List of Michigan railroads
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[edit] Current common carriers
[edit] Class I
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Conrail Shared Assets Area
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
[edit] Class III
- Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road (ADBF) [1]
- Ann Arbor Railroad (AA) [2]
- Charlotte Southern Railway (CHS)
- Delray Connecting Railroad (DC)
- Detroit Connecting Railway (DCON)
- Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS) [3]
- Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (GR)
- Great Lakes Central Railroad
- Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR)
- Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN)
- Indiana and Ohio Railroad
- Lake State Railway (LSRC) [4]
- Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LSI)
- Lapeer Industrial Railway (LIRX)
- Marquette Rail
- Michigan Air-Line Railway
- Michigan Shore Railroad
- Michigan Southern Railroad
- Mid-Michigan Railroad (MMRR)
- Saginaw Bay Southern
[edit] Tourist/Excursion railroads
- Coopersville and Marne Railway (CMRY) [5]
[edit] Defunct railroads
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[edit] A |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
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| Alanson and Petoskey Railroad | 1990 | 1990s | |
| Allegan and Holland Rail Road | 1868 | 1869 | Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Allegan and Lake Shore Railroad | 1883 | 1889 | |
| Allegan and Southeastern Railroad | 1877 | 1883 | Toledo and Milwaukee Railway |
| Alpena and Northern Railroad | 1893 | 1895 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway |
| Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad | 1857 | 1867 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad |
| Arcadia and Betsey River Railway | 1895 | 1936 | |
| Au Sable and Northwestern Railroad | 1891 | 1914 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Battle Creek and Sturgis Railway | 1889 | 1969 | Penndel |
| Bay City and Alpena Railroad | 1881 | 1883 | Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad |
| Bay City and Battle Creek Railway | 1889 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Bay City and East Saginaw Rail Road | 1864 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Bay City Belt Line Railroad | 1889 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Bay de Noquet and Marquette Rail Road | 1856 | 1871 | Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad |
| Bay View Little Traverse and Mackinac Railroad | 1879 | 1888 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad |
| Bear Lake and Eastern Rail Road | 1882 | 1902 | |
| Blissfield Railroad | 1935 | 1937 | |
| Boyne City and South Eastern Railroad | 1893 | 1905 | Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad |
| Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad | 1905 | 1935 | Boyne City Railroad |
| Boyne City Railroad | 1935 | 1976 | Boyne Valley Railroad |
| Boyne Valley Railroad | 1976 | 1982 | |
| Buchanan and St. Joseph River Railroad | 1894 | 1912 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Buckley and Douglas Rail Road | 1881 | 1889 | |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Cadillac and Lake City Railway | 1963 | 1988 | Kyle Railroad |
| Canada and St. Louis Railway | 1887 | 1889 | Sturgis, Goshen and St. Louis Railway |
| Caro and Lake Huron Railroad | 1901 | 1908 | Detroit and Bay City Railroad |
| Cass River Railroad | 1871 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Central Michigan Railway | 1987 | 2003 | Huron and Eastern Railway |
| Central Railroad of Michigan | 1837 | 1846 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | 1878 | 1987 | CSX |
| Chessie System | 1973 | 1980 | CSX |
| Chicago and Canada Southern Railway | 1871 | 1888 | Detroit and Chicago Railroad |
| Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway | 1880 | 1900 | Port Huron and Indiana Railway Indiana and Illinois Railroad Chicago Lake County Railway |
| Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad | 1873 | 1879 | Michigan Railway Indiana Railway North Western Grand Trunk Railway |
| Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | 1869 | 1878 | Chicago and West Michigan Railroad |
| Chicago and Northeastern Railroad | 1874 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway |
| Chicago and North Michigan Railroad | 1891 | 1899 | Chicago and West Michigan Railroad |
| Chicago and North Western Railway | 1859 | 1972 | Chicago and North Western Transportation |
| Chicago and West Michigan Railroad | 1878 | 1899 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Rail Road | 1858 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway | 1883 | 1981 | United Railroad |
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | 1874 | 1928 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | 1927 | 1980 | Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad |
| Chicago, Saginaw and Canada Railroad | 1872 | 1883 | Saginaw and Western Railroad |
| Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Rail Road | 1855 | 1859 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad | 1886 | 1892 | Michigan and Mackinac Railroad Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad |
| Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway | 1891 | 1897 | Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad Cincinnati Northern Railroad |
| Cincinnati Northern Railroad | 1894 | 1938 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway |
| Cincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad | 1889 | 1943 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway | 1882 | 1913 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway |
| Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | 1889 | 1981 | Penn Central |
| Colfax and Big Rapids Railroad | 1887 | 1889 | |
