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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 1872, at which point the property became part of the Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad, whose line it met at Kiddville. [1] [nb 1] The DL&M would later become part of the Pere Marquette Railroad, which also built a line (the Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad) south from Belding.

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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 RailAmerica company. In December 2007 Mid-Michigan petitioned the Surface Transportation Board to abandon the line. The grade is to be converted to a rail trail. [3]

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Notes

  1. ↑ According to Meints, the company was "donated" on July 18. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Michigan Railroad Commission (1873). Annual Report. p. lxxiv.
  2. ↑ Meints, Graydon M. (1992). Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. p. 124. ISBN   978-0-87013-318-3.
  3. ↑ "Mid-Michigan Railroad, Inc.--Abandonment Exemption--In Kent and Montcalm Counties, MI". Transportation Department Documents and Publications. December 17, 2007.Missing or empty |url= (help)
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