The Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad

Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad

The Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in the U.S. state of Michigan between 1857 and 1899. It was one of the three companies which merged to become the Pere Marquette Railway.-Early history:...

 (F&PM), established by the latter to construct a 14.7 miles (23.7 km) railway line between Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Mount Pleasant is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Isabella County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 25,946. The 2008 census estimate places the population at 26,675....

 and Coleman, Michigan

Coleman, Michigan

Coleman is a city in Midland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,296. In 1994, a meteorite known as the "Coleman meteorite" fell near the city, which is ironic because the community schools' mascot are the Coleman Comets.-Geography:According to...

. The line opened on December 15, 1879, as a 3 feet (914.4 mm) narrow gauge

Narrow gauge

A narrow gauge railway is a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the of standard gauge railways. Most existing narrow gauge railways have gauges of between and .- Overview :...

 line. In mid-1884 the line was converted to standard gauge

Standard gauge

The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...

. On January 31, 1889 the company was formally merged into the F&PM along with the East Saginaw and St. Clair Railroad

East Saginaw and St. Clair Railroad

The East Saginaw and St. Clair Railroad was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad . It was established in 1872 to construct a branch from the company's main line in East Saginaw, Michigan through The Thumb to Port Huron. In 1889 it was consolidated with the F&PM and...

, the Saginaw and Clare County Railroad

Saginaw and Clare County Railroad

The Saginaw and Clare County Railroad was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad . It was chartered on September 4, 1877, to construct a branch line to Lake George, Michigan. On September 30, 1880, the company completed a branch line from Harrison Junction to Harrison....

, and the Manistee Railroad

Manistee Railroad

The Manistee Railroad was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad . It was established on June 19, 1880, to construct a branch line from the F&PM's main line at Walhalla to Manistee. The completion of this line in 1883 gave the F&PM access to Manistee's lake trade and...

.

In 1979 the C&O

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis P...

abandoned the line.