The Detroit Connecting Railroad Company is a Class III
shortline railroad
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owned by the
Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
The Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company is a Class III railroad, Class III short line railroad which operates of railroad track between Adrian, Michigan, Adrian and Riga, Michigan, Riga, in Lenawee County, Michigan. It was incorporated Febr ...
Company. Its
freight
Cargo consists of bulk goods conveyed by water, air, or land. In economics, freight is cargo that is transported at a freight rate for commercial gain. ''Cargo'' was originally a shipload but now covers all types of freight, including transp ...
operations began in December 1998 with of track.
Company information
*Parent: Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road Company
*President: Chris Bagwell
*Headquarters: 38235 North Executive Drive,
Westland, Michigan
Westland is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located about west of downtown Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 84,094. It is the 10th largest city and 12th largest municipality in Mich ...
48185-1971, USA
Trackage
*Location:
Detroit
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,
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
, USA
*Mileage
*Connection with:
Canadian National
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I railroad, Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern United States, M ...
Shore Line and Mt. Clemens subdivisions
Commodities transported
*Finished Metal Products
*Scrap Metal
*Vegetables
*Chemicals
References
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External links
Detroit Connecting Railroad
Railway companies established in 1998
Michigan railroads
Companies based in Wayne County, Michigan
Transportation in Detroit
Spin-offs of the Canadian National Railway
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