The Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company is a Class III short line

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which operates of railroad track between

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and

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, in

Lenawee County, Michigan Lenawee County ( ') is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 99,423. The county seat is Adrian, Michigan, Adrian. The county was created in 1822, from terri ...

. It was incorporated February 6, 1991, with company headquarters in Westland, Michigan. It also operates

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, Charlotte Southern Railroad,

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, and

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. ADBF's railroad line is one of the oldest operating in the United States, having been originally built in 1834 by the

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. ADBF also operates a

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known as "The Old Road Dinner Train" in Blissfield, and a sister company operates in

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Fleet

The ADBF fleet, as of January 2021, consists of the following 7 locomotives:

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20061101183153/http://www.railroadmichigan.com/adrianblissfield.html *http://www.abrailroad.com * https://web.archive.org/web/20130624081154/http://www.murdermysterytrain.com/blissfield_train.php Railway companies established in 1991 Transportation in Lenawee County, Michigan Michigan railroads Switching and terminal railroads 1991 establishments in Michigan {{Michigan-transport-stub