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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Michigan Central Railroad</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 290px; height: 240px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="290" data-height="240" data-overlays="["_d26201222e8043cd3e831c26071329556afe9406"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,290x240.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&revid=1274712260&groups=_d26201222e8043cd3e831c26071329556afe9406" width="290" height="240" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,290x240@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&revid=1274712260&groups=_d26201222e8043cd3e831c26071329556afe9406 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Michigan Central Railroad (red) and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_system" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Central system">New York Central system</a> (orange) as of 1918</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit, Michigan">Detroit, Michigan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Biddle_(Michigan_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Biddle (Michigan politician)">John Biddle</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates of operation</th><td class="infobox-data">1841–1995</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data">Detroit & St. Joseph Railroad</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad">New York Central Railroad</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_Central_RR_1907.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Michigan_Central_RR_1907.jpg/220px-Michigan_Central_RR_1907.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="321" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Michigan_Central_RR_1907.jpg/330px-Michigan_Central_RR_1907.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Michigan_Central_RR_1907.jpg/440px-Michigan_Central_RR_1907.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3084" data-file-height="4498" /></a><figcaption>Gold Bond of the Michigan Central Railroad Company, issued 10 July 1907</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Michigan Central Railroad</b> (<a href="/wiki/Reporting_mark" title="Reporting mark">reporting mark</a> <b>MC</b>) was originally chartered in 1832<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to establish rail service between <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/St._Joseph,_Michigan" title="St. Joseph, Michigan">St. Joseph, Michigan</a>. The railroad later operated in the states of Michigan, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and the province of <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. After about 1867 the railroad was controlled by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad">New York Central Railroad</a>, which later became part of <a href="/wiki/Penn_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Penn Central">Penn Central</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Conrail" title="Conrail">Conrail</a>. After the 1998 Conrail breakup, <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern Railway</a> now owns much of the former Michigan Central trackage. </p><p>At the end of 1925, MC operated 1,871 miles (3,011 km) of road and 4,139 miles (6,661 km) of track; that year it reported 4,304,000 net ton-miles of revenue freight and 600 million passenger-miles. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Genealogy">Genealogy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Genealogy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Michigan Central Railroad<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Battle Creek and Bay City Railroad 1889</li> <li>Buchanan and St. Joseph River Railroad 1897</li> <li>Central Railroad of Michigan 1837–1846 <ul><li>Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad 1831–1837</li></ul></li> <li>Detroit and Bay City Railroad 1881</li> <li>Detroit and Charlevoix Railroad 1916 <ul><li>Frederick and Charlevoix Railroad 1901</li></ul></li> <li>Detroit River Tunnel Company Railroad 1918</li> <li>Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad 1871 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amboy,_Lansing_and_Traverse_Bay_Railroad" title="Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad">Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad</a> 1866</li> <li>Grand River Valley Railroad 1870</li></ul></li> <li>Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad 1851</li> <li>Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad 1870</li> <li>Michigan Air Line Railway 1870</li> <li>Michigan Midland and Canada Railroad 1878</li> <li>Saginaw Bay and Northwestern Railroad 1884 <ul><li>Pinconning Railroad 1879 <ul><li>Glencoe, Pinconning and Lake Shore Railroad 1878</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>St. Louis, Sturgis and Battle Creek Railroad 1889</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The line between <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Joseph,_Michigan" title="St. Joseph, Michigan">St. Joseph, Michigan</a>, was originally planned in 1830 to provide <a href="/wiki/Freight" class="mw-redirect" title="Freight">freight</a> service between Detroit and <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> by train to St. Joseph and via boat service on to Chicago. The <b>Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad</b> was chartered in 1831 with a capital of $1,500,000.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The railroad actually began construction on May 18, 1836, starting at "King's Corner" in Detroit, which was the name by which the southeast corner of Jefferson and <a href="/wiki/Woodward_Avenue" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodward Avenue">Woodward Avenue</a> was then known. However, this is not the location of <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Central_Station" title="Michigan Central Station">Michigan Central Station</a>, which apparently replaced this building. </p><p>The small private organization quickly ran into problems securing cheap land in the private market, and abandonment of the project was discussed. The City of Detroit invested $50,000 in the project. The State of Michigan bailed out the railroad in 1837 by purchasing it and investing $5,000,000. The now state-owned company was renamed the <b>Central Railroad of Michigan</b>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Murray_Forbes_(1813%E2%80%931898),_age_68.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/John_Murray_Forbes_%281813%E2%80%931898%29%2C_age_68.png/170px-John_Murray_Forbes_%281813%E2%80%931898%29%2C_age_68.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/John_Murray_Forbes_%281813%E2%80%931898%29%2C_age_68.png/255px-John_Murray_Forbes_%281813%E2%80%931898%29%2C_age_68.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/John_Murray_Forbes_%281813%E2%80%931898%29%2C_age_68.png/340px-John_Murray_Forbes_%281813%E2%80%931898%29%2C_age_68.png 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="950" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Murray_Forbes" title="John Murray Forbes">John Murray Forbes</a>, President of Michigan Central Railroad from 1846 to 1855</figcaption></figure> <p>By 1840 the railroad was again out of money and had completed track only between Detroit and <a href="/wiki/Dexter,_Michigan" title="Dexter, Michigan">Dexter, Michigan</a>. In 1846, the state sold the railroad to the newly incorporated Michigan Central corporation for $2,000,000. By this time the railroad had reached <a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo, Michigan">Kalamazoo, Michigan</a>, a distance of 143.16 miles (230.39 km).<sup id="cite_ref-1880-Trans_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1880-Trans-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new private corporation had committed to complete the railroad with <a href="/wiki/T-rail" class="mw-redirect" title="T-rail">T-rail</a> of not less than sixty pounds to the yard and also to replace the poorly built rails between Kalamazoo and Detroit with similar quality rail, as the state-built rail was of low quality. The new owners met this obligation by building the rest of the line some 74.84 miles (120.44 km) to the shores of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Michigan" title="Lake Michigan">Lake Michigan</a> by 1849. However, rather than go to St. Joseph, instead they went to <a href="/wiki/New_Buffalo,_Michigan" title="New Buffalo, Michigan">New Buffalo</a>. This was because they had decided to extend the road all the way to Chicago. With this, the first crossing of the state of Michigan (Lower Peninsula) was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mich_Central_Kalamazoo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Mich_Central_Kalamazoo.jpg/170px-Mich_Central_Kalamazoo.