List of Michigan railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Common freight carriers[]
- Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road (ADBF)
- Ann Arbor Railroad (AA)
- Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSAM), and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
- Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS)
- Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRSH, CSAO)
- Coopersville and Marne Railway (CPMY)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Delray Connecting Railroad (DC)
- Detroit Connecting Railroad (DCON)
- Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS)
- Grand Elk Railroad (GDLK)
- Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (GR)
- Great Lakes Central Railroad (GLC)
- Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR)
- Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN)
- Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY)
- Jackson and Lansing Railroad (JAIL)
- Lake State Railway (LSRC)
- Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LSI)
- Lapeer Industrial Railroad (LIRR)
- Marquette Rail, LLC (MQT)
- Michigan Shore Railroad (MS)
- Michigan Southern Railroad (MSO)
- Mid-Michigan Railroad (MMRR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- West Michigan Railroad (WMI)
Private freight carriers[]
Passenger carriers[]
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- Adrian & Blissfield Railroad (ADBF)
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS)
- Coopersville and Marne Railway
- Detroit People Mover
- ExpressTram
- Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation
- QLine
- Southern Michigan Railroad
Defunct railroads[]
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor |
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Allegan and Holland Railroad | PM | 1868 | 1869 | Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | |
Allegan and Lake Shore Railroad | 1883 | 1889 | N/A | ||
Allegan and Southeastern Railroad | NYC | 1878 | 1883 | ||
Alpena and Northern Railroad | D&M | 1893 | 1992 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway | |
Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad | NYC | 1857 | 1867 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad, Northern Central Michigan Railroad | |
Ann Arbor Railroad | AA | AA | 1895 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
1895 | 1936 | N/A | |||
D&M | 1891 | 1906 | |||
D&M | 1908 | 1914 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway | ||
NYC | 1888 | 1889 | |||
NYC | 1889 | 1969 | |||
Bay City and Alpena Railroad | D&M | 1881 | 1883 | Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad | |
NYC | 1889 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | ||
PM | 1889 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | ||
Bay City and East Saginaw Railroad | PM | 1864 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | |
CN | 1910 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | ||
Bay De Noquet and Marquette Railroad | CP | 1857 | 1871 | ||
PRR | 1879 | 1887 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | ||
1882 | 1902 | N/A | |||
PM | 1895 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | ||
PM | 1893 | 1897 | |||
1901 | N/A | ||||
1902 | N/A | ||||
1935 | 1937 | ||||
Boyne City Railroad | BCRR | 1935 | 1976 | N/A | |
Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad | BCG&A | 1905 | 1935 | Boyne City Railroad | |
Boyne City and South Eastern Railroad | 1893 | 1905 | Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad | ||
NYC | 1894 | 1912 | Michigan Central Railroad | ||
1881 | 1889 | N/A | |||
Cadillac and Lake City Railway | CLK | 1963 | 1971 | N/A | |
NYC | 1887 | 1889 | |||
Canada Southern Railway | NYC | 1874 | 1882 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
NYC | 1873 | N/A | |||
NYC | 1901 | 1908 | |||
Cass River Railroad | PM | 1871 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | |
NYC | 1837 | 1846 | Michigan Central Railroad | ||
Central Michigan Railway | CMGN | 1987 | 2003 | Huron and Eastern Railway | |
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | C&O, CO | 1947 | 1987 | CSX Transportation | |
Chicago and Canada Southern Railway | NYC | 1871 | 1888 | Detroit and Chicago Railroad | |
CN | 1858 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | ||
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway | CN | 1880 | 1900 | Port Huron and Indiana Railway | |
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad | NYC | 1906 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |
Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway | CK&S | NYC | 1883 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
CN | 1895 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | ||
CN | 1873 | 1879 | Michigan Railway, North Western Grand Trunk Railway | ||
Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | PM | 1869 | 1878 | Chicago and West Michigan Railroad | |
