The Jackson Citizen (29 November 1871) and the Grand Rapids Eagle (2 December 1871) reported that the Central Car and Manufacturing Company of Jackson sent their first manufactured cars -- a shipment of ten platform cars -- to the Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore Railroad. They reported that the company already had orders for 300 box and platform cars. Submitted by Carl Bajema.
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