Mid-Michigan Railroad
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Genesee and Wyoming |
| Headquarters | Muskegon, Michigan |
| Reporting mark | MMRR |
| Locale | Michigan |
| Dates of operation | 1987[1]– |
| Predecessor | CSX Transportation |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 30 mi (48 km) |
| Other | |
| Website | Official website |
The Mid-Michigan Railroad (reporting mark MMRR) is a railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming. It operates 30 miles (48 km) of track in Michigan.[2]
History
[edit]The company incorporated in 1987,[3] for the purpose of acquiring railway lines from the CSX Corporation. The company was owned at inception by RailTex, a Texas-based holding company which owned many short line railroads. The Mid-Michigan bought two lines from CSX:Elmdale–Greenville and Paines–Elwell.[4] In 1999 it sold the southernmost 5.6 miles (9.0 km) of Elmdale line, Elmdale–Malta, back to CSX.[5]
Routes
[edit]St. Louis Subdivision: Alma - Paines
[edit]The only remaining line on the Mid-Michigan is the line from Alma to Paines. The line from Lowell to Greenville was sold back to Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad and soon after removed for a bike trail in 2009. Corn and soybeans are the main commodities hauled. The railroad interchanges with the Great Lakes Central Railroad at Alma and Lake State Railway at Paines.[2]
Traffic
[edit]The railroad's traffic comes mainly from grain products, such as corn and soybeans. The MMRR hauled around 5,100 carloads in 2008.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Mid Michigan Railroad". Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ a b Mid-Michigan Railroad (MMRR) Genesee & Wyoming
- ^ a b "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.
- ^ Meints (1992), 113.
- ^ Meints (2005), 365. Meints gives Elmdale-Ionia as the branch, but this is incorrect and contradicted elsewhere. See Meints (2005), 127.
References
[edit]- Branch, Elam Edgar (1916). History of Ionia County, Michigan: Her People, Industries and Institutions. Ionia County, Michigan: B.F. Bowen & Co.
- Ivey, Paul (1919). The Pere Marquette Railroad Company. Lansing, MI: Michigan Historical Commission. OCLC 66109442.
- Meints, Graydon M. (1992). Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87013-318-3.
- Meints, Graydon M. (2005). Michigan Railroad Lines. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87013-693-1.