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | MILW | 1893 | 1928 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | MILW | MILW | 1927 | 1984 | Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad |
Chicago and North Michigan Railroad | PM | 1891 | 1899 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway | |
CN | 1874 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway | ||
Chicago and North Western Railway | CNW | CNW | 1859 | 1972 | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company |
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | CNW | CNW | 1972 | 1995 | Union Pacific Railroad |
PM | 1873 | 1883 | |||
CNW | 1857 | 1859 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
Chicago and West Michigan Railroad | PM | 1878 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway | |
Chicago and West Michigan Railway | PM | 1881 | 1899 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad | NYC | 1886 | 1892 | Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad, | |
Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway | NYC | 1892 | 1897 | Cincinnati Northern Railroad, | |
Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad | NYC | 1891 | 1892 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway | |
Cincinnati Northern Railroad | NYC | 1898 | 1938 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | |
CN | 1889 | 1943 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | ||
NYC | 1882 | 1915 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | ||
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | NYC | 1891 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
Coe Rail, Inc. | CRLE | 1984 | 2006 | Michigan Air-Line Railway | |
1905 | N/A | ||||
1887 | 1889 | N/A | |||
Connecting Railway | PRR | 1956 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway | |
Copper Range Railroad | CR, COPR | 1899 | 1972 | N/A | |
1885 | 1904 | N/A | |||
CP | 1889 | 1907 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | ||
1905 | N/A | ||||
NYC | 1881 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | ||
NYC | 1871 | 1881 | |||
Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad | D&M | 1883 | 1894 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway | |
1907 | 1925 | ||||
Detroit Belt Line Railroad | NYC | 1909 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
WAB | 1880 | 1881 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | ||
1925 | 1953 | N/A | |||
Detroit and Charlevoix Railroad | NYC | 1901 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
Detroit and Chicago Railroad | NYC | 1888 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |
DT&I | 1896 | 1897 | |||
NYC | 1895 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | ||
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway | CN | 1878 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | PM | 1896 | 1899 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
NYC | 1869 | 1875 | |||
NYC | 1875 | 1960 | Michigan Central Railroad | ||
Detroit and Howell Railroad | PM | 1864 | 1870 | Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad | |
Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad | PM | 1870 | 1871 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad | |
CN | 1912 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | ||
DT&I | 1920 | 1931 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | ||
Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad | PM | 1871 | 1876 | Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad | |
Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad | PM | 1876 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | |
DT&I | 1897 | 1901 | |||
Detroit and Mackinac Railway | D&M, DM | D&M | 1894 | 1992 | Lake State Railway |
Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad | CP | 1879 | 1886 | Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad | |
NYC | 1902 | 1969 | |||
CN | 1860 | 1878 | Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway | ||
CN | 1855 | 1860 | |||
Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad | NYC | 1855 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |
Detroit and Pontiac Railroad | CN | 1834 | 1855 | ||
NYC | 1872 | 1873 | |||
Detroit River Bridge Company | NYC | 1898 | 1905 | Michigan and Canada Bridge and Tunnel Company | |
Detroit River Tunnel Company | NYC | 1905 | |||
NYC | 1832 | 1837 | |||
DT&I | 1901 | 1905 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway | ||
NYC | 1872 | 1872 | |||
WAB | 1889 | 1889 | Wabash Railroad | ||
Detroit Terminal Railroad | DT | CN/ NYC | 1905 | 1984 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
NYC | 1901 | 1902 | |||
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | DT&I, DTI | DT&I | 1914 | 1983 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway | DT&I | 1905 | 1913 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | |
NYC | 1897 | 1969 | |||
Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad | D&TS, DTS | CN/ NKP | 1899 | 1981 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
NYC | 1872 | 1901 | |||
