Patterson Railroad

The Patterson Railroad is a defunct railroad that existed in Michigan during the early 1870s. The company incorporated on September 21, 1870 and filed articles on October 3 to construct a line between Patterson Mills and Otisco [Township, Michigan|Kiddville]. The Patterson completed a in July 1872, at which point the property became part of the Detroit, Lansing and [Lake Michigan Railroad], whose line it met at Kiddville. The DL&M would later become part of the Pere Marquette Railroad, which also built a line south from Belding.
The Belding-Kidd line continued to exist throughout the 20th century, eventually becoming part of the Greenville-Lowell line operated by the Mid-Michigan Railroad, a RailAmerica company. In December 2007 Mid-Michigan petitioned the Surface Transportation Board to abandon the line. The grade is to be converted to a rail trail.