Manistee Railroad

The Manistee Railroad was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM). It was established on June 19, 1880, to construct a branch line from the F&PM's main line (Ludington–Monroe) at Walhalla to Manistee. The completion of this line in 1883 gave the F&PM access to Manistee's lake trade and local salt mining operations. The Manistee Railroad was consolidated with the F&PM on January 30, 1889.

References

Michigan Railroad Commission (1887). Annual Report.
Michigan Railroad Commission (1896). Annual Report.
Ivey, Paul (1919). The Pere Marquette Railroad Company. Lansing, MI: Michigan Historical Commission. OCLC 66109442.

Constituent companies of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad

1868	Flint and Holly Railroad

1872	Bay City and East Saginaw Rail Road Flint River Railroad Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railway Cass River Railroad

1889	East Saginaw and St. Clair Railroad Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad Manistee Railroad Saginaw and Clare County Railroad Port Huron and Northwestern Railway

1897	Monroe and Toledo Railway

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