- Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway
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railroad_name=Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway
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locale=Michigan
start_year=1906
end_year=1916
hq_city=KalamazooThe Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway (aka The Fruit Belt Line) operated on track laid between Kalamazoo and South Haven, Michigan. Much of the track has been removed and is now known as the "Van Buren Trail".The railway went through the following towns, starting from the east:
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Kalamazoo, Michigan
*Oshtemo, Michigan
*Brighton, Michigan
*Rix, Michigan
*Walker, Michigan
*Eassom, Michigan
*Mattawan, Michigan
*Newbre, Michigan
*Lawton, Michigan
*Paw Paw, Michigan
*Barrison, Michigan
*Lake Cora, Michigan
*Lawrence, Michigan
*Hartford, Michigan
*Toquin, Michigan
*Covert, Michigan
*Packard, Michigan
*Fruitland, Michigan
*Cableton, Michigan
*South Haven, Michigan [cite web| url=http://mc.net/~louisvw/depot/sh/s-haven.htm| title=South Haven Depot| work=Michigan Passenger Stations| author=Van Winkle, Louis| date=January 2004| accessdate=2008-08-28| ]References
*cite journal| title=Paw Paw Versus the Railroads | first=Thomas D. | last=Brock | journal=Michigan History | volume=39 | year=1955 | month=June | pages=129–183
*cite book| title=Standard atlas of Kalamazoo County Michigan | author=Geo.A. Ogle & Co. | location=Chicago | publisher=G.A. Ogle | year=1910
*cite book| title=Next Stop Kalamazoo: A History of Railroading in Kalamazoo County | first=David C. | last=Hager | publisher=Kalamazoo Public Museum | year=1976 | location=Kalamazoo
*cite journal | title=The fruit belt line: Southwest Michigan's failed railroad | first=Graydon | last=Meints | year=2005 | volume=31 | issue=2 | month=September | journal=Michigan Historical Review | pages=117–149
*cite book| title=Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies| first=Graydon M.| last=Meints| year=1992| publisher=Michigan State University Press| location=East Lansing, Michigan| isbn=0870133187External links
* [http://www.vbco.org/government286655.asp Van Buren County Road Commission - Van Buren Trail page]
* [http://www.michiganfruitbelt.org Southwest Michigan Fruit Belt Project]
* [http://hvrm.railfan.net/roster2.html Record of KLS&C #950 Pullman passenger car in private collection]
* [http://www.railroadmichigan.com/kalamazoolakeshore.html Pioneer Railcorp (current owner since 1995) - info on dinner train excursions]
* [http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Railroads/KLS&C/KLS&C-MRC1909.htm 1909 Report on KLS&C by the Michigan Railroad Commission]
* [http://user.mc.net/~louisvw/depot/ Michigan Passenger Stations - currently missing KLS&C depot photos...]
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