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Revision as of 20:38, 17 November 2004 by Slambo (talk | contribs) (category links, stub msg)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, sometimes referred to as the Lake Shore, was a railroad that operated in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois primarily along the south shore of Lake Erie and across northern Indiana from Buffalo to Chicago.
History
The Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company (a railroad from Chicago to Toledo, Ohio) and The Lake Shore Railway Company (a railroad from Toledo, Ohio to Erie, Pennsylvania) were consolidated on 6 April 1869, under the name of The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company ( now a railroad from Chicago to Erie, Pennsylvania) and The Buffalo and Erie Railroad Company (a railroad from Erie, Pennsylvania to Buffalo, New York) were consolidated a few months later, on 22 June 1869 retaining the name The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company.
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