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The Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railway (HW&M) is a defunct railroad which operated in
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during the early 1870s. Although the company was chartered in 1865, construction from
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toward Monroe did not begin until 1870. The company had experienced financial difficulties, and apparently received help from the
Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad The Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM) 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 The F&PM was c ...
(F&PM) before the latter bought it out in 1872. The line reached
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, Novi, Northville and
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(where it crossed the
Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Rail Road The Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad (DL&LM) is a defunct railroad which built and operated the first rail line between Detroit and the state capital Lansing. Though the corporation was short-lived, much of the route it placed in servic ...
) in 1871, and Monroe in 1872. That same year the F&PM bought the HW&M, and it ceased to exist as an independent company.


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Railway companies established in 1865 Railway companies disestablished in 1872 Defunct Michigan railroads Predecessors of the Pere Marquette Railway American companies established in 1865 {{US-rail-company-stub