| Conrail | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation Norfolk Southern Railway Conrail Shared Assets Operations |
| Copper Range Railroad | 1899 | 1979 | |
| Crawford and Manistee River Railway | 1885 | 1904 | |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Detroit and Bay City Railroad | 1871 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Detroit and Charlevoix Railroad | 1901 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Detroit and Chicago Railroad | 1888 | 1915 | New York Central Railroad |
| Detroit and Cincinnati Railway | 1896 | 1897 | Detroit and Lima Northern Railway |
| Detroit and Howell Railroad | 1864 | 1870 | Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad |
| Detroit and Lima Northern Railway | 1897 | 1901 | Detroit Southern Railroad |
| Detroit and Mackinac Railway | 1894 | 1995 | Lake State Railway |
| Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad | 1855 | 1878 | Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway |
| Detroit and Pontiac Railroad | 1834 | 1855 | Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad |
| Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad | 1832 | 1837 | The state of Michigan |
| Detroit and State Line Wabash Railroad | 1872 | 1872 | Toledo, Canada Southern and Detroit Railway |
| Detroit and Western Railway | 1908 | 1958 | |
| Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad | 1883 | 1894 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway |
| Detroit, Bay City and Western Railroad | 1907 | 1925 | Detroit, Caro and Sandusky Railway |
| Detroit Belt Line Railroad | 1909 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad | 1880 | 1886 | Detroit and State Line Wabash Railroad |
| Detroit, Caro and Sandusky Railway | 1925 | 1953 | |
| Detroit, Delray and Dearborn Railroad | 1895 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway | 1878 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | 1896 | 1899 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Detroit, Hillsdale and Indiana Rail Road | 1869 | 1875 | Detroit, Hillsdale and South Western Railroad |
| Detroit, Hillsdale and South Western Railroad | 1875 | 1861 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad | 1870 | 1871 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad |
| Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad | 1871 | 1876 | Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad |
| Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad | 1876 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad |
| Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad | 1879 | 1886 | Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad |
| Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad | 1855 | 1915 | New York Central Railroad |
| Detroit Southern Railroad | 1901 | 1905 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad |
| Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | 1905 | 1983 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad | 1897 | 1969 | Penndel |
| Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | 1886 | 1961 | Soo Line |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| East Jordan and Southern Railroad | 1901 | 1961 | |
| East Saginaw and St. Clair Railroad | 1872 | 1888 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad | 1833 | 1976 | Conrail |
| Erie and Michigan Railway and Navigation | 1904 | 1949 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway |
| Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway | 1880 | 1882 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Escanaba, Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad | 1895 | 1895 | Ann Arbor Railroad |
| Escanaba, Iron Mountain and Western Railroad | 1890 | 1947 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Flint and Fentonville Railroad | 1863 | 1863 | Flint and Holly Railroad |
| Flint and Holly Railroad | 1863 | 1868 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | 1857 | 1899 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Flint Belt Railroad | 1921 | 1955 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| Flint River Railroad | 1871 | 1872 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad | 1879 | 1981 | United Railroad |
| Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad | 1869 | 1879 | Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad |
| Frankfort and South Eastern Railroad | 1885 | 1895 | Escanaba, Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad |
[edit] G |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Garden Bay Railway | 1915 | 1917 | |
| Glencoe, Pinconning and Lake Shore Railroad | 1876 | 1879 | Pinconning Railroad |
| Grand Haven Railroad | 1878 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railroad |
| Grand Rapids and Holland Railroad | 1871 | 1871 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | 1855 | 1953 | Penndel |
| Grand Rapids and Lake Shore Railroad | 1869 | 1870 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad | 1898 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Grand Rapids, Indiana and Mackinaw Railroad | 1881 | 1884 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad |
| Grand Rapids, Kalkaska and Southeastern Railroad | 1897 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit Railroad | 1887 | 1897 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad |
| Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad | 1869 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railroad |
| Grand River Valley Railroad | 1846 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Grass Lake and Manistee River Railroad | 1886 | 1892 | |
| Grayling, Twin Lakes and Northeastern Railroad | 1891 | 1901 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad |
[edit] H |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Hancock and Calumet Railroad | 1884 | 1935 | Mineral Range Railroad |
| Harbor Beach and Port Hope Railroad | 1903 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Harbor Springs Railway | 1900 | 1912 | |