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Mich_Central_Kalamazoo.jpg/255px-Mich_Central_Kalamazoo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Mich_Central_Kalamazoo.jpg/340px-Mich_Central_Kalamazoo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="740" /></a><figcaption>Michigan Central train arriving in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1887</figcaption></figure> <p>This involved passing through two other states and getting leave from two state legislatures to do so. To facilitate this process, they bought the <b>Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad</b> in 1851. Thus they reached <a href="/wiki/Michigan_City,_Indiana" title="Michigan City, Indiana">Michigan City, Indiana</a>, by 1850 and finished the line to <a href="/wiki/Kensington,_Chicago" title="Kensington, Chicago">Kensington, Illinois</a>, (now a south Chicago neighborhood) in 1852, using <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad" title="Illinois Central Railroad">Illinois Central</a> trackage rights to downtown Chicago. The completed railroad was 270 miles (430 km) in length.<sup id="cite_ref-1880-Trans_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1880-Trans-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same year the first train ran from Detroit to Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first repair shops were built in 1851 and located on 20 acres of waterfront property in <a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit, Michigan">Detroit, Michigan</a>. In 1873 they were moved to a larger plot of land on the west side of the city along Livernois Avenue, then consisting of two roundhouses and car repair shops.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1919 new freight and locomotive terminals were constructed in <a href="/wiki/Niles,_Michigan" title="Niles, Michigan">Niles, Michigan</a>. However, the primary locomotive and car repair shops during the steam era were located in <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Michigan" title="Jackson, Michigan">Jackson, Michigan</a>, established in 1871. They closed in 1949 during a coal strike and never reopened due to the conversion of motive power to diesel engines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Passenger_services">Passenger services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Passenger services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Michigan Central Railroad (MCR) operated mostly <a href="/wiki/Passenger_train" title="Passenger train">passenger trains</a> between Chicago and Detroit. These trains ranged from locals to the <i><a href="/wiki/Wolverine_(NYC_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverine (NYC train)">Wolverine</a></i>. In 1904, MCR began a long-term lease of <a href="/wiki/Canada_Southern_Railway" title="Canada Southern Railway">Canada Southern Railway</a> (CSR), which operated the most direct route between Detroit and New York. CSR's mainline cut through the heart of <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Ontario" title="Southwestern Ontario">southwestern Ontario</a>, between <a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario" title="Windsor, Ontario">Windsor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fort_Erie,_Ontario" title="Fort Erie, Ontario">Fort Erie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new service, known as the Canada Division Passenger Service, saw a major surge beginning at the start of the 1920s. Between 1920 and 1922, the legendary <i>Wolverine</i> passenger train operated in two sections, five days per week along CSR's mainline.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then, in the summer of 1923, the eastbound <i>Wolverine</i> began running from Detroit to Buffalo without any scheduled stops in Canada, making the trip in 4 hours and 50 minutes, an unprecedented achievement.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the same summer, the Canada Division was moving 2,300 through passengers per day. By the end of the decade, a fleet of 205 <a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Hudson" title="New York Central Hudson">J-1 class Hudsons</a> – one of the most powerful locomotives for passenger service yet designed – was hauling passengers along the CSR mainline.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, by the 1930s the <i>Wolverine</i> was making stops in the Canadian section of the route.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, by the late 1940s, the <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_State_Express" title="Empire State Express">Empire State Express</a></i> passed from Buffalo into Southwestern Ontario; however, it terminated at Detroit.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While Michigan Central was an independent subsidiary of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Central">New York Central</a> System, passenger trains were staged from Illinois Central's <a href="/wiki/Central_Station_(Chicago_terminal)" title="Central Station (Chicago terminal)">Central Station</a> (in Chicago) as a tenant. When MC operations were completely integrated into NYC in the 1950s, trains were re-deployed to NYC's <a href="/wiki/LaSalle_Street_Station" title="LaSalle Street Station">LaSalle Street Station</a> home, where other NYC trains such as the <i><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Limited" title="20th Century Limited">20th Century Limited</a></i> were staged. IC sued for breach of contract and won because the MC had a lease that ran for a few more years. The MC route from Chicago to <a href="/wiki/Porter,_Indiana" title="Porter, Indiana">Porter, Indiana</a>, is mostly intact. The Kensington Interchange, shared with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_SouthShore_and_South_Bend_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad">South Shore Line</a>, was cut out. These tracks now belong to <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Harbor_Belt_Railroad" title="Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad">Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad</a>, and are overgrown stub tracks ending short of the interchange. Some trackage around the Indiana Harbor Belt's Gibson Yard has also been removed. The MC's South Water Street freight trackage in downtown Chicago is also gone. <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> trains serving the Michigan Central Detroit line now use the former NYC to Porter, where they turn north on Michigan Central. Passenger equipment was mostly similar to that of parent New York Central System. Typically this meant an <a href="/wiki/Electro-Motive_Diesel" title="Electro-Motive Diesel">EMD</a> E-series locomotive and <a href="/wiki/Pullman_Company" title="Pullman Company">Pullman-Standard</a> lightweight rolling stock. Because <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a> (<a href="/wiki/Electro-Motive_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Electro-Motive Division">Electro-Motive Division</a>) was a large customer of Michigan Central, use of <a href="/wiki/American_Locomotive_Company" title="American Locomotive Company">Alco</a> or <a href="/wiki/GE_Transportation_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="GE Transportation Systems">General Electric</a> locomotives was less common. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freight_services">Freight services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Freight services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_Central_RR_-Men_on_loading_platform_(3329275218).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Michigan_Central_RR_-Men_on_loading_platform_%283329275218%29.jpg/220px-Michigan_Central_RR_-Men_on_loading_platform_%283329275218%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Michigan_Central_RR_-Men_on_loading_platform_%283329275218%29.jpg/330px-Michigan_Central_RR_-Men_on_loading_platform_%283329275218%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Michigan_Central_RR_-Men_on_loading_platform_%283329275218%29.jpg/440px-Michigan_Central_RR_-Men_on_loading_platform_%283329275218%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="754" /></a><figcaption>Loading dock with a Michigan Central boxcar in 1920</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_Central_Railroad_caboose.