Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Rail Road Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Rail Road The Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad (DL&LM) is a defunct railroad which built and operated the first rail line between Detroit and the state capital Lansing. Though the corporation was short-lived, much of the route it placed in service is still in use by CSX. The DL&LM was formed April 11, 1871 by a merger of the Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad, the Ionia and Lansing Railroad, and the Ionia, Stanton and Northern Railroad. The DL&LM was sold under foreclosure on December 14, 1876 and reorganized under the name of Detroit, Lansing
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