| Hastings, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad | 1883 | 1887 | Lowell and Hastings Railroad |
| Hecla Belt Line Railroad | 1902 | 1913 | |
| Hillsdale County Railway | 1976 | 1993 | Indiana Northeastern Railroad |
| Hobart and Manistee River Rail Road | 1879 | 1890 | |
| Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railway | 1865 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Houghton and L'Anse Railroad | 1881 | 1883 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad |
| Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad | 1870 | 1872 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad |
| Howell and Lansing Rail Road | 1868 | 1870 | Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad |
| Huron and Western Railroad | 1902 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
[edit] I |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Indiana and Lake Michigan Railway | 1887 | 1899 | St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad |
| Indiana and Michigan Railroad | 1881 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railroad |
| Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad | 1898 | 1906 | Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad |
| Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railroad | 1886 | 1895 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad |
| Ionia and Lansing Railroad | 1865 | 1871 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad |
| Ionia, Stanton and Northern Railroad | 1872 | 1872 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad |
| Iron Mountain Rail Road | 1855 | 1858 | Bay de Noquet and Marquette Rail Road |
| Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad | 1890 | 1900 | |
| Iron Range Railway | 1887 | 1889 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Iron River Railway | 1886 | 1889 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Ithaca and Alma Rail Road | 1882 | 1897 | Ann Arbor Railroad |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Jackson and Cincinnati Railway | 1895 | 1898 | Cincinnati Northern Railroad |
| Jackson and Ohio Railroad | 1884 | 1886 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad |
| Jackson, Fort Wayne and Cincinnati Railroad | 1868 | 1869 | Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad |
| Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad | 1865 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
[edit] K |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Rail Road | 1868 | 1982 | United Railroad |
| Kalamazoo and Allegan Rail Road | 1867 | 1868 | Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Rail Road |
| Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Railroad | 1867 | 1868 | Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Rail Road |
| Kalamazoo and Schoolcraft Rail Road | 1866 | 1869 | Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad |
| Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad | 1869 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad | 1869 | 1915 | New York Central Railroad |
[edit] L |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Lake George and Muskegon River Railroad | 1876 | 1886 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Cadillac Railway |
| Lake Huron and Southwestern Railway | 1878 | 1880 | Tawas and Bay County Railroad |
| Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | 1869 | 1915 | New York Central Railroad |
| Lake Shore Railroad of Western Michigan | 1869 | 1869 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Lansing, Alma, Mt. Pleasant and Northern Railroad | 1884 | 1886 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Mt. Pleasant Railway |
| Lansing and Jackson Rail Road | 1863 | 1865 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad |
| Lapeer and Northern Railroad | 1872 | 1880 | |
| Lenawee County Railway | 1977 | 1990 | |
| Lewiston and Southeastern Railroad | 1896 | 1910 | |
| Lima Northern Railway | 1895 | 1897 | Detroit and Lima Northern Railway |
| Lowell and Hastings Railroad | 1887 | 1899 | Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad |
| Ludington and Northern Railway | 1901 | 1982 | |
[edit] M |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad | 1886 | 1886 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway |
| Manistee and Grand Rapids Railroad | 1889 | 1913 | Michigan East and West Railway |
| Manistee and Luther Railroad | 1886 | 1913 | |
| Manistee and Northeastern Railroad | 1887 | 1955 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| Manistee Railroad | 1880 | 1888 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad | 1909 | 1968 | |
| Manistique and Northern Railroad | 1908 | 1914 | |
| Manistique and Northwestern Railway | 1891 | 1902 | Manistique, Marquette and Northern Railroad |
| Manistique, Marquette and Northern Railroad | 1902 | 1908 | Manistique and Northern Railroad |
| Manistique Railway | 1886 | 1910 | Lake Superior Iron and Chemical |
| Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad | 1870 | 1877 | Allegan and South Eastern Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad |
| Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad | 1862 | 1872 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad |
| Marquette and Ontonagon Railway | 1857 | ? | Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad |
| Marquette and Southeastern Railway | 1900 | 1911 | Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway |
| Marquette and State Line Railroad | 1857 | 1857 | Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Rail Road |
| Marquette and Western Railroad | 1883 | 1890 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway |
| Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad | 1872 | 1890 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway |
| Mason and Oceana Railroad | 1886 | 1909 | |
| Mecosta Railroad | 1882 | 1888 | |
