The following

railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

s operate in the

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

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

Common freight carriers

* Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road (ADBF) * Ann Arbor Railroad (AA) *

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company () is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...

(CN) through subsidiaries

Grand Trunk Western Railroad The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company was an American subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway, later of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Since a corporate restructuring in 1971, the railroad ha ...

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

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

(WC) *

Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway () , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Canadian Pacific Ka ...

(CP) through subsidiary

Soo Line Railroad The Soo Line Railroad is one of the primary United States railroad subsidiaries for the CPKC Railway , one of six U.S. Class I railroads, controlled through the Soo Line Corporation. Although it is named for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Saul ...

(SOO) * Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS) *

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

(CRSH, CSAO) *

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

(CPMY) *

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

(CSXT) *

Delray Connecting Railroad Delray Connecting Railroad is a railroad operating on Zug Island in Michigan. The railroad interchanges with the Canadian National (formerly Grand Trunk Western ( GTW)), Norfolk Southern (NS), CSX and Conrail. Delray Connecting Railroad is owne ...

(DC) * Detroit Connecting Railroad (DCON) *

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

(ELS) *

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

(GDLK) * Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (GR) *

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

(GLC) * Hamilton Northwestern Railroad (HNW) *

Huron and Eastern Railway Huron and Eastern Railway is a short line railroad operating of track in The Thumb and Flint/Tri-Cities area of the lower peninsula of Michigan. It is currently owned by Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., who purchased it from RailAmerica in 2012. Its ...

(HESR) *

Indiana Northeastern Railroad The Indiana Northeastern Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class III shortline railroad, short line freight railroad operating on nearly in southern lower Michigan, northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. The Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company be ...

(IN) *

Indiana and Ohio Railway The Indiana & Ohio Railway is an American railroad that operates of track in Ohio, southern Michigan, and parts of southeastern Indiana. It is owned and operated by Genesee & Wyoming, who acquired the railroad in the 2012 purchase of RailAmerica ...

(IORY) * Jackson and Lansing Railroad (JAIL) *

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

(LSRC) *

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

(LSI) * Lapeer Industrial Railroad (LIRR) * Marquette Rail, LLC (MQT) *

Michigan Shore Railroad The Michigan Shore Railroad is a short line railroad in the United States owned by Genesee & Wyoming that operates of track, connecting Fremont, Michigan, Fremont to CSX at West Olive, Michigan with trackage rights extending south to Holland, Mi ...

(MS) * Michigan Southern Railroad (MSO) *

Mid-Michigan Railroad The Mid-Michigan Railroad is a railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming. It operates of track in Michigan. History The company incorporated in 1987, for the purpose of acquiring railway lines from the CSX Corporation. The company was owned at incept ...

(MMRR) *

Mineral Range Railroad The Mineral Range Railroad (reporting mark MRA) is a shortline railroad in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It began operations in 2002 over a three mile long industrial track from Ishpeming, Michigan, Ishpeming to Tilden Township, Michigan, Nati ...

(MRA) *

Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The comp ...

(NS) *

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

(WMI)

Private freight carriers

* carmeuse Lime & Stone * Port Inland Railroad

Passenger carriers

* Adrian & Blissfield Railroad (ADBF) *

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

(AMTK) * Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS) *

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

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

* Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation *

QLine The QLINE is a streetcar system in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Opened on May 12, 2017, it connects Downtown Detroit with Midtown and New Center, running along Woodward Avenue (M-1) for its entire route. The system was developed by M- ...

* Southern Michigan Railroad

Defunct railroads

;Passenger carriers * Alanson and Petoskey Railroad *

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the oldest railroads in North America, oldest railroad in the United States and the first steam engine, steam-operated common carrier. Construction of the line began in 1828, and it operated as B&O from 1830 ...

(B&O, BO):

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

Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...

for passenger trains only * Boyne Valley Railroad *

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

;Electric * Adrian Electric Street Railway *

Adrian Street Railway Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water". The Adria was until the 8th century BC the main ...

Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Electric Railway The Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway, known informally as the Ypsi-Ann, was an interurban railroad operating in southeastern Michigan; it was the first such operation in the state. History In October 1889 the city of Ypsilanti, Michigan in ...

* Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway * Bay Cities Consolidated Railway * Benton Harbor and St. Joseph Electric Railway * Citizens' Street Railway (Battle Creek) * Citizens' Street Railway (Kalamazoo) *

City Electric Railway (Detroit) A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

* City Electric Railway (Port Huron) * Consolidated Street Railway *

Crystal Lake Railway A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macrosco ...

Detroit Railway Detroit ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 26th-most populous city ...