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Michigan_Central_Railroad_caboose.jpg/220px-Michigan_Central_Railroad_caboose.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Michigan_Central_Railroad_caboose.jpg/330px-Michigan_Central_Railroad_caboose.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Michigan_Central_Railroad_caboose.jpg/440px-Michigan_Central_Railroad_caboose.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4758" data-file-height="3806" /></a><figcaption>A Michigan Central <a href="/wiki/Caboose" title="Caboose">caboose</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Prior to the automobile, Michigan Central was mostly a carrier of natural resources. Michigan had extensive reserves of <a href="/wiki/Timber" class="mw-redirect" title="Timber">timber</a> at the time, and the Michigan Central owned lines from east to west of the state and north to south, tapping all resources available. After the advent of the automobile as one of the most dominant forces of commerce, with Detroit at the epicenter, the Michigan Central became a carrier of autos and auto-related parts. The Michigan Central was one of the few Michigan railroads with a direct line into Chicago, meaning it did not have to operate cross-lake <a href="/wiki/Ferry" title="Ferry">ferries</a>, as did virtually all other railroads operating in Michigan, such as the <a href="/wiki/Pere_Marquette_Railway" title="Pere Marquette Railway">Pere Marquette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Western" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Trunk Western">Grand Trunk</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor_Railroad_(1895-1976)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ann Arbor Railroad (1895-1976)">Ann Arbor Railroads</a>. Michigan Central was part owner of the ferry service operated to the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Peninsula">Upper Peninsula</a> as well as cross-river ferry service to <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, but these routes did not exist to circumvent Chicago. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_to_Canada">Service to Canada</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Service to Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_Central_Railway_Station_London_ON_LonPL069832f.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Michigan_Central_Railway_Station_London_ON_LonPL069832f.jpg/220px-Michigan_Central_Railway_Station_London_ON_LonPL069832f.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Michigan_Central_Railway_Station_London_ON_LonPL069832f.jpg/330px-Michigan_Central_Railway_Station_London_ON_LonPL069832f.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Michigan_Central_Railway_Station_London_ON_LonPL069832f.jpg/440px-Michigan_Central_Railway_Station_London_ON_LonPL069832f.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1525" data-file-height="1158" /></a><figcaption>Michigan Central Station in London, Ontario, ca. 1890</figcaption></figure> <p>The Michigan Central Railroad (MCR) and then parent New York Central Railroad (NYC) owned the <a href="/wiki/Canada_Southern_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada Southern Railroad">Canada Southern Railroad</a> (CSR), which had lines throughout southwestern Ontario from <a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario" title="Windsor, Ontario">Windsor</a> to <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls,_Ontario" title="Niagara Falls, Ontario">Niagara Falls</a>. The railroad operated a car-float service over the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_River" title="Detroit River">Detroit River</a> from 1883;<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an immersed tube tunnel under the Detroit River between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario; and the MCR cantilever bridge at <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls" title="Niagara Falls">Niagara Falls</a>, which was later replaced with a steel arch bridge in 1925. The car-float operation ended when the Detroit River tunnel was completed. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mcrr-6932_Port_Stanley_ON_1915.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Mcrr-6932_Port_Stanley_ON_1915.jpg/220px-Mcrr-6932_Port_Stanley_ON_1915.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Mcrr-6932_Port_Stanley_ON_1915.jpg/330px-Mcrr-6932_Port_Stanley_ON_1915.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Mcrr-6932_Port_Stanley_ON_1915.jpg/440px-Mcrr-6932_Port_Stanley_ON_1915.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="323" /></a><figcaption>Michigan Central steel gondolas seen in Port Stanley, Ontario in 1915</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Niagara_Cantilever_Bridge_(1892).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Niagara_Cantilever_Bridge_%281892%29.jpg/220px-Niagara_Cantilever_Bridge_%281892%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Niagara_Cantilever_Bridge_%281892%29.jpg/330px-Niagara_Cantilever_Bridge_%281892%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Niagara_Cantilever_Bridge_%281892%29.jpg/440px-Niagara_Cantilever_Bridge_%281892%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1958" data-file-height="1366" /></a><figcaption>The Niagara Cantilever Bridge (1892)</figcaption></figure> <p>Control of Canada Southern passed from MCR to NYC, then Penn Central, then <a href="/wiki/Conrail" title="Conrail">Conrail</a>. In 1985, the Canada Southern was sold to two companies, the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">Canadian National Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">Canadian Pacific Railway</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Central_Railway_Bridge" title="Michigan Central Railway Bridge">Michigan Central Railway Bridge</a> opened in February 1925 and remained in use until the early 21st century. It replaced the earlier <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Cantilever_Bridge" title="Niagara Cantilever Bridge">Niagara Cantilever Bridge</a> which had been commissioned in 1883 by <a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt" title="Cornelius Vanderbilt">Cornelius Vanderbilt</a>; the older bridge was scrapped as the new MCR bridge went into service. The MCR cantilever bridge was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/North_America_Railway_Hall_of_Fame" title="North America Railway Hall of Fame">North America Railway Hall of Fame</a> in 2006, long after it had been scrapped. The Hall of Fame report discussed its significance to the railway industry in the category of "North America: Facilities & Structures."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railroad_ferry_and_car_float_service">Railroad ferry and car float service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Railroad ferry and car float service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All major Michigan railroads except the Michigan Central operated a <a href="/wiki/Rail_ferry" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail ferry">rail ferry</a> service across <a href="/wiki/Lake_Michigan" title="Lake Michigan">Lake Michigan</a>. The MC had the most direct route across Southern Michigan from Detroit to Chicago. The Michigan Central also had the best access to Chicago of any Michigan railroad. The Michigan Central did own part of the <a href="/wiki/Mackinac_Transportation_Company" title="Mackinac Transportation Company">Mackinac Transportation Company</a>, which operated the <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Chief_Wawatam" title="SS Chief Wawatam">SS Chief Wawatam</a></i> until 1984. The <i>Chief Wawatam</i> was a front-loading, hand-fired, coal-fed <a href="/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat">steamer</a>. It was the last hand-fired steamer in the free world at its long-overdue retirement in 1984. The <i>Chief Wawatam</i> continued to operate until 2009, cut down to a <a href="/wiki/Barge" title="Barge">barge</a>. One <i>Chief Wawatam</i> engine was salvaged and restored by the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Maritime_Museum" title="Wisconsin Maritime Museum">Wisconsin Maritime Museum</a>. Other artifacts from the ferry, including the whistle, wheel, telegraphs, and furniture, are preserved by the <a href="/wiki/Mackinac_Island_State_Park_Commission" title="Mackinac Island State Park Commission">Mackinac Island State Park Commission</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mackinaw_City,_Michigan" title="Mackinaw City, Michigan">Mackinaw City</a>. Car floats