Patterson Railroad
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The Patterson Railroad is a defunct railroad that existed in Michigan during the early 1870s. The company incorporated on September 21, 1870 and filed articles on October 3 to construct a line between Patterson Mills (now Belding) and Kiddville (defunct; lay to the north-east across the Flat River). The Patterson completed a 1.67-mile (2.69 km) in July of 1872, at which point the company came under the control of the Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan, whose line it met at Kiddville.[1]
The Belding–Kidd line continued to exist throughout the 20th century, eventually becoming part of the Greenville–Lowell line operated by the Mid-Michigan Railroad, a Rail America company. In December of 2007 Mid-Michigan petitioned the Surface Transportation Board to abandon the line. The grade is to be converted to a rail trail.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ According to Meints, the company was "donated" on July 18. See Meints (1992), 124; Michigan Railroad Commission (1873), lxxiv.
- ^ "Mid-Michigan Railroad, Inc.--Abandonment Exemption--In Kent and Montcalm Counties, MI", Transportation Department Documents and Publications, December 17, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
[edit] References
- Meints, Graydon M. (1992). Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 0870133187.
- Michigan Railroad Commission (1873). Annual Report.
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