The Central Michigan Railway (CMGN) was a railroad that operated former
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company is an American subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Since a corporate restructuring in 1971, the railroad has been under CN's subsidiary holding ...
(GTW) north of
Durand, Michigan, and other lines in the area.
History
The Central Michigan Railway was formed in 1987 when the Straits Corporation bought GTW lines north of Durand. The line from
Coopersville to Marne would be sold to the Coopersville & Marne Railroad in 1989, and in 1990 the Muskegon route was sold to the
Michigan Shore Railroad. In 2004, Central Michigan Railway was bought by
RailAmerica
RailAmerica, Inc., based in Jacksonville, Florida, was a holding company of a number of short-line railroads and regional railroads in the United States and Canada.
In 2007, RailAmerica was acquired by Fortress Investment Group. Before that, it ...
, which had merged it into the
Huron and Eastern Railway
Huron and Eastern Railway is a short line railroad operating of track in The Thumb and Flint/Tri-Cities area of the lower peninsula of Michigan. It is currently owned by Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., who purchased it from RailAmerica in 2012. Its ...
.
RailAmerica Completes Acquisition of Central Michigan Railway Company
''Business Wire'', January 6, 2004
External links
Central Michigan Railway on intraspec
Central Michigan Railway on Railroad Picture Archives
References
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Rail transportation in Michigan
Defunct Michigan railroads