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Pere Marquette-Toledo Division
Ludington Division
Bay City Branch
Loop Line
0.0
Saginaw
Saginaw-Bad Axe Branch
1.1
Michigan United Railways
2.18
Hoyt for Michigan Central
2.6
Saginaw-Port Huron Branch
4.1
Standard Mine
6.1
Michigan United Railways
6.28
Bridgeport
12.15
Blackmar
13.1
Smiths
15.47
Birch Run
21.28
Clio
22.1
Pine Run
23.4
Michigan United Railways
26.1
Mount Morris
Fostoria Branch
28.6
Horton
29.5
McGrew Junction
Flint Belt
31.89
North Flint
33.31
Flint for Grand Trunk Western
35.1
Thread
38.36
Atwood Junction
40.64
Grand Blanc
45.05
Newark
50.15
Holly for Grand Trunk Western
54.76
Rose Center
58.24
Clyde
61.27
Highland
65.06
Milford
70.34
Wixom for Grand Trunk Western
74.54
Novi
78.1
Detroit United Railway
78.51
Northville
82.03
Plymouth for Detroit Division
82.4
Detroit United Railway
83.1
Detroit United Railway
90.0
Detroit United Railway
90.17
Wayne for Michigan Central
93.84
Romulus for Wabash
97.93
New Boston
101.2
Willow
102.4
Waltz
105.16
Carleton for DT&I
106.8
Grafton
109.98
Steiner
111.7
Toledo Junction
115.15
Monroe for LS&MS
119.5
Winchester
125.37
Erie
130.35
Alexis, OH

The Toledo Division was the southern half of the Pere Marquette Railway's main line, which ran from Ludington, Michigan (on the coast of Lake Michigan) to Toledo, Ohio (on the coast of Lake Erie). The Toledo Division encompassed the portion which ran from Toledo north to Saginaw, Michigan, where it met the Ludington Division. The line was built by a predecessor of the PM, the Flint & Pere Marquette, and is currently owned by CSX Transportation.

Structure

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The main line of the Toledo Division ran south from Saginaw to Alexis, Ohio, just north of Toledo, for a total length of 130.35 miles (209.78 km). Toledo marked the southern extent of the Pere Marquette; north of Saginaw the main line continued as the Ludington Division.

The tracks of the Toledo Division crossed numerous other railroads between Saginaw and Toledo, including:

Current status

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In 1947 the Pere Marquette merged into the Chesapeake & Ohio, which in turn eventually became CSX Transportation. CSX still owns the Toledo-Saginaw line, which forms the Saginaw Subdivision, but in 2005 leased the section from Mount Morris to Saginaw to the Saginaw Bay Southern Railway, a short-line railroad. CSX continues to operate the Flint-Toledo segment directly.