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Huckleberry Railroad Flint Michigan Train Locomotive Souvenir Rainbow MAGNET
Rubber/vinyl type magnet, approx 2.5″ x 2″
HISTORYOF THE HUCKLEBERRY RAILROAD LINEThe Huckleberry Railroad isa narrow gauge heritage railroad located in Genesee Township, Michigan,near Flint. The narrow-gauge railroads collection of cars includes 11original and replica wooden coaches plus a classic red wooden caboose. Thetrain is pulled by one of two restored coal-fired locomotives built by BaldwinLocomotive Works. The Huckleberry Railroad was sonamed because it ran so slow, a person could jump off the train, pick a fewhuckleberries, and jump back on the train with minimum effort.The Huckleberry Railroad began operating in 1857 as part of theFlint Pere Marquette Railroad Company. The branch of the Pere Marquette from Flint to Otter Lake (15 miles) was constructedunder the Flint River Railroad Charter and opened in 1872. Eventually the trackwas extended by another 4.5 miles from Otter Lake to Fostoria, for a total of 19.5 milesfrom Flint to Fostoria.Pere Marquette was absorbed by the C&O (Chesapeake and Ohio) Railroad. The C&O mergedand other railroad lines merged with the B&O to become the Chessie System.The Chessie System is now known as CSX.
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