12
 

1943
 

1942
 


 

Miles
 

Miles
 

Miles
 

3,618.57
 

3,633.54
 

14.97 Dec.
 

6,325.72
 

6,415.05
 

89.33 Dec.
 

801.21
 

799.81
 

1.40 Inc.
 

10,745.50
 

10,848.40
 

102.90 Dec.
 

MILEAGE OPERATED

The mileage operated by the Company at the close of the year, compared with the previous year, was as follows:
 

Main line and branches

Leased lines and lines operated under contract

Trackage rights

Total

The decrease of 14.97 miles in main line and branches is due to the abandonment of the Lansing Branch from Albion,
Michigan, to Litchfield, Michigan, 13.80 miles; transfer to yards and sidings 1.23 miles, and remeasurement .24 mile. This
was offset in part by additional track at Herkimer incident to elimination of grade crossings .30 mile.

The reduction of 89.33 miles in Hnes operated under lease or contract was principally due to the abandonment on the
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway of the Martinsville Branch, Fairland, Indiana, to Trafalgar, Indiana,
18.39 miles and the transfer to yards and sidings of the Dickeyville Branch, Buckskin, Indiana, to Tecumseh, Indiana, 12.32
miles; the abandonment on the Michigan Central Railroad of its Air Line Branch from Three Rivers, Michigan, to Niles,
Michigan, 29.40 miles; the abandonment of the St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad, S.S.&S. Jet., Indiana, to
Baroda, Michigan, 25.02 miles; the transfer to the Pennsylvania Railroad for operation of that portion of the Zanesville
Terminal Railroad from Spangler, Ohio, to West Zanesville, Ohio, 2.79 miles, and the transfer to yards and sidings and
remeasurement of 1.87 miles.   Offsetting this in part was an increase of .46 mile due mainly to remeasurement.

Trackage rights increased 1.40 miles mainly due to additional trackage over the Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Rail¬
road 1.16 miles and the Canadian Pacific Railway .25 mile, offset in part by .01 mile remeasurement.
 

LINE ABANDONMENTS

Authority was obtained from the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon that portion of the Lansing branch
between Albion and Litchfield, Mich., 13.80 miles; Elkhart and Western branch at Elkhart, Ind., 0.54 mile (this mileage
transferred to sidings and yards) ; Michigan Central Railroad, Niles to Three Rivers, Mich., 29.40 miles; Zanesville Ter¬
minal Railroad at West Zanesville, Ohio, 0.26 mile. Included in the mileage operated at the close of the year is the follow¬
ing trackage for which authority was received during the year for abandonment: Valley branch connection at Dunkirk,
N. Y., approximately .13 mile; West Shore Railroad, Oran to Cazenovia, N. Y., approximately 5.7 miles; Michigan
Central Railroad, portion of Old Michigan Railroad at Grand Rapids, Mich., approximately 3.98 miles; Yonkers branch
of the Putnam Division, Van Cortlandt Park Junction, New York City, to Getty Square, Yonkers, N. Y., approximately
3.08 miles. Total mileage authorized abandoned is 56.89.

Other possible branch line abandonments are being investigated.

Authority was also received from the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Central Indiana Railway, a Company
owned jointly by The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company and The Pennsylvania Railroad, but
operated independently, to abandon the westerly portion of the line between Lebanon and Advance, Ind., a distance of
approximately 8.27 miles.