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railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

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U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...

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 ...

Common freight carriers

Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road The Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company is a Class III short line railroad which operates of railroad track between Adrian and Riga, in Lenawee County, Michigan. It was incorporated February 6, 1991, with company headquarters in Westland ...

(ADBF) * Ann Arbor Railroad (AA) *

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN i ...

(CN) through subsidiaries

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), Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSAM), and

Wisconsin Central Ltd. Wisconsin Central Ltd. is a railroad subsidiary of Canadian National. At one time, its parent Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation owned or operated railroads in the United States, Canada (Algoma Central Railway), the United Kingdom (DB ...

(WC) *

Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...

(CP) through subsidiary

Soo Line Railroad The Soo Line Railroad is the primary United States railroad subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway , one of seven U.S. Class I railroads, controlled through the Soo Line Corporation. Although it is named for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sa ...

(SOO) * Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS) *

Conrail Shared Assets Operations Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO) is the commonly used name for modern-day Conrail (reporting mark CRCX), an American railroad company. It operates three networks, the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Area ...

(CRSH, CSAO) *

Coopersville and Marne Railway The Coopersville and Marne Railway is a tourist railroad and common carrier in West Michigan. It connects with the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad. The for-profit company owns the track, which runs from Walker, Michigan to Coopersville, Michigan i ...

(CPMY) *

CSX Transportation CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...

(CSXT) * Delray Connecting Railroad (DC) * Detroit Connecting Railroad (DCON) *

Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad The Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad that operates of track in Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Its main line runs from Rockland, Michigan, to Green Bay, Wisconsin, and it also own ...

(ELS) *

Grand Elk Railroad The Grand Elk Railroad is a Class III railroad which operates in the states of Indiana and Michigan. It is one of 40+ short-line railroads owned by Watco. The company leases a line from the Norfolk Southern running south from Grand Rapids, Michi ...

(GDLK) *

Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad The Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad is a railroad in western Michigan, United States. The line runs east–west through Grand Rapids, Michigan to Lowell. Its of trackage ends at the Saint Mary's Siding, where it meets the Coopersville and Marne ...

(GR) *

Great Lakes Central Railroad The Great Lakes Central Railroad is an American Class II regional railroad, operating in the state of Michigan. It was originally called the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway , which was formed on August 26, 1977, to operate over former Penn Cen ...

(GLC) * Hamilton Northwestern Railroad (HNW) *

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 ...

(HESR) *

Indiana Northeastern Railroad The Indiana Northeastern Railroad is a Class III short line freight railroad operating on nearly in southern lower Michigan, northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. The Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company began operations in December 1992 and ...

(IN) *

Indiana and Ohio Railway The Indiana and Ohio Railway is an American railroad that operates of track in Ohio, southern 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 ...

(IORY) *

Jackson and Lansing Railroad The Jackson and Lansing Railroad (reporting marks JAIL) is a Class III common carrier in Central Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. ...

(JAIL) *

Lake State Railway Lake State Railway is a railroad operating in the Saginaw Valley and northeastern quadrant of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The railroad moves large quantities of aggregate and limestone, as well as coal, grain, and chemical products. Some of ...

(LSRC) *

Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad The Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad , is a U.S. railroad offering service from Marquette, Michigan, to nearby locations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It began operations in 1896. The LS&I continues to operate as an independent railroad f ...

(LSI) *

Lapeer Industrial Railroad The Lapeer Industrial Railroad is a short switching operation in Lapeer, Michigan Lapeer ( ') is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Lapeer County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,841. Most of the cit ...

(LIRR) *

Marquette Rail, LLC Marquette Rail is a short line railroad operating in Michigan. It is based in Ludington and operates of trackage north from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where connections with CSX and Norfolk Southern are located. It serves chemical, paper products ...

(MQT) *

Michigan Shore Railroad The Michigan Shore Railroad is a short line railroad in the United States owned by Genesee & Wyoming that operates of track, connecting Fremont to CSX at West Olive, Michigan. The railroad began operations in 1990, and was purchased by RailAm ...

(MS) * Michigan Southern Railroad (MSO) * Mid-Michigan Railroad (MMRR) * Mineral Range Railroad (MRA) *

Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...

(NS) *

West Michigan Railroad The West Michigan Railroad is a shortline railroad in southwest Michigan. It began operations in 1995, replacing the bankrupt Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railroad on an ex-Pere Marquette Railway line between Hartford and Paw Paw, Michigan. ...

(WMI)

Private freight carriers

* Carmeuse Lime & Limestone * Port Inland Railroad

Passenger carriers

Adrian & Blissfield Railroad The Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company is a Class III short line railroad which operates of railroad track between Adrian and Riga, in Lenawee County, Michigan. It was incorporated February 6, 1991, with company headquarters in Westland, ...

(ADBF) *

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...

(AMTK) * Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS) *

Detroit People Mover The Detroit People Mover (DPM) is a elevated automated people mover system in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The system operates in a one-way loop on a single track encircling downtown Detroit, using Intermediate Capacity Transit System lin ...

