Detroit & Lima Northern

Company History: The D&LM was established in 1895 as the Lima Northern. In 1896, they opened a line from Lima, Ohio north to the Michigan state line. The “Detroit &” was added to the name the following year. The Detroit & Cincinnati Railway was established to build north into Michigan. In 1896, they reached a connection with Wabash at Lenawee Junction and trackage rights were arranged to the Detroit area. The D&LM merged with the Ohio Southern Railway in 1901 to form the Detroit Southern Railroad. The DS was later reorganized as the Detroit Toledo & Ironton. D&LM #7, which has been restored to its original paint, is currently in operation at Greenfield Village in Michigan. #7 now wears its delivery paint scheme. Even in 1895, this paint scheme was a throwback. The ornamental era was already drawing to a close beginning in the mid-1880s (when a growing number of new locomotives were delivered in basic black with just a bit of white striping) and died off almost entirely with the Panic Of 1893.

Successor/Parent History: The DS was created in 1901 with the merger of the Ohio Southern and the Detroit & Lima Northern creating a route from the coal mining regions in Jackson County in southern Ohio, north to Lima then on to Detroit, Michigan. The following year, they acquired the Iron Railway which extended the line south to the Ohio River. However, they soon ran out of cash and in 1903 the DS fell into receivership. In 1905, the DS was sold to Harry B. Hollins & Company who reorganized it as the Detroit Toledo & Ironton Railway.

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