PERE MARQUETTE RAILWAY COMPANY
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The following brief History comes from the files of: The Pere Marquette Historical Society Inc. "The Pere Marquette Railroad Company was formed in 1900 by the merger of numerous Michigan railroads, the most prominent of them being the Flint and Pere Marquette, the Detroit, Lansing and Northern, and the Chicago and West Michigan. During its existence, it came under the control of several other railroads at one time or another, including the Baltimore and Ohio and the Erie. In the 1920s, it came under the control of Oris and Mantis Van Sweringen, two financiers from Cleveland who also controlled the Nickel Plate, the Erie, and the Chesapeake and Ohio. Over the years, the C&O gained more and more control over the PM, until on June 6, 1947 the PM was formally merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio. The Pere Marquette operated over trackage stretching from Buffalo, New York to Chicago, and from Bay View (Petoskey) Michigan to Toledo, Ohio, with trackage in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Ontario. In addition to its strictly rail operations, the PM also operated railway car ferries on the Detroit and St. Clair rivers, and a fleet of car ferries from Ludington across Lake Michigan to Milwaukee, Kewaunee and Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Nearly all of the trackage CSX operates in Michigan today is former PM trackage." The company, reporting in Moody's Industrial Railroad Manual of 1941 indicated that: the company was operating 2,102 miles of main line and another 1,526 miles of additional second track main line, spurs, sidings and yard tracks. The company started the year with 313 locomotives, 172 passenger cars and 15,672 freight cars. No small operation!
PM 2-6-0 #209
Image, Pere Marquette 2-6-0 Loco #209 Order No. PM209I ***for sale but realize this is a record shot!*** In this rare circa 1915 shot Pere Marquette 2-6-0 locomotive #209 rambles down the main with its early three-car passenger train. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11" Image, Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------PM 4-6-2 #720
Image, Pere Marquette 4-6-2 Loco #720 Order No. PM720I, 11" x 17" PM720NI It is just about sunset. A high steping, bell ringing, Pere Marquette 4-6-2 locomotive #720 is about to move. This class SP-3 Pacific was built by Brooks as builder's number 62591 in 1920. Weighing in at 243,000 pounds, this nice Pacific had a tracktive effort of 31,100 lbs. The cylinders were 23" X 28", providing 190 BP to power the engine's 77" drivers. Under the Chesapeake & Ohio this engine became #419 and was changed to their class F-14. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11" Image, Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------PM 4-6-2 #721
Image, Pere Marquette 4-6-2 steam Locomotive #721, 1940 Order No. PM721I Detroit, Michigan, June 6, 1940: Like sister engine #720 above this S-3 class Pere Marquette steam locomotive #721 waits with train to depart. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11" Image, Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------PM 2-8-2 #1016
Image, Pere Marquette 2-8-2 Loco #1016 Order No. PM1016I Image, Pere Marquette 2-8-2 Loco #1016 - 11" X 17" Order No. PM1016NI A high speed Pere Marquette 2-8-2 locomotive #1016 is seen with its nine-car train near 87th St., Beverly Hills. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11" Image, Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] 11" by 17" Image, Price - $ 8.50 [Add To Cart] --------------------
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