Saginaw Bay Southern (reporting marks SBS) was a shortline railroad operating in the lower peninsula of Michigan. The railroad was a subsidiary of Lake State Railway until the two companies merged in 2012. It interchanged with CSX Transportation in

Mount Morris, Michigan Mount Morris is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,086 at the 2010 census. The city is bordered by Mount Morris Township on the west and Genesee Township on the east. It was named after Mount Morris ...

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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 ...

Saginaw, Michigan Saginaw () is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both in the area known as Mid-Michigan. Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and considered part of Greater ...

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Midland, Michigan Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Michigan. The city's population was 42,547 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Midland Micropolitan Statistical Area, part of the larger Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Com ...

and the Mid-Michigan Railroad in Paines, Michigan. On October 29, 2005, Saginaw Bay Southern began leasing over 67 miles of CSX Transportation trackage. The routes taken over from CSX include the Dean Subdivision (Saginaw to Midland), the Bay City Subdivision (Saginaw to Bay City), and the Saginaw Subdivision from Mount Morris to Saginaw. In late 2011, it was announced that the SBS will be merged with Lake State, with LSRC being the surviving company. Lake State Railway Company-Intra-Corporate Family Merger Exemption-Saginaw Bay Southern Railway Company
US Surface Transportation Board, December 2, 2011 The merger was strictly for railway accounting purposes. Following the news of the merger, Lake State has stopped painting the Saginaw Bay Southern logo on its locomotives. Lake State now operates the railroad as "Lake State Railway doing business as Saginaw Bay Southern Railway".

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Defunct Michigan railroads Railway companies established in 2005 Railway companies disestablished in 2012 {{Michigan-transport-stub