| Menominee and St. Paul Railway | 1899 | 1958 | |
| Menominee and Sault Ste. Marie Railway | 1885 | 1887 | Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway |
| Menominee Branch Railroad | 1883 | 1886 | Milwaukee and Northern Railroad |
| Menominee River Railroad | 1875 | 1882 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Michigan Air Line Railroad | 1868 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Michigan Air Line Railway | 1875 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railway |
| Michigan and Mackinac Railroad | 1891 | 1891 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway |
| Michigan and Ohio Railroad | 1883 | 1887 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad |
| Michigan Central Railroad | 1846 | 1978 | Penn Central |
| Michigan East and West Railway | 1913 | 1916 | |
| Michigan Interstate Railway | 1977 | ? | |
| Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | 1869 | 1878 | Grand Haven Railroad |
| Michigan Midland Railroad | 1870 | 1873 | Michigan, Midland and Canada Railroad |
| Michigan, Midland and Canada Railroad | 1872 | 1906 | St. Clair and Western Railroad |
| Michigan Northern Railway | 1976 | 1986 | Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway |
| Michigan Railway | 1880 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway |
| Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad | 1855 | 1869 | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway |
| Michigan Southern Railroad | 1846 | 1855 | Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad |
| Milwaukee and Northern Railroad | 1880 | 1893 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway |
| Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway | 1897 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway | 1872 | 1893 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Mineral Range and L'Anse Bay Railroad | 1871 | 1872 | Mineral Range Railroad |
| Mineral Range Railroad | 1872 | 1949 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway |
| Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad | 1888 | 1961 | Soo Line |
| Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway | 1887 | 1888 | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad |
| Monroe and Toledo Railway | 1893 | 1897 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Montague, Pentwater and Manistee Railroad | 1871 | 1871 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway | 1911 | 1923 | Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad |
| Munising Railway | 1895 | 1911 | Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway |
| Muskegon and Big Rapids Railroad | 1871 | 1872 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Muskegon and Ferrysburg Railroad | 1868 | 1869 | Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Muskegon, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | 1886 | 1918 | |
| Muskegon Lake Railroad | 1879 | 1900 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Muskegon Railway and Navigation | 1918 | 1955 | Grand Trunk Western Railway |
| Muskegon River and Rose Lake Railway | 1878 | 1881 | |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Negaunee and Palmer Railroad | 1888 | ? | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad |
| New York Central Railroad | 1914 | 1968 | Penn Central |
| Niles and South Bend Railroad | 1869 | ? | Michigan Air Line Railroad |
| Norfolk and Western Railway | 1896 | 1990 | Norfolk Southern Railway |
| Northern Central Michigan Railroad | 1866 | 1915 | New York Central Railroad |
| Northern Michigan Railroad | 1888 | 1899 | Copper Range Railroad |
| North Western Grand Trunk Railway | 1879 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Oakland and Ottawa Rail Road | 1848 | 1855 | Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad |
| Ohio and Morenci Railroad | 1933 | 1954 | |
| Ontonagon and Brule River Railroad | 1880 | 1890 | Milwaukee and Northern Railroad |
| Ontonagon and State Line Rail Road | 1856 | 1857 | Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Rail Road |
| Owosso and Big Rapids Railroad | 1869 | 1871 | Owosso and North Western Railroad |
| Owosso and North Western Railroad | 1871 | 1883 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway |
| Oxford and Port Austin Rail Road | 1879 | 1879 | Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Paint River Railway | 1890 | 1891 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Palmyra and Jacksonburgh Railroad | 1836 | 1849 | Michigan Southern Railroad |
| Paris and Pere Marquette River Railroad | 1882 | 1889 | |
| Patterson Railroad | 1870 | 1872 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad |
| Paw Paw Railroad | 1857 | 1887 | Toledo and South Haven Railroad |
| Peninsula Railroad | 1862 | 1864 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Peninsular Railway | 1865 | 1878 | Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad |
| Peninsular Railway Extension | 1866 | 1868 | Peninsular Railway |
| Penn Central | 1968 | 1976 1980s |
Conrail state of Michigan |
| Penndel | 1953 | 1978 | Penn Central |
| Pennsylvania-Detroit Railroad | 1917 | 1924 | Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad |
| Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad | 1924 | 1955 | Connecting Railway |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | 1847 | 1968 | Penn Central |
| Pere Marquette Railroad | 1899 | 1947 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| Pere Marquette Railroad of Indiana | 1903 | 1907 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Pinconning Railroad | 1879 | 1880 | Saginaw Bay and Northwestern Railroad |
| Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Railroad | 1889 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railway |
| Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad | 1879 | 1889 | Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Railroad |