PM/ WAB | 1881 | 1955 | |||
WAB | 1908 | 1958 | Wabash Railroad | ||
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad | DSA | CP | 1949 | 1961 | Soo Line Railroad |
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | DS&A, DSS&A, DSA | CP | 1887 | 1949 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad |
East Jordan and Southern Railroad | EJ&S | 1901 | 1961 | N/A | |
East Saginaw and St. Clair Railroad | PM | 1872 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
NYC | 1880 | 1882 | |||
1920 | N/A | ||||
Epworth League Railway | 1895 | 1901 | Ludington and Northern Railway | ||
Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad | NYC | 1833 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
E&M, EM | D&M | 1904 | 1949 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway | |
AA | 1895 | 1895 | Ann Arbor Railroad | ||
CNW | 1890 | 1947 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway | 1898 | 1901 | Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad | ||
CNW | 1880 | 1882 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
PM | 1921 | 1955 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | ||
Flint and Fentonville Railroad | PM | 1863 | 1863 | Flint and Holly Railroad | |
Flint and Holly Railroad | PM | 1863 | 1868 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | |
Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | PM | 1880 | 1899 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | PM | 1857 | 1880 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
Flint River Railroad | PM | 1871 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | |
FSUD | PM | 1889 | 1969 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
NYC | 1880 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
NYC | 1869 | 1879 | |||
AA | 1885 | 1892 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | ||
1914 | 1917 | N/A | |||
NYC | 1876 | 1879 | |||
CP | 1883 | ||||
Grand Haven Railroad | PM | 1878 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway | |
Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad | PM | 1898 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
PM | 1871 | 1871 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | ||
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | PRR | 1855 | 1896 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway | |
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway | PRR | 1896 | 1954 | ||
PRR | 1881 | 1884 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | ||
Grand Rapids, Kalkaska and Southeastern Railroad | PM | 1897 | 1920 | N/A | |
Grand Rapids and Lake Shore Railroad | PM | 1869 | 1870 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | |
Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit Railroad | PM | 1887 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | |
PRR | 1857 | 1857 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | ||
Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad | PM | 1869 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway | |
PRR | 1855 | 1855 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | ||
Grand Rapids Terminal Railroad | CN | 1904 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
PM | 1905 | Pere Marquette Railway | |||
Grand River Valley Railroad | NYC | 1846 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
Grand Trunk Railway | GT | CN | 1859 | 1923 | Canadian National Railway |
Grand Trunk Railway of Michigan | NYC | 1867 | 1868 | Michigan Air Line Railroad | |
Grand Trunk Western Railway | CN | 1900 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
1886 | 1892 | N/A | |||
NYC | 1891 | 1901 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad | ||
CP | 1885 | 1935 | |||
PM | 1903 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | ||
Harbor Springs Railway | 1901 | 1912 | N/A | ||
PM | 1883 | 1887 | |||
1902 | 1913 | ||||
Hillsdale County Railway | HCRC | 1976 | 1992 | Indiana Northeastern Railroad | |
1879 | 1890 | N/A | |||
Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railway | PM | 1865 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | |
CP | 1881 | 1883 | |||
CP | 1870 | 1872 | |||
Howell and Lansing Railroad | PM | 1868 | 1870 | Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad | |
PM | 1902 | 1940 | N/A | ||
NYC | 1900 | 1906 | Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad | ||
NYC | 1887 | 1898 | |||
Indiana and Michigan Railroad | PM | 1881 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway | |
1889 | 1894 | ||||
1886 | 1889 | ||||
Ionia and Lansing Railroad | PM | 1866 | 1871 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad | |
PM | 1872 | 1872 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad | ||
CP | 1855 | 1859 | Bay De Noquet and Marquette Railroad | ||
CP | 1855 | 1857 | |||
Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad | 1890 | 1900 | N/A | ||
CNW | 1887 | 1889 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
CNW | 1886 | 1889 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
