Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad
- Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad
The Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM), established by the latter to construct a convert|14.7|mi|km railway line between Mount Pleasant, Michigan and Coleman, Michigan. The line opened on December 15, 1879, as a convert|3|ft|mm narrow gauge line. In mid-1884 the line was converted to standard gauge. On January 31, 1889 the company was formally merged into the F&PM along with the East Saginaw and St. Clair Railroad, the Saginaw and Clare County Railroad, and the Manistee Railroad. [cite web | title=This Month in Carferry History | url=http://www.carferries.com/month/ | work=The Carferries of the Great Lakes | accessdate=2007-12-29] [Meints (2005), 394.] ]In 1979 the C&O abandoned the line.
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*cite book| title=Michigan Railroad Lines| first=Graydon M.| last=Meints| publisher=Michigan State University Press| year=2005| location=East Lansing
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