* Detroit and Chicago Traction Company * Detroit Citizens' Street Railway * Detroit Electric Railway * Detroit and Flint Railway * Detroit, Fort Wayne and Belle Isle Railway * Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railway * Detroit and Lake St. Clair Railway * Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway * Detroit, Mount Clemens and Marine City Railway * Detroit and Northwestern Railway * Detroit, Plymouth and Northville Railway * Detroit and Pontiac Railway *

Detroit and Port Huron Shore Line Railway Detroit ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 26th-most populous city ...

* Detroit and River St. Clair Railway * Detroit, Rochester, Romeo and Lake Orion Railway *

Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad The Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad is a historic railroad that operated in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan. The Pleasant Bay Railway was incorporated in Michigan in March 1898 and purchased the Toledo and Ottawa Beach Railwa ...

* Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Railway * Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railway *

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

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

Grand Rapids and Chicago Railway Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor Places * Grand, Oklahoma, USA * Grand, Vosges, village and commune in France with Gallo-Roman amphitheatre * Grand County (disambiguation), ...

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

* Grand Rapids, Holland and Lake Michigan Rapid Railway *

Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor Places * Grand, Oklahoma, USA * Grand, Vosges, village and commune in France with Gallo-Roman amphitheatre * Grand County (disambiguation), s ...

* Highland Park Railway * Holland and Lake Michigan Railway * Houghton County Traction Company * Inter-Urban Railway * Jackson and Ann Arbor Railway *

Jackson and Battle Creek Traction Company Jackson may refer to: Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, Queensland, a locality in the Maranoa Region * Jackson South, Queensland, a locality in the Maranoa Region * Jackson oil field in Durha ...

* Jackson Street Railway * Jackson and Suburban Traction Company * Kalamazoo, Gull Lake and Northern Railroad * Lansing City Railway * Lansing City Electric Railway * Lansing, Dexter and Ann Arbor Railway * Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis Railway * Manistee, Filer City and Eastlake Railway * Marinette Gas, Electric Light and Street Railway *

Marquette City and Presque Isle Railway Marquette may refer to: Locations France *Marquette-en-Ostrevant, Nord * Marquette-lez-Lille, Nord United States * Marquette, Illinois * Marquette, Iowa * Marquette, Kansas *Marquette, Nebraska * Marquette (town), Wisconsin **Marquette, Wisconsin ...

* Menominee Electric Light, Railway and Power Company * Michigan Railroad (MRC) * Michigan Railway *

Michigan Traction Company Michigan ( ) is a peninsular state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio t ...

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

* Mount Clemens and Lake Side Traction Company * Muskegon Railway *

Muskegon Street Railway Muskegon ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Muskegon County, Michigan, United States. Situated around a harbor of Lake Michigan, Muskegon is known for fishing, sailing regattas, and boating. It is the most populous city along Lake Michigan' ...

* Muskegon Traction and Lighting Company * Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railroad *

Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railway and Electric Company Negaunee ( or ) is a city in Marquette County, Michigan, Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,627 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is located at the southwest corner of Negaunee Township, M ...

* North Detroit Electric Railway * Owosso and Corunna Electric Company * Owosso and Corunna Traction Company * Port Huron, St. Clair and Marine City * Rapid Railroad *

Rapid Railway Rapid(s) or RAPID may refer to: Hydrological features * Rapids, sections of a river with turbulent water flow * Rapid Creek (Iowa River tributary), Iowa, United States * Rapid Creek (South Dakota), United States, namesake of Rapid City Sports ...

* Saginaw Consolidated Street Railway * Saginaw Suburban Railway * Saginaw Valley Traction Company * St. Joseph and Benton Harbor Street Railway * Saugatuck, Douglass and Lake Shore Railway * South Grand Rapids Street Railway * South Haven and Paw Paw Lake Electric Railway *

Southern Michigan Traction Company Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ...

* Toledo, Adrian and Jackson Railway * Trans-St. Mary's Traction Company *

Twin City General Electric Company Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of Twin Last Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two e ...

* Union Street Railway * West Michigan Traction Company *

Wyandotte and Detroit River Railway Wyandotte may refer to: Native American ethnography * Wyandotte people, also known as Wyandots and Hurons * Wyandotte Nation, a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma United States geographic names * Wyandotte, Arkansas, a ...

Miniature railroads

Defunct

Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad The Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad was a , 1/4-scale ridable miniature railway, located in Fairview, Michigan. The railroad ran through the scenic Huron National Forest and the Comins Creek valley. The railroad operated continuously from 1994 b ...

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References

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Railroads Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road ...