AA | 1882 | 1882 | |||
Jackson and Cincinnati Railway | NYC | 1895 | 1898 | Cincinnati Northern Railroad | |
NYC | 1868 | 1869 | |||
Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad | NYC | 1865 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
Jackson and Ohio Railroad | NYC | 1884 | 1886 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad | |
1920 | |||||
NYC | 1867 | 1868 | |||
NYC | 1868 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
NYC | 1868 | 1868 | |||
Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railroad | KLSC | 1987 | 1995 | West Michigan Railroad | |
Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway | KLS | 1905 | 1925 | N/A | |
PM | 1871 | 1883 | |||
NYC | 1866 | 1869 | Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad | ||
Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad | NYC | 1869 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad | NYC | 1869 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |
KCRR | 1905 | ||||
Lac La Belle and Calumet Railroad | 1883 | 1888 | |||
AA | 1876 | 1886 | |||
D&M | 1879 | 1879 | |||
PM | 1884 | 1886 | Toledo and South Haven Railroad | ||
PM | 1869 | 1869 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | ||
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | NYC | 1869 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |
CP | 1862 | 1878 | |||
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railway | LSI | 1893 | 1923 | Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad | |
AA | 1884 | 1886 | |||
1914 | |||||
NYC | 1864 | 1865 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad | ||
Lansing Manufacturers Railroad | NYC | 1904 | 1969 | ||
NYC | 1886 | 1969 | |||
1872 | 1880 | N/A | |||
Leelanau Transit Company | LTCR | PM | 1919 | 1973 | N/A |
Lenawee County Railroad | LCRC | 1977 | 1990 | Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road | |
1896 | 1910 | N/A | |||
DT&I | 1895 | 1897 | |||
PM | 1887 | 1899 | Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad | ||
Ludington and Northern Railway | LUN | 1901 | 1982 | N/A | |
Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad | CP | 1886 | 1887 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | |
Manistee Railroad | PM | 1880 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
1889 | 1913 | ||||
1886 | 1914 | N/A | |||
Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad | M&NE | 1887 | 1926 | ||
M&NE | PM | 1926 | 1955 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad | M&LS, MLS | AA | 1909 | 1968 | N/A |
AA | 1908 | 1909 | Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad | ||
AA | 1891 | 1902 | |||
AA | 1902 | 1908 | |||
1886 | 1910 | N/A | |||
Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad | NYC | 1871 | 1877 | Allegan and Southeastern Railroad | |
CP | 1872 | 1890 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | ||
MHCO | 1963 | 1985 | N/A | ||
CP | 1863 | 1872 | |||
CP | 1857 | 1863 | |||
LSI | 1900 | 1911 | Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway | ||
CNW | 1857 | 1857 | |||
CP | 1883 | 1885 | |||
Mason and Oceana Railroad | 1886 | 1909 | N/A | ||
1882 | 1888 | N/A | |||
MILW | 1883 | 1887 | |||
1893 | 1895 | ||||
CNW | 1875 | 1882 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
AA | 1899 | 1958 | N/A | ||
CP | 1885 | 1888 | Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway | ||
Michigan Railway | CN | 1880 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway | |
Michigan Air Line Railroad | NYC | 1868 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
Michigan Air Line Railway | CN | 1875 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
Michigan Air-Line Railway | MAL | 2006 | 2011 | ||
Michigan and Canada Bridge and Tunnel Company | NYC | 1905 | 1905 | Detroit River Tunnel Company | |
Michigan Central Railroad | NYC | 1846 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
Michigan Central Bridge Company | NYC | 1896 | 1898 | Detroit River Bridge Company | |
1914 | 1918 | N/A | |||
Michigan Interstate Railway | 1977 | 1988 | Ann Arbor Railroad | ||
Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | PM | 1869 | 1878 | Grand Haven Railroad | |
NYC | 1891 | 1892 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway | ||
NYC | 1870 | 1873 | |||
NYC | 1872 | 1906 | |||
Michigan Northern Railway | MIGN | 1976 | 1986 | Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway | |
Michigan and Ohio Railroad | NYC | 1883 | 1887 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad | |
DT&I | 1905 | 1906 | |||
Michigan Southern Railroad | NYC | 1846 | 1855 | Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad | |
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad | NYC | 1855 | 1869 | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | |
PM | 1897 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | ||
CNW | 1872 | 1875 | Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway | ||
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway | CNW | 1875 | 1893 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
