"Penn-Central Board Holds First Meeting". ^ a b Michigan Railroad Commission 1874, p. 74.^ Pennsylvania Secretary of Internal Affairs 1883, p. 347.^ a b c d e Ohio Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs 1875, p. 138.The NS leased the Kalamazoo Branch and Kalamazoo Secondary Branch to the Grand Elk Railroad, a regional freight railway, in 2009. The Norfolk Southern (NS) ended up owning the Kalamazoo Branch and Kalamazoo Secondary Branch. In 1997, Conrail was jointly purchased by CSX and the Norfolk Southern Railway. The unimproved track between CP Park and Kalamazoo was now named the Kalamazoo Secondary Branch. Ĭonrail upgraded the 33 miles (53 km) of the Kalamazoo Branch between Elkhart, Indiana, and CP Park (a siding just south of Moorepark, Michigan) in the late 1970s. In March 1976, Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act folded the remainder of the Penn Central into Conrail as well. The Penn Central continued to operate as a freight-only railroad, but reorganization efforts failed. Most (but not all) of the Penn Central's tracks were turned over to a new corporation, Conrail. The Penn Central continued to operate into 1974, until President Richard Nixon signed the Regional Rail Reorganization Act on January 2. The Penn Central declared bankruptcy on June 21, 1970. The merged company immediately began cost-cutting, but losses mounted. Subject to intense competition and dwindling passenger and freight traffic, the New York Central Railroad merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad on February 1, 1968, to create the Penn Central Transportation Company. Now called the Kalamazoo Branch of the New York Central, passenger service ran on the White Piegon-to-Kalamazoo line until December 27, 1937. The K&WP merged into the New York Central effective January 1, 1915. On April 29, 1914, the asset restructuring and refinancing of the New York Central and Hudson River led to the abolishment of all subsidiary corporations and their consolidation into the new New York Central Railroad. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad acquired a controlling majority of the LS&MS in 1877. The terms of the lease stipulated that the LS&MS assume payment on the K&WP's debt and purchase its equipment at market value. On October 1, 1869, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (LS&MS which had formed from the amalgamation of the Michigan Southern and the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad on April 6, 1869) leased the K&WP in perpetuity. Joseph Valley Railroad and the Kalamazoo and Schoolcraft Railroad.
The Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad was formed on August 14, 1869, by the merger of the newly-enlarged St. With the completion of the Schoolcraft and Three Rivers on the same date, the line now extended from Kalamazoo all the way south to White Pigeon and the Indiana border. This standard-gauge line was completed on May 3, 1867. Its charter allowed it to build a 14-mile (23 km) line from Kalamazoo, Michigan, south to Schoolcraft. On June 9, 1866, the Kalamazoo and Schoolcraft Railroad was incorporated in the state of Michigan. This line opened on May 3, 1867, and the Schoolcraft and Three Rivers merged with the St. Work now began on building the standard-gauge line from Schoolcraft south. The legislature enacted a bill on March 18, 1865, authorizing the purchase. Instead, the company sought permission from the state legislature to purchase the stalled St. Construction did not begin immediately, however. Its charter allowed it to build a 13-mile (21 km) line from Three Rivers north to Schoolcraft, Michigan. On June 6, 1855, the Schoolcraft and Three Rivers Railroad was incorporated in the state of Michigan. It won a second deadline extension from the legislature on March 17, 1863. Joseph won an extension from the Michigan Legislature on March 15, 1861, giving it more time to finish the line to St. It extended the line to Three Rivers, Michigan, in 1855. Joseph Valley began work in White Pigeon, Michigan, and by 1852 had built a single-track line to Constantine, Michigan. Joseph Valley, which allowed that line to begin work.
So the Michigan Southern purchased most of the stock of the St.
The Michigan Southern Railroad was barred by its charter from constructing a line within 3 miles (4.8 km) from the Michigan- Indiana border. The company had to commence work in five years, and finish its line within ten years, or forfeit its charter. Joseph, Michigan, southeast to Cassopolis, Michigan, and thence northeast, east, or southeast to any point in St. Its charter permitted it to build a single or double track from St. On April 3, 1848, the state of Michigan enacted legislation chartering the St.
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