In October, another crew started laying rail from Egelston and Moorland Townships in Muskegon County eastward.
The first freight train to Greenville over the new line was on November 12, when eleven cars of wheat from Carson City were delivered to E. Middleton & Sons flour mills.
The next day a mixed train (carrying freight and passengers) worked the line each way out of Muskegon and Ashley.
In the spring of 1888, the TS&M began running a full passenger train from Muskegon to Ashley and back.
On August 1, 1888, the Grand Trunk Railway took control of the TS&M and the trains began using the Toledo, Ann Arbor, & Northern Michigan between Ashley and Owosso Junction.