MILW | 1887 | 1893 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | ||
MLR | CP | 1872 | 1949 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad | |
CP | 1871 | 1872 | |||
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad | SOO | CP | 1944 | 1961 | Soo Line Railroad |
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway | SOO | CP | 1888 | 1944 | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad |
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway | CP | 1888 | 1888 | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad | |
1905 | 1905 | ||||
Monroe and Toledo Railway | PM | 1893 | 1897 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
PM | 1871 | 1871 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | ||
LSI | 1895 | 1911 | Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway | ||
Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway | LSI | 1911 | 1923 | Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad | |
CN | 1918 | 1955 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | ||
PM | 1871 | 1872 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | ||
Muskegon and Ferrysburg Railroad | PM | 1869 | 1869 | Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | |
Muskegon, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | PRR | 1886 | 1917 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | |
PM | 1879 | 1900 | Pere Marquette Railroad | ||
1878 | 1881 | N/A | |||
CP | 1888 | 1890 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | ||
New York Central Railroad | NYC | NYC | 1914 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company |
Norfolk and Western Railway | N&W, NW | 1964 | 1998 | Norfolk Southern Railway | |
Northern Central Michigan Railroad | NYC | 1866 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |
1888 | 1899 | Copper Range Railroad | |||
North Western Grand Trunk Railway | CN | 1879 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway | |
CN | 1848 | 1855 | |||
NYC | 1870 | 1871 | Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad | ||
DT&I | 1903 | 1904 | |||
1933 | 1954 | N/A | |||
1901 | N/A | ||||
MILW | 1904 | 1932 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | ||
MILW | 1880 | 1890 | Milwaukee and Northern Railroad | ||
CNW | 1856 | 1857 | |||
AA | 1869 | 1871 | |||
AA | 1871 | 1883 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | ||
CN | 1879 | 1880 | |||
CNW | 1890 | 1891 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
Palmyra and Jacksonburgh Railroad | NYC | 1836 | 1844 | Southern Railroad | |
1882 | 1889 | N/A | |||
Patterson Railroad | PM | 1870 | 1872 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad | |
Paw Paw Railroad | PM | 1857 | 1886 | Toledo and South Haven Railroad | |
CNW | 1862 | 1865 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
CN | 1865 | 1873 | |||
CN | 1868 | 1868 | |||
Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
PRR | 1954 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
1901 | 1908 | ||||
Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1921 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company |
Pennsylvania–Detroit Railroad | PRR | 1917 | 1926 | Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad | |
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad | PRR | 1926 | 1956 | Connecting Railway | |
CP | 1886 | 1888 | Wisconsin Central Company | ||
Pere Marquette Railroad | PM | 1899 | 1917 | Pere Marquette Railway | |
Pere Marquette Railway | PM | PM | 1917 | 1947 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
PM | 1903 | 1907 | Pere Marquette Railroad | ||
NYC | 1879 | 1880 | |||
Pleasant Bay Railway | CN/ NKP | 1898 | 1899 | Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad | |
CN | 1889 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | ||
CN | 1880 | 1889 | |||
CN | 1886 | 1886 | |||
Port Huron and Detroit Railroad | PH&D, PHD | 1917 | 1990 | CSX Transportation | |
Port Huron and Indiana Railway | CN | 1900 | 1900 | Grand Trunk Western Railway | |
CN | 1847 | 1873 | |||
CN | 1855 | 1863 | |||
Port Huron and Northwestern Railway | PM | 1878 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
1900 | 1917 | Port Huron and Detroit Railroad | |||
PM | 1882 | 1882 | Port Huron and Northwestern Railway | ||
D&M | 1887 | 1891 | |||
Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad | 1890 | 1945 | N/A | ||
1905 | 1905 | ||||
MILW | 1881 | 1887 | |||
NYC | 1836 | 1840 | Southern Railroad | ||
NYC | 1880 | 1901 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad | ||
Saginaw Bay Southern Railway | SBS | 2005 | 2012 | Lake State Railway | |
Saginaw and Clare County Railroad | PM | 1877 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
PM | 1878 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | ||
Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad | PM | 1879 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
PM | 1881 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | ||
