Lansing Manufacturers Railroad Lansing Manufacturers Railroad Lansing Manufacturers Railroad was a beltline switching railroad organized in 1904 to connect Cornelius Vanderbilt's Michigan Central mainline on the north edge of Lansing, Michigan, to automotive factories on the west and south side of the city and to Sir Henry Tyler's Grand Trunk Railroad along the north bank of the Grand River. The company's , C-shaped right of way lay entirely within the city limits. Important customers included GM's Reatta Craft Centre, Lansing Metal Center, and both plants of Lansing Car Assembly. Founded on August 30, 1904, with an authorized capital stock of $100,000, the LMR
Robert Lansing (state senator) a member of the State Senate (21st D.) in 1854 and 1855. He was buried at the Brookside Cemetery in Watertown. Chancellor John Lansing, Jr. and State Treasurer Abraham G. Lansing were his uncles; Congressman Gerrit Y. Lansing was his first cousin; and Congressman Frederick Lansing was his nephew. Robert Lansing (state senator) Robert Lansing (; February 2, 1799 Albany, New York – October 3, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was the son of Judge Sanders G. Lansing (1766–1850) and Catherine (Ten Eyck) Lansing (1769–1850). He attended Union College but did not graduate. In