During the winter of 1854, Talmadge moved to Chicago, Illinois where he found employment as a clerk in the freight department of the Michigan Southern Railroad.
The railroad connects with three larger railroads, the Norfolk Southern (Elkhart), CSX (Grand Rapids) and Canadian National (Kalamazoo, Michigan)(Via CK&S Line(Kalamazoo Spur.), as well as four short line railroads, the Marquette Rail (Grand Rapids), Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (Grand Rapids), Michigan Southern Railroad (White Pigeon, Michigan), and Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (Grand Rapids).
Pioneer Railcorp has an RS3m stored on their property which was formerly used on the Michigan Southern Railroad
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