Pere Marquette Railway

Pere Marquette Railway
Overview
HeadquartersCleveland, Ohio
Reporting markPM
LocaleIllinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, New York, and Wisconsin
Dates of operation1900–1947
SuccessorChesapeake and Ohio later CSX
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Pere Marquette Railway (reporting mark PM) was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States and southern parts of Ontario in Canada. It had trackage in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and the Canadian province of Ontario. Its primary connections included Buffalo; Toledo; and Chicago. The company was named after Jacques Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste Marie.