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The Pere Marquette Railroad ( AAR reporting mark: PM) was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The railroad had trackage in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and the Canadian provence of Ontario. Its primary connections included Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illinois.
Incorporated on January 1, 1900 as the Pere Marquette Railroad Company from the merger of several Michigan railroads, the most prominent being:
- Flint and Pere Marquette Railway Company
- Detriot, Lansing and Northern Railroad
- Chicago and West Michigan Railroad
The company was reincorporated on March 12, 1917 as the Pere Marquette Railway.
In the 1920s, the Pere Marquette came under the control of Cleveland financiers Oris and Mantis Van Sweringen who also controlled the Nickel PlateThe New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ( AAR reporting mark: NKP was a railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. Commonly referred to as the Nickel Plate Road the railroad served a large area, including trackage in the states of New Y, ErieThe Erie Railroad was a 19th century rail line in New York State, connecting New York City with Lake Erie and several cities in upstate New York, including Binghamton, Buffalo and Dunkirk. The line's original New York City area terminus is in Piermont, Ne and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads and planned to merge the four railroads. The ICCICC may stand for: International Criminal Court International Chamber of Commerce Interstate Commerce Commission International Cricket Council Internet Chess Club International Color Consortium Inuit Circumpolar Conference Islamic Clerics Committee inters did not approve the merger and the Van Sweringen brothers sold their interest in the Pere Marquette to the C&O, with which it formally merged on June 6June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. Events 1513 Italian Wars: Battle of Novara Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke, 1947.
1 Car Ferries
The Pere Marquette also operated a number of rail car ferries on the Detroit and St. Claire Rivers and on Lake Erie and Lake Michigan. Prior to the construction of the Mackinac Bridge, the PM's fleet of car ferries, which operated on Lake Michigan from Ludington, Michigan to Milwaukee, Kewaunee, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, were an important transportation link reducing the time required to travel around the southern tip of Lake Michigan.
