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Ann Arbor Railroad map

1835 – Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and owner of Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works, is born (d. 1919).
1889 – The Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railroad (predecessor of the Ann Arbor Railroad; map shown) begins operations between Frankfort, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio.[1]
1889 – Construction is completed on the Frankfort and South Eatern Railroad 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge line between Frankfort and Beecher, Michigan.[1]
1971 – The Waltham North through South Sudbury stations on the Central Massachusetts Railroad are closed.

References

"Railroad History Timeline, 1880-1889". Michigan's Internet Railway History Museum. Retrieved November 25, 2006.

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