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At its creation in 1881, the C&WM controlled the following lines, comprising 353.6 miles (569.1 km):
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Statistics of Railways in the United States for the Year Ended December 31, 1917
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Buffalo to
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to extend the line an additional 78.5 miles (126.3 km) to
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Today, only the lines from New
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in that state until March 12, 1917, at the same time as the
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Benton Harbor, Coloma and Paw Paw Lake Train
Railway
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682:Grand Rapids, Kalkaska and Southeastern Railroad
337:Galbraith's railway mail service maps, Michigan.
285:Grand Rapids, Kalkaska and Southeastern Railroad
378:. Lansing, MI: Michigan Historical Commission.
662:Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway
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501:Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad
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40:Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad
290:In 1899 the C&WM consolidated with the
271:to construct a railway line southeast from
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672:Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad
610:Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad
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46:and the Indiana and Michigan Railroad.
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95:Chicago & West Michigan (C&WM)
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677:Harbor Beach and Port Hope Railroad
657:Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Railroad
543:Chicago and North Michigan Railroad
375:The Pere Marquette Railroad Company
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698:Pere Marquette Railroad of Indiana
496:Chicago and West Michigan Railroad
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36:Chicago and West Michigan Railroad
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759:1917 disestablishments in Indiana
605:Chicago and West Michigan Railway
600:Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad
482:Chicago and West Michigan Railway
21:Chicago and West Michigan Railway
642:South Haven and Eastern Railroad
292:Flint and Pere Marquette Railway
749:1881 establishments in Michigan
403:Michigan State University Press
438:Interstate Commerce Commission
426:Interstate Commerce Commission
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511:Indiana and Michigan Railroad
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353:Michigan Railroad Commission
181:Branched south of Pentwater
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397:Meints, Graydon M. (1992).
319:Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
91:169.5 miles (272.8 km)
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729:Defunct Michigan railroads
401:. East Lansing, Michigan:
250:Chicago and North Michigan
242:Flint & Pere Marquette
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734:Defunct Indiana railroads
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192:13.5 miles (21.7 km)
155:51.2 miles (82.4 km)
304:non-operating subsidiary
283:. Alden's company, the
175:3.3 miles (5.3 km)
626:Muskegon Lake Railroad
586:Pere Marquette Railway
308:Pere Marquette Railway
300:Pere Marquette Railway
118:70 miles (110 km)
29:Pere Marquette Railway
240:(where it joined the
214:17 miles (27 km)
138:23 miles (37 km)
527:White River Railroad
506:Grand Haven Railroad
234:White River Railroad
44:Grand Haven Railroad
372:Ivey, Paul (1919).
269:William Alden Smith
16:Railway in Michigan
230:La Crosse, Indiana
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114:White Cloud
75:New Buffalo
713:Categories
325:References
273:Rapid City
262:Elk Rapids
151:Big Rapids
187:Fruitport
87:Pentwater
444:, p. 502
384:66109442
355:(1882).
315:Hamilton
294:and the
277:Kalkaska
275:through
254:Bay View
178:C&WM
83:Muskegon
238:Baldwin
222:Leased
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69:Notes
63:Length
42:, the
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167:Mears
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635:1903
619:1900
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520:1884
489:1881
407:ISBN
380:OCLC
171:Hart
97:and
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