also ran across the Detroit River to Windsor, Ontario, for high and wide loads that could not fit through the tunnels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitors">Competitors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Competitors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The major competitors of the Michigan Central were:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Western_Railroad" title="Grand Trunk Western Railroad">Grand Trunk Western</a>, controlled by <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">Canadian National</a> (operations integrated with and now operated as CN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pere_Marquette_Railway" title="Pere Marquette Railway">Pere Marquette</a>, controlled by <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway" title="Chesapeake and Ohio Railway">C&O</a> (formally merged in 1947 and now owned by <a href="/wiki/CSX_Transportation" title="CSX Transportation">CSX</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor_Railroad_(1895-1976)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ann Arbor Railroad (1895-1976)">Ann Arbor</a> (controlled by <a href="/wiki/Wabash_Railroad" title="Wabash Railroad">Wabash</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Toledo_and_Ironton_Railroad" title="Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad">DT&I</a>; now owned by <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Central_Railroad" title="Great Lakes Central Railroad">Great Lakes Central Railroad</a> and the new <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor_Railroad_(1988)" title="Ann Arbor Railroad (1988)">Ann Arbor Railroad (1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a> (merged into Penn Central with MC/NYC, then into Conrail; owned by various railroads)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_accidents">Major accidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Major accidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 22, 1918, the engineer of a Michigan Central troop train fell asleep, causing the train to run into the rear of a <a href="/wiki/Hagenbeck%E2%80%93Wallace_Circus" title="Hagenbeck–Wallace Circus">Hagenbeck–Wallace Circus</a> train that was stopped near Hammond, Indiana. <a href="/wiki/Hammond_Circus_Train_Wreck" class="mw-redirect" title="Hammond Circus Train Wreck">The accident</a> resulted in 86 deaths, with another 127 people injured.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 27, 1921, the Michigan Central's 'Canadian' ran a red signal at Porter, Indiana, and entered a diamond crossing in front of the New York Central's 'Interstate Express'. The 'Canadian's locomotive hit the derailer, slid through the crossing on the ties, and was rerailed by the crossing's frog, the tender and first several cars of the train remained derailed as they rode the ties. The train stopped with the Michigan Central locomotive about 400 feet beyond the crossing and the first coach fouling the crossing. The 'Interstate Express' locomotive (NYC 4828) hit the wooden coach broadside, demolishing it, killing 35 passengers, and injuring 11. Locomotive 4828 derailed upon hitting the coach and went off the track to the right; its pilot dug into the dirt, and the locomotive whipped around and slammed over on its side, facing in the direction from which it came. Both the engineer and the fireman were killed in the wreck, making the death toll 37.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Significant_stations_and_structures">Significant stations and structures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Significant stations and structures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jackson_station">Jackson station</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Jackson station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Jackson_station_(Michigan)" title="Jackson station (Michigan)">MCR Jackson station</a> in Jackson, Michigan, opened in 1873 and is the oldest continuously operated passenger station in North America. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dexter_station">Dexter station</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Dexter station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_Central_Railroad_Dexter_Michigan_Depot.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Michigan Central Railroad Dexter Depot" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Michigan_Central_Railroad_Dexter_Michigan_Depot.JPG/220px-Michigan_Central_Railroad_Dexter_Michigan_Depot.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Michigan_Central_Railroad_Dexter_Michigan_Depot.JPG/330px-Michigan_Central_Railroad_Dexter_Michigan_Depot.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Michigan_Central_Railroad_Dexter_Michigan_Depot.JPG/440px-Michigan_Central_Railroad_Dexter_Michigan_Depot.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>Michigan Central Railroad Dexter Depot</figcaption></figure> <p>The Dexter, Michigan, train depot was built to replace a former station that had burned down. It served passenger trains until the early 1950s. Today, the station is home to the Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club, which hosts open houses the first Wednesday of each month. It also has some railroad memorabilia such as an old crossing signal and baggage cart. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Detroit_station">Detroit station</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Detroit station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_Central_Train_Station_Exterior_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Michigan_Central_Train_Station_Exterior_2010.jpg/220px-Michigan_Central_Train_Station_Exterior_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Michigan_Central_Train_Station_Exterior_2010.jpg/330px-Michigan_Central_Train_Station_Exterior_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Michigan_Central_Train_Station_Exterior_2010.jpg/440px-Michigan_Central_Train_Station_Exterior_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4295" data-file-height="2864" /></a><figcaption>Michigan Central Station in Detroit in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>Michigan Central was the owner of <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Central_Station" title="Michigan Central Station">Michigan Central Station</a> in Detroit. Opened in 1913, the building is of the <a href="/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture" title="Beaux-Arts architecture">Beaux-Arts Classical</a> style of architecture, designed by the <a href="/wiki/Warren_and_Wetmore" title="Warren and Wetmore">Warren and Wetmore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reed_and_Stem" title="Reed and Stem">Reed and Stem</a> firms who also designed <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal" title="Grand Central Terminal">Grand Central Terminal</a>. As such, Michigan Central Station bears more than a passing resemblance to New York's famed rail station. It was the world's tallest railroad terminal at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Last used by <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> in 1988, Michigan Central Station then become a victim of extensive vandalism. Over the next 30 years, several proposals and concepts for redevelopment were suggested, none coming to fruition. The estimated cost of renovations was $80 million, but the owners viewed finding the right use as a greater problem than financing.<sup id="cite_ref-Aguilar_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aguilar-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>, the Detroit City Council passed a resolution to demolish the station in April 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The council was met with strong opposition from Detroit resident Stanley Christmas, who in turn, sued the city of Detroit to stop the demolition effort, citing the <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Preservation_Act_of_1966" class="mw-redirect" title="National Historic Preservation Act of 1966">National Historic Preservation Act of 1966</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fox28_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fox28-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station shows up in the first part of the <a href="/wiki/Godfrey_Reggio" title="Godfrey Reggio">Godfrey Reggio</a> movie <i><a href="/wiki/Naqoyqatsi" title="Naqoyqatsi">Naqoyqatsi</a></i> and is frequently used by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay">Michael Bay</a> in such films as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film)" title="The Island (2005 film)">The Island</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Transformers_(film)" title="Transformers (film)">Transformers</a></i>. In May 2018, <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford Motor Company</a> purchased the building for redevelopment into a mixed use facility and cornerstone of the company's new <a href="/wiki/Corktown,_Detroit" title="Corktown, Detroit">Corktown</a> campus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Niles_station">Niles station</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Niles station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MichiganCentralDepotBattleCreek.