PM | 1871 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | ||
PM | 1883 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | ||
St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad | CN | 1872 | 1875 | Michigan Air Line Railway | |
St. Clair River, Pontiac and Jackson Railroad | CN | 1872 | 1872 | St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad | |
CN | 1886 | 2008 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | ||
NYC | 1906 | 1932 | N/A | ||
NYC | 1899 | 1943 | New York Central Railroad | ||
St. Joseph Valley Railroad | NYC | 1848 | 1869 | ||
PM | 1880 | 1889 | St. Joseph Valley Railway | ||
St. Joseph Valley Railway | PM | 1889 | 1897 | ||
St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway | STLH | CP | 1996 | 2001 | Canadian Pacific Railway |
NYC | 1884 | 1889 | |||
CP | 1900 | 1952 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad | ||
PM | 1901 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | ||
CP | 1880 | 1887 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | ||
NYC | 1855 | 1869 | Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad | ||
1834 | 1844 | N/A | |||
PM | 1884 | 1884 | |||
PM | 1894 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | ||
NYC | 1871 | 1871 | Chicago and Canada Southern Railway | ||
Southern Railroad | NYC | 1837 | 1846 | Michigan Southern Railroad | |
NYC | 1890 | 1915 | New York Central Railroad | ||
NYC | 1886 | 1887 | |||
D&M | 1880 | 1883 | Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad | ||
Tecumseh Branch Connecting Railroad (TCBY) | TCBY | ADBF | 2001 | 2009 | Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road |
AA | 1877 | 1880 | |||
AA | 1886 | 1888 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | ||
DT&I | 1904 | 1912 | |||
AA | 1880 | 1884 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | ||
DT&I | 1911 | 1915 | |||
AA | 1888 | 1890 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | ||
AA | 1886 | 1887 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | ||
Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | AA | 1882 | 1895 | Ann Arbor Railroad, | |
AA | 1878 | 1880 | |||
AA | 1869 | 1875 | |||
NYC | 1872 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | ||
DT&I | 1915 | 1931 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | ||
NYC | 1897 | 1897 | |||
NYC | 1879 | 1883 | Michigan and Ohio Railroad | ||
CN | 1887 | 1890 | |||
Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway | CN | 1886 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
Toledo and South Haven Railroad | PM | 1876 | 1894 | ||
Traverse City Railroad | PRR | 1871 | 1917 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | |
Traverse City, Leelanau, and Manistique Railroad | PM | 1901 | 1907 | ||
PM | 1908 | 1919 | Leelanau Transit Company | ||
Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway | TSBY | 1977 | 2006 | Great Lakes Central Railroad | |
Union Pacific Railroad | UP | 1995 | 1997 | Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company | |
CNW | 1881 | 1883 | Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway | ||
Wabash Railroad | WAB | WAB | 1937 | 1991 | Norfolk and Western Railway |
Wabash Railroad | WAB | 1889 | 1915 | Wabash Railway | |
Wabash Railway | WAB | 1915 | 1941 | Wabash Railroad | |
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | WAB | 1881 | 1886 | ||
Wabash Western Railway | WAB | 1889 | 1889 | Wabash Railroad | |
West Jersey Railroad | WJ | 1995 | 1995 | West Michigan Railroad | |
White River Railroad | PM | 1879 | 1884 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway | |
Wisconsin Central Company | CP | 1888 | 1899 | Wisconsin Central Railway | |
Wisconsin Central Railroad | CP | 1954 | 1961 | Soo Line Railroad | |
Wisconsin Central Railway | CP | 1897 | 1954 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | |
WAND | 1992 | 1995 | N/A | ||
1893 | 1938 | N/A | |||
1898 | 1902 | ||||
CP | 1886 | 1887 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | ||
WYS | 1908 | 1986 | N/A | ||
Wyandotte Terminal Railroad | WYT | 1904 | 1982 | N/A |
- Passenger carriers
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O, BO): trackage rights to Detroit for passenger trains only
- Boyne Valley Railroad
- Western State Normal Railroad
- Electric
- Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Electric Railway
- Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway
- Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway
- Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
- Detroit United Railway
- Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway
- Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis Railway
- (MRC)
- Michigan United Railways
Miniature railroads[]
Defunct[]
Notes[]
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References[]
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
- Meints, Graydon M. (1992). Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87013-318-3.
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