ExpressTram The ExpressTram is an automated people mover system operating at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, in Romulus, Michigan, USA. The driverless system transports passengers along Concourse A of the airport's Edward H. McNamara Terminal, whi ...

* Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation *

QLine The QLine (stylized as QLINE), originally known as M-1 Rail by its developers, is a streetcar system in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Opened on May 12, 2017, it connects Downtown Detroit with Midtown and New Center, running along Woodwa ...

* Southern Michigan Railroad

Defunct railroads

;Passenger carriers * Alanson and Petoskey Railroad *

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830. Merchants from Baltimore, which had benefited to some extent from the construction of ...

(B&O, BO):

trackage rights Railway companies can interact with and control others in many ways. These relationships can be complicated by bankruptcies. Operating Often, when a railroad first opens, it is only a short spur of a main line. The owner of the spur line may con ...

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...

for passenger trains only * Boyne Valley Railroad *

Western State Normal Railroad The Western State Normal Railroad, also known as the Normal Railroad or Western Trolley, was a funicular which operated on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the United States from 1908–1949. It is the only know ...

;Electric * Adrian Electric Street Railway * Adrian Street Railway * Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Electric Railway * Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway * Bay Cities Consolidated Railway * Benton Harbor and St. Joseph Electric Railway * Citizens' Street Railway (Battle Creek) * Citizens' Street Railway (Kalamazoo) * City Electric Railway (Detroit) * City Electric Railway (Port Huron) * Consolidated Street Railway * Crystal Lake Railway * Detroit Railway * Detroit and Chicago Traction Company * Detroit Citizens' Street Railway * Detroit Electric Railway * Detroit and Flint Railway * Detroit, Fort Wayne and Belle Isle Railway * Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railway * Detroit and Lake St. Clair Railway * Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway * Detroit, Mount Clemens and Marine City Railway * Detroit and Northwestern Railway * Detroit, Plymouth and Northville Railway * Detroit and Pontiac Railway *

Detroit and Port Huron Shore Line Railway Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the ...

* Detroit and River St. Clair Railway * Detroit, Rochester, Romeo and Lake Orion Railway * Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad * Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Railway * Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railway *

Detroit United Railway The Detroit United Railway was a transport company which operated numerous streetcar and interurban lines in southeast Michigan. Although many of the lines were originally built by different companies, they were consolidated under the control of ...

* Detroit and Utica Railway * Escanaba Electric Street Railway * Grand Haven Street Railway * Grand Rapids Railway * Grand Rapids, Belding and Ionia Railway * Grand Rapids and Chicago Railway *

Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway The Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway was an electric interurban railway that operated in west Michigan from 1902 until 1928. Early history The line was built and operated by Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company, who organized the ...

* Grand Rapids, Holland and Lake Michigan Rapid Railway * Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad *

Highland Park Railway Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

* Holland and Lake Michigan Railway *

Houghton County Traction Company Houghton may refer to: Places Australia * Houghton, South Australia, a town near Adelaide * Houghton Highway, the longest bridge in Australia, between Redcliffe and Brisbane in Queensland * Houghton Island (Queensland) Canada * Houghton Townsh ...

* Inter-Urban Railway * Jackson and Ann Arbor Railway * Jackson and Battle Creek Traction Company * Jackson Street Railway * Jackson and Suburban Traction Company * Kalamazoo, Gull Lake and Northern Railroad * Lansing City Railway * Lansing City Electric Railway * Lansing, Dexter and Ann Arbor Railway * Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis Railway * Manistee, Filer City and Eastlake Railway * Marinette Gas, Electric Light and Street Railway * Marquette City and Presque Isle Railway * Menominee Electric Light, Railway and Power Company * Michigan Railroad (MRC) * Michigan Railway * Michigan Traction Company *

Michigan United Railways Michigan United Railways (MUR) was an interurban which owned and leased numerous lines in the state of Michigan during the early twentieth century. Corporate history The company incorporated in Kalamazoo on March 31, 1906, with the intention of o ...

* Mount Clemens and Lake Side Traction Company * Muskegon Railway * Muskegon Street Railway * Muskegon Traction and Lighting Company * Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railroad * Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railway and Electric Company *

North Detroit Electric Railway North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

* Owosso and Corunna Electric Company * Owosso and Corunna Traction Company * Port Huron, St. Clair and Marine City * Rapid Railroad * Rapid Railway * Saginaw Consolidated Street Railway * Saginaw Suburban Railway * Saginaw Valley Traction Company * St. Joseph and Benton Harbor Street Railway * Saugatuck, Douglass and Lake Shore Railway * South Grand Rapids Street Railway * South Haven and Paw Paw Lake Electric Railway * Southern Michigan Traction Company * Toledo, Adrian and Jackson Railway * Trans-St. Mary's Traction Company * Twin City General Electric Company *

Union Street Railway Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** Union ...

* West Michigan Traction Company * Wyandotte and Detroit River Railway

Miniature railroad Railway modelling (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale. The scale models include locomotives, rolling stock, streetcar ...
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Defunct

* Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad

Notes

References

* * {{US railroad lists

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