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/MichiganCentralDepotBattleCreek.jpg/180px-MichiganCentralDepotBattleCreek.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/MichiganCentralDepotBattleCreek.jpg/270px-MichiganCentralDepotBattleCreek.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/MichiganCentralDepotBattleCreek.jpg/360px-MichiganCentralDepotBattleCreek.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="422" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Central_Railroad_Depot_(Battle_Creek,_MI)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan Central Railroad Depot (Battle Creek, MI)">Michigan Central Station, Battle Creek</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Picture_of_old_Ann_Arbor_train_station.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Picture_of_old_Ann_Arbor_train_station.jpeg/180px-Picture_of_old_Ann_Arbor_train_station.jpeg" decoding="async" width="180" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Picture_of_old_Ann_Arbor_train_station.jpeg/270px-Picture_of_old_Ann_Arbor_train_station.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Picture_of_old_Ann_Arbor_train_station.jpeg/360px-Picture_of_old_Ann_Arbor_train_station.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1746" data-file-height="1159" /></a><figcaption>Former Michigan Central Station in <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Niles_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Niles (Amtrak station)">Michigan Central station</a> at <a href="/wiki/Niles,_Michigan" title="Niles, Michigan">Niles, Michigan</a>, is also famous, having appeared in several Hollywood movies. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_Creek_station">Battle Creek station</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Battle Creek station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Central_Railroad_Depot_(Battle_Creek,_MI)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan Central Railroad Depot (Battle Creek, MI)">Michigan Central Railroad Depot (Battle Creek, MI)</a> opened on July 27, 1888. <a href="/wiki/Rogers_and_MacFarlane" title="Rogers and MacFarlane">Rogers and MacFarlane</a> of Detroit designed the depot, one of several Richardsonian Romanesque-style stations between Detroit and Chicago in the late nineteenth century. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison" title="Thomas Edison">Thomas Edison</a> as well as presidents <a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">William Howard Taft</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> visited here. The depot was acquired by the New York Central Railroad in 1918, Penn Central in 1968 and Amtrak in 1970. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and is now Clara's on the River Restaurant. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Augusta_coaling_tower">Augusta coaling tower</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Augusta coaling tower"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Located between Augusta and Galesburg Michigan, the massive re-enforced concrete building stands over the Detroit to Chicago mainline. Built in 1923, it was used to refuel and water steam engines. It fell out of use post-World War II, as diesel engines came onto the scene. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ann_Arbor_station">Ann Arbor station</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ann Arbor station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The former <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor_station" title="Ann Arbor station">Michigan Central Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor</a>, Michigan, a granite stone block building built in 1886 and designed by Frederick Spier of <a href="/wiki/Spier_and_Rohns" class="mw-redirect" title="Spier and Rohns">Spier and Rohns</a>, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and now houses the <a href="/wiki/Gandy_dancer" title="Gandy dancer">Gandy Dancer</a> Restaurant.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trail_Creek_swing_bridge">Trail Creek swing bridge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Trail Creek swing bridge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Michigan Central also built and operated a <a href="/wiki/Swing_bridge" title="Swing bridge">swing bridge</a> over Trail Creek at <a href="/wiki/Michigan_City,_Indiana" title="Michigan City, Indiana">Michigan City, Indiana</a>. This swing bridge is similar to the moving span at <a href="/wiki/Spuyten_Duyvil_Bridge" title="Spuyten Duyvil Bridge">Spuyten Duyvil</a> owned by parent New York Central, but has no approach spans. It is still in operation and owned by Amtrak. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historic_equipment">Historic equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Historic equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No historic Michigan Central-specific equipment exists today. After the steam era, almost all equipment was lettered for New York Central. Many common New York Central locomotives and rolling stock are preserved in places like Illinois Railway Museum and the National New York Central Museum, in Elkhart, Indiana. The latter includes a sample passenger train in NYC livery, although the two coaches are actually of Illinois Central heritage. The E8 and observation car are original NYC equipment and very likely served on the Michigan Central after dieselization. The station in Dexter, Michigan, has some railroad memorabilia around it, such as an old <a href="/wiki/Level_crossing" title="Level crossing">level crossing</a> signal and a baggage cart. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_operations">Modern operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Modern operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Michigan Central, having been only a "paper" railroad for decades and not owning any track since the late 1970s, was merged into United Railroad Corp. (a subsidiary of Penn Central) on December 7, 1995. Today, Norfolk Southern owns most trackage not abandoned in the early 1980s. <a href="/wiki/Lake_State_Railway" title="Lake State Railway">Lake State Railway</a> now operates the remnants former Detroit-Mackinaw City line from <a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Michigan" title="Bay City, Michigan">Bay City</a> to <a href="/wiki/Gaylord,_Michigan" title="Gaylord, Michigan">Gaylord</a>, which is partially owned by the state of Michigan. What remained of <a href="/wiki/Canada_Southern_Railway" title="Canada Southern Railway">Canada Southern Railway</a> was mostly abandoned by <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian National">Canadian National</a> in 2011, after seeing little to no traffic for years. <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> owns the Detroit line from <a href="/wiki/Porter,_Indiana" title="Porter, Indiana">Porter, Indiana</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo, Michigan">Kalamazoo, Michigan</a>, while the state of Michigan owns the line from there to <a href="/wiki/Dearborn,_Michigan" title="Dearborn, Michigan">Dearborn, Michigan</a>. This line is a projected "high speed" line; a portion of the line was converted to 110 MPH operation in early 2012 with further upgrades planned. Amtrak operates three Chicago-Detroit-<a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac</a> trains each way per day, under the old banner <i><a href="/wiki/Wolverine_(Amtrak_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverine (Amtrak train)">Wolverine</a></i>. The Port Huron train (the <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Water_(train)" title="Blue Water (train)">Blue Water</a></i>) also uses this line as far east as <a href="/wiki/Battle_Creek,_Michigan" title="Battle Creek, Michigan">Battle Creek, Michigan</a>. Both <a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo_Transportation_Center" title="Kalamazoo Transportation Center">Kalamazoo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Niles_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Niles (Amtrak station)">Niles</a> have retained their old Michigan Central Stations; the Niles station is occasionally portrayed in film. Also the Dowagiac station is used by Amtrak which was built by M.C.R.R. