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Locally going back,to 1900 The Pere Marguette was a local player. There's even a Berkshire in Grand Haven. The PM was absorbed by the C&O in the thirties and the B&O was merged into the C&O in1963. On June 15-73, the C&O became part of the renamed Chessie System. The C&O/B&O joined the Amtrack system in 1971. The Chessie also operated a ferry service across Lake Michigan. Here's an steam idea. Between April and Oct 1977, the Chessie operated a special steam train over much of it's system to honor the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the B&O and was in western Michigan area for a week. On July 24th, 1977 operated a steam excursion trip from Grand Rapids to Chicago. The Penn /Central which served west Michigan became part of Conrail in 1973. These are only bits and pieces. Perhaps there will be other respondents.
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