Was any of this road built ? This is the 1st time I have ever noticed anything about this road. was the C.W. for Coldwater MI ? This route would have ran from Allegan MI to Tiffin OH, and on to Mansfield OH
Here is what I have already found...I learned of this railroad moving to the town's I live in now. (Camden & Montgomery Mi.) The whole town of Camden was moved in 1870 1 mile to meet up with the new railroad. This line was to be part of the Pennsylvania RR system to connect up with the GR&I also part of the PRR. The GR&I was built to bring people from central Indiana up to the lakes, resorts, and campgrounds in the state of Michigan. It was so successful the PRR thought let's try it with central Ohio. In 1870 the MCW&LM was formed, kind of. They sold stock and where able to get the land done. Well that's as far as they got, all the road bed was in and most all the ties laid but lack of funds and mishandling of money took it's toll and in 1877 it was done. In 1889 all land was sold and most the right of way destroyed. There is still spot's in Camden where you can walk the right of way in perfect shape today. Read up on it in Hillsdale County history books to find out the story of it. In Coldwater, Mi there was track laid and the LS&MS switched it out for years. The line was to run from Mansfield, Ohio to Allegan, Mi. Some good info on Wikipedia but some off dates. Also a 1874 map showing how it would have ran. Thought you'd get a kick out of this line since it was kinda built. I have seen what I thought was a ROW just south of town maybe like 8-10 years ago but dismissed it cause there was no road or railroad that ran through this area... But there was supposed to had be. This is just east of the pallet factory on the SE corner of Camden MI.
Michigan, The company formed on December 28, 1870 through the merger of the Ohio & Michigan Railway and the Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway, neither of which had yet built track. On January 1, 1874, the Grand Rapids & Indiana leased the "Allegan Division" (Michigan holdings) of the line. On August 28, 1877, the company was sold at foreclosure: the Allegan & Southeastern bought the Allegan Division, while the Pennsylvania Railroad, which had controlled the Ohio properties since 1873 through the Pennsylvania Company, bought the Ohio holdings outright
Ohio, At the same time the main part of the MCW&LM, under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), was constructing a 216-mile (348 km) line from Mansfield, Ohio (where it met the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago) northwest toward Allegan. By 1874 a 49.7-mile (80.0 km) line from Toledo Junction (near Mansfield) via Tiffin to Fostoria was complete. The prime contractor for this line was Joseph Fisk (1810–1874), who built over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of track in the Midwest during his long career. Although controlled by the PRR, MCW&LM trains operated this section under their own flag.
Although substantial portions of the northwestern extension were graded, most of the track was never laid. The PRR abandoned the idea in 1875 and instead focused on a route north from Tiffin into Toledo, Ohio. To that end, in 1877 the PRR merged the Ohio portion of the MCW&LM with the Toledo, Tiffin & Eastern and the Toledo & Woodville into the Northwestern Ohio Railway, which the PRR in turn leased. The 79-mile (127 km) line linked the PRR's massive network to Toledo for the first time. Corporate History. The company formed on December 28, 1870 through the merger of the Ohio & Michigan Railway and the Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway, neither of which had yet built track. On January 1, 1874, the Grand Rapids & Indiana leased the "Allegan Division" (Michigan holdings) of the line. On August 28, 1877, the company was sold at foreclosure: the Allegan & Southeastern bought the Allegan Division, while the Pennsylvania Railroad, which had controlled the Ohio properties since 1873 through the Pennsylvania Company, bought the Ohio holdings outright.
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