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Proposed_rebirth_as_an_independent_railroad">Proposed rebirth as an independent railroad</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Proposed rebirth as an independent railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2007, <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern</a> was in talks with <a href="/wiki/Watco" title="Watco">Watco</a>, a shortline holding company, to sell the Kalamazoo-Detroit portion of the Michigan Central main line. The proposal was set before the <a href="/wiki/Surface_Transportation_Board" title="Surface Transportation Board">Surface Transportation Board</a>, and was officially endorsed by <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> in September 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2007 the STB rejected the plan, citing concerns over the relationship between the Norfolk Southern and Watco. <a href="/wiki/Labor_union" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor union">Labor unions</a> had raised concerns over the transfer of operations to a substantially non-transportation company, under which different labor regulations would apply.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Class_I_railroads_of_North_America242" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Class_I_railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Class I railroad">Class I railroads</a> of North America</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rail_transportation_in_the_United_States" title="Rail transportation in the United States">United States</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">AMTK</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BNSF_Railway" title="BNSF Railway">BNSF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">CN</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Corporation" title="Grand Trunk Corporation">GTC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City" title="Canadian Pacific Kansas City">CPKC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Southern_Railway" title="Kansas City Southern Railway">KCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soo_Line_Railroad" title="Soo Line Railroad">SOO</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CSX_Transportation" title="CSX Transportation">CSX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">NS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific_Railroad" title="Union Pacific Railroad">UP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Canada" title="Rail transport in Canada">Canada</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">CN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City" title="Canadian Pacific Kansas City">CPKC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">CP</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Via_Rail" title="Via Rail">VIA</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Mexico" title="Rail transport in Mexico">Mexico</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City" title="Canadian Pacific Kansas City">CPKC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Southern_de_M%C3%A9xico" title="Kansas City Southern de México">KCSM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferromex" title="Ferromex">FXE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1956–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor_Railroad_(1895%E2%80%931976)" title="Ann Arbor Railroad (1895–1976)">AA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad" title="Atlantic Coast Line Railroad">ACL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akron,_Canton_and_Youngstown_Railroad" title="Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad">AC&Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Great_Southern_Railroad" title="Alabama Great Southern Railroad">AGS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_and_St._Andrews_Bay_Railroad" title="Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad">ASAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama,_Tennessee_and_Northern_Railroad" title="Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad">AT&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway">AT&SF</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Auto-Train_Corporation" title="Auto-Train Corporation">AUT</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_and_West_Point_Railroad" title="Atlanta and West Point Railroad">A&WP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_and_Aroostook_Railroad" title="Bangor and Aroostook Railroad">B&AR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_and_Maine_Railroad" title="Boston and Maine Railroad">B&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington_Northern_Railroad" title="Burlington Northern Railroad">BN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Baltimore and Ohio Railroad">B&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_and_Northwestern_Railway" title="Carolina and Northwestern Railway">CAR&NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad" title="Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad">CB&Q</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Eastern_Illinois_Railroad" title="Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad">C&EI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_of_Georgia_Railway" title="Central of Georgia Railway">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Great_Western_Railway" title="Chicago Great Western Railway">CGW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_and_Midland_Railroad" title="Illinois and Midland Railroad">C&IM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey" title="Central Railroad of New Jersey">CNJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_New_Orleans_and_Texas_Pacific_Railway" title="Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway">CNO&TP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_North_Western_Transportation_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago and North Western Transportation Company">C&NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway" title="Chesapeake and Ohio Railway">C&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Lines_in_Maine" title="Canadian Pacific Lines in Maine">CPME</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conrail" title="Conrail">CR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinchfield_Railroad" title="Clinchfield Railroad">CRR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_and_Southern_Railway" title="Colorado and Southern Railway">C&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chessie_System" title="Chessie System">CS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_St._Paul,_Minneapolis_and_Omaha_Railway" title="Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway">CSPM&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Vermont_Railway" title="Central Vermont Railway">CV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_and_Wyoming_Railway" title="Colorado and Wyoming Railway">C&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_and_Western_Carolina_Railway" title="Charleston and Western Carolina Railway">C&WC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Hudson_Railway" title="Delaware and Hudson Railway">DH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad" title="Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad">DL&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Missabe_and_Iron_Range_Railway" title="Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway">DM&IR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad" title="Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad">D&RGW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_South_Shore_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway">DSS&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Toledo_and_Ironton_Railroad" title="Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad">DT&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_and_Toledo_Shore_Line_Railroad" title="Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad">D&TSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Winnipeg_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway">DW&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin,_Joliet_and_Eastern_Railway" title="Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway">EJ&E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie_Lackawanna_Railway" title="Erie