Railroad Map

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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