| Port Huron and Detroit Railroad | 1917 | 1984 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| Port Huron and Indiana Railway | 1900 | 1900 | Grand Trunk Western Railway |
| Port Huron and Lake Michigan Rail Road | 1847 | 1879 | North Western Grand Trunk Railway |
| Port Huron and Milwaukee Railway | 1855 | 1862 | Port Huron and Lake Michigan Rail Road |
| Port Huron and Northwestern Railway | 1878 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Port Huron and Southwestern Railway | 1882 | 1882 | Port Huron and Northwestern Railway |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Quinnesec and Western Railway | 1905 | 1905 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad |
[edit] R |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Republic Branch Railroad | 1881 | 1886 | Milwaukee and Northern Railroad |
| River Raisin and Lake Erie Railroad | 1836 | 1841 | Southern Railroad of Michigan |
[edit] S |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Saginaw and Clare County Railroad | 1877 | 1888 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad | 1879 | 1888 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Saginaw and Western Railroad | 1883 | 1897 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad |
| Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Railroad | 1882 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Saginaw Valley and St. Louis Railroad | 1871 | 1897 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad |
| St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad | 1872 | 1875 | Michigan Air Line Railway |
| St. Clair and Western Railroad | 1906 | 1949 | |
| St. Clair River, Pontiac and Jackson Railroad | 1872 | 1872 | St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad |
| St. Joseph Valley Rail Road | 1848 | 1869 | Schoolcraft and Three Rivers Railroad |
| St. Joseph Valley Railroad | 1880 | 1897 | Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway |
| St. Louis, Sturgis and Battle Creek Railroad | 1884 | 1889 | Battle Creek and Sturgis Railway |
| Sanilac Railroad | 1901 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette Railroad | 1880 | 1886 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway |
| Schoolcraft and Three Rivers Rail Road | 1865 | 1869 | Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad |
| Shelby and Detroit Railroad | 1834 | 1845 | |
| South Eastern Michigan Railway | 1871 | 1871 | Chicago and Canada Southern Railway |
| Southern Railroad of Michigan | 1837 | 1846 | Michigan Southern Railroad |
| South Haven and Eastern Railroad | 1894 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Sturgis and State Line Railway | 1886 | 1887 | Canada and St. Louis Railway |
| Sturgis, Goshen and St. Louis Railway | 1889 | 1915 | New York Central Railroad |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Tawas and Bay County Railroad | 1880 | 1882 | Bay City and Alpena Railroad |
| Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad | 1877 | 1880 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway |
| Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad | 1897 | 1897 | Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad |
| Toledo and Milwaukee Railway | 1879 | 1883 | Michigan and Ohio Railroad |
| Toledo and South Haven Railroad | 1876 | 1894 | South Haven and Eastern Railroad |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Cadillac Railway | 1886 | 1895 | Ann Arbor Railroad |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway | 1880 | 1895 | Ann Arbor Railroad |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Lake Michigan Railway | 1888 | 1895 | Ann Arbor Railroad |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Mt. Pleasant Railway | 1886 | 1895 | Ann Arbor Railroad |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Eastern Railroad | 1878 | 1880 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Rail Road | 1869 | 1877 | Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | 1882 | 1895 | Ann Arbor Railroad |
| Toledo, Canada Southern and Detroit Railway | 1872 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Toledo, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad | 1887 | 1889 | Cincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad |
| Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway | 1886 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railway |
| Traverse City, Leelanau and Manistique Railroad | 1901 | 1926 | |
| Traverse City Railroad | 1871 | 1917 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Vieux Desert and Lake Superior Railroad | 1881 | 1883 | Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway |
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| Name | Start | End | Successor |
| Wabash Railway | 1889 | 1991 | Norfolk Southern Railway |
| Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | 1879 | 1887 | Wabash Western Railway |
| Wabash Western Railway | 1886 | 1889 | Wabash Railway |
| White River Railroad | 1879 | 1884 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway |
| Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad | 1893 | 1939 | |
| Wisconsin Central Railway | 1887 | 1961 | Soo Line |
| Wisconsin, Michigan and Northern Railway | 1898 | 1902 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad |
| Wisconsin, Sault Ste. Marie and Mackinac Railway | 1886 | 1886 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway |
[edit] Defunct interurbans
- Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway
- Detroit United Railway
- Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway
- Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway
- Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis Railway
- Michigan United Railways
[edit] References
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
- Meints, Graydon M. (1992). Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 0870133187.
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