Lackawanna Railway">EL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie_Railroad" title="Erie Railroad">ERIE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_East_Coast_Railway" title="Florida East Coast Railway">FEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_and_Denver_Railway" title="Fort Worth and Denver Railway">FW&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Railroad_and_Banking_Company" title="Georgia Railroad and Banking Company">GA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_and_Western_Railroad" title="Green Bay and Western Railroad">GB&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_and_Florida_Railroad_(1926%E2%80%9363)" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia and Florida Railroad (1926–63)">G&F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf,_Mobile_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad">GM&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(U.S.)" title="Great Northern Railway (U.S.)">GN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_and_Florida_Railway" title="Georgia Southern and Florida Railway">GS&F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Western_Railroad" title="Grand Trunk Western Railroad">GTW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad" title="Illinois Central Railroad">IC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad" title="Illinois Central Railroad">ICG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Terminal_Railroad" title="Illinois Terminal Railroad">ITC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas,_Oklahoma_and_Gulf_Railway" title="Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway">KO&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_and_Arkansas_Railway" title="Louisiana and Arkansas Railway">L&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_and_Hudson_River_Railway" title="Lehigh and Hudson River Railway">L&HR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road" title="Long Island Rail Road">LI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfield_and_Madison_Railway" title="Litchfield and Madison Railway">L&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_and_Nashville_Railroad" title="Louisville and Nashville Railroad">L&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_and_New_England_Railroad" title="Lehigh and New England Railroad">L&NE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Superior_and_Ishpeming_Railroad" title="Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad">LS&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Railroad" title="Lehigh Valley Railroad">LV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Central_Railroad_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Maine Central Railroad Company">MEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monongahela_Railway" title="Monongahela Railway">MGA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri%E2%80%93Illinois_Railroad" title="Missouri–Illinois Railroad">MI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Milwaukee,_St._Paul_and_Pacific_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad">MILW/CMStP&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Interstate_Railway" title="Michigan Interstate Railway">MIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri%E2%80%93Kansas%E2%80%93Texas_Railroad" title="Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad">MKT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis,_Northfield_and_Southern_Railway" title="Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway">MN&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monon_Railroad" title="Monon Railroad">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Pacific_Railroad" title="Missouri Pacific Railroad">MP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_and_St._Louis_Railway" title="Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway">M&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Chattanooga_and_St._Louis_Railway" title="Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway">NC&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_New_Haven_and_Hartford_Railroad" title="New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad">NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad">NKP/ NYC&StL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Susquehanna_and_Western_Railway" title="New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway">NYS&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_and_Northeastern_Railroad" title="New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad">NO&NE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Pacific_Railway" title="Northern Pacific Railway">NP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway_(1942%E2%80%9382)" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Southern Railway (1942–82)">NS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_and_Western_Railway" title="Norfolk and Western Railway">N&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Pacific_Railroad" title="Northwestern Pacific Railroad">NWP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad">NYC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Connecting_Railroad" title="New York Connecting Railroad">NYCN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Ontario_and_Western_Railway" title="New York, Ontario and Western Railway">NYO&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_Central_Transportation_Company" title="Penn Central Transportation Company">PC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad" title="Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad">P&LE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_and_Northern_Railway" title="Piedmont and Northern Railway">P&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">PRR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania-Reading_Seashore_Lines" title="Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines">PRSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_and_West_Virginia_Railway" title="Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway">P&WV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_Company" title="Reading Company">RDG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Fredericksburg_and_Potomac_Railroad" title="Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad">RF&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland_Railroad" title="Rutland Railroad">RUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quanah,_Acme_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway">QA&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railroad" title="Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad">RI/CRIP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savannah_and_Atlanta_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Savannah and Atlanta Railway">S&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad" title="Seaboard Air Line Railroad">SAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaboard_System_Railroad" title="Seaboard System Railroad">SBD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaboard_Coast_Line_Railroad" title="Seaboard Coast Line Railroad">SCL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_and_Arizona_Eastern_Railway" title="San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway">SD&AE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane_International_Railroad" title="Spokane International Railroad">SI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staten_Island_Railway" title="Staten Island Railway">SIRT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis%E2%80%93San_Francisco_Railway" title="St. Louis–San Francisco Railway">SLSF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_San_Francisco_and_Texas_Railway" title="St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway">SLSFTX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Northern_Railway" title="Sacramento Northern Railway">SN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis,_St._Paul_and_Sault_Ste._Marie_Railroad" title="Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad">SOO/MStP&SSM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(U.S.)" title="Southern Railway (U.S.)">SOU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Railroad" title="Southern Pacific Railroad">SP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane,_Portland_and_Seattle_Railway" title="Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway">SP&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Southwestern_Railway" title="St. Louis Southwestern Railway">SSW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Central_Railway" title="Tennessee Central Railway">TC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Southern_de_M%C3%A9xico" title="Kansas City Southern de México">TFM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Mexican_Railway" title="Texas Mexican Railway">TM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_and_New_Orleans_Railroad" title="Texas and New Orleans Railroad">T&NO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Texas and Pacific Railway">T&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Peoria_and_Western_Railway" title="Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway">TP&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginian_Railway" title="Virginian Railway">VGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Railway_of_Alabama" title="Western Railway of Alabama">WA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabash_Railroad" title="Wabash Railroad">WAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Central_Railway_(1897%E2%80%931954)" title="Wisconsin Central Railway (1897–1954)">WC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Maryland_Railway" title="Western Maryland Railway">WM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Pacific_Railroad" title="Western Pacific Railroad">WP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">pre-1956</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alton_Railroad" title="Alton Railroad">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Birmingham_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway">AB&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Birmingham_and_Coast_Railroad" title="Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad">AB&C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_Railroad" title="Atlantic City Railroad">AC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_and_Danville_Railway" title="Atlantic and Danville Railway">A&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad">A&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butte,_Anaconda_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway">BA&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Chesapeake_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway">BC&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennecott_Utah_Copper_rail_line" title="Kennecott Utah Copper rail line">B&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington-Rock_Island_Railroad" title="Burlington-Rock Island Railroad">BRI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_Rochester_and_Pittsburgh_Railway" title="Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway">BR&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_and_Susquehanna_Railroad" title="Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad">B&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Sour_Lake_and_Western_Railway" title="Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway">BSL&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alton_Railroad" title="Alton Railroad">C&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Akron_and_Columbus_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway">CA&C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_and_Coke_Railway" title="Coal and Coke Railway">C&C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railway" title="Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway">CCC&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Chicago and Atlantic Railway">C&E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_and_Greenville_Railway" title="Columbus and Greenville Railway">C&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Hamilton_and_Dayton_Railway_(1846%E2%80%931917)" title="Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (1846–1917)">CH&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambria_and_Indiana_Railroad" title="Cambria and Indiana Railroad">C&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Northern_Railroad_(1894%E2%80%931938)" title="Cincinnati Northern Railroad (1894–1938)">CINN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Indiana_and_Southern_Railroad" title="Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad">CI&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Indianapolis_and_Western_Railroad" title="Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad">CI&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Lebanon_and_Northern_Railway" title="Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway">CL&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Midland_Railway" title="Colorado Midland Railway">CM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Milwaukee_and_Puget_Sound_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway">CM&PS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_New_England_Railway" title="Central New England Railway">CNE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad">CNNE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Northern_Railway" title="Canadian Northern Railway">CNOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Peoria_and_St._Louis_Railroad" title="Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad">CP&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Lines_in_Vermont" title="Canadian Pacific Lines in Vermont">CPVT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Gulf_Railway" title="Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway">CRI&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper_River_and_Northwestern_Railway" title="Copper River and Northwestern Railway">CR&NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_Pennsylvania" title="Central Railroad of Pennsylvania">CRP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Valley_Railroad" title="Cumberland Valley Railroad">CVRR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Grand_Haven_and_Milwaukee_Railway" title="Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway">DGH&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth_and_Iron_Range_Railroad" title="Duluth and Iron Range Railroad">D&IR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_and_Mackinac_Railway" title="Detroit and Mackinac Railway">D&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Missabe_and_Northern_Railway" title="Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway">DM&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Salt_Lake_Railway" title="Denver and Salt Lake Railway">DNW&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Salt_Lake_Railway" title="Denver and Salt Lake Railway">D&SL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_and_Southwestern_Railroad" title="El Paso and Southwestern Railroad">EP&SW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville_and_Crawfordsville_Railroad" title="Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad">E&TH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_and_Cripple_Creek_Railroad" title="Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad">F&CC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fonda,_Johnstown_and_Gloversville_Railroad" title="Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad">FJ&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Smith_and_Western_Railway" title="Fort Smith and Western Railway">FS&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_and_Rio_Grande_Railway" title="Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway">FW&RG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf,_Colorado_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway">GC&SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bayou,_Brazos_and_Colorado_Railway" title="Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway">GH&SA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf,_Mobile_and_Northern_Railroad" title="Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad">GM&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_and_Indiana_Railroad" title="Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad">GR&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_and_Ship_Island_Railroad" title="Gulf and Ship Island Railroad">G&SI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_East_and_West_Texas_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston East and West Texas Railway">HE&WT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_and_Texas_Central_Railway" title="Houston and Texas Central 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