List of Michigan Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Allegan and Holland Railroad 1868 1869
Allegan and Lake Shore Railroad 1883 1889
Allegan and Southeastern Railroad 1878 1883
Alpena and Northern Railroad 1893 1895
Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad 1857 1867
Ann Arbor Railroad 1895 1976
Arcadia and Betsey River Railway 1895 1936
Au Sable and Northwestern Railroad 1891 1906
Au Sable and Northwestern Railway 1908 1914
Battle Creek and Bay City Railway 1888 1889
Battle Creek and Sturgis Railway 1889 1969
Bay City Belt Line Railroad 1889 1903
Bay City Terminal Railway 1910 1928
Bay City and Alpena Railroad 1881 1883
Bay City and Battle Creek Railway 1889 1916
Bay City and East Saginaw Railroad 1864 1872
Bay De Noquet and Marquette Railroad 1857 1871
Bay View, Little Traverse and Mackinaw Railroad 1879 1887
Bear Lake and Eastern Railroad 1882 1902
Benton Harbor Terminal Railway 1901 Unknown
Benton Harbor and South Eastern Railway 1893 1897
Benton Harbor, Coloma and Paw Paw Lake Train Railway 1895 1903
Blaney and Southern Railway 1902 Unknown
Boyne City and South Eastern Railroad 1893 1905
Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad 1905 1935
Buchanan and St. Joseph River Railroad 1894 1912
Buckley and Douglas Railroad 1881 1889
Canada Southern Bridge Company 1873 Unknown
Canada Southern Railway 1874 1904
Canada and St. Louis Railway 1887 1889
Caro and Lake Huron Railroad 1901 1908
Cass River Railroad 1871 1872
Central Railroad 1837 1846
Chicago and Canada Southern Railway 1871 1888
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway 1880 1900
Chicago and Kalamazoo Terminal Railroad 1895 1928
Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad 1873 1879
Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad 1869 1878
Chicago and North Eastern Railroad 1874 1880
Chicago and North Michigan Railroad 1891 1899
Chicago and North Western Railway 1859 1972
Chicago and West Michigan Railroad 1878 1881
Chicago and West Michigan Railway 1881 1917
Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad 1858 1928
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad 1906 1914
Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway 1883 1976
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway 1872 1928
Chicago, Saginaw and Canada Railroad 1873 1883
Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad 1855 1859
Cincinnati Northern Railroad 1894 1938
Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad 1891 1892
Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad 1886 1892
Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway 1892 1897
Cincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad 1889 1943
Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway 1871 1915
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway 1889 1976
Coldwater Train Railway 1905 Unknown
Colfax and Big Rapids Railroad 1887 1889
Copper Range Railroad 1899 1972
Crawford and Manistee River Railway 1885 1904
Dead River Railroad 1889 1907
Delray Terminal Railroad 1905 Unknown
Detroit Belt Line Railroad 1909 1916
Detroit Manufacturers Railroad 1902 1969
Detroit River Bridge Company 1898 1905
Detroit River Railroad and Bridge Company 1872 1873
Detroit River Tunnel Company 1905 Unknown
Detroit Southern Railroad 1901 1905
Detroit Terminal Railroad 1905 1984
Detroit Terminal Railway 1901 1902
Detroit Transit Railway 1872 1901
Detroit Union Railroad Depot and Station Company 1881 1955
Detroit and Bay City Railroad 1881 1916
Detroit and Bay City Railway 1871 1881
Detroit and Charlevoix Railroad 1901 1916
Detroit and Chicago Railroad 1888 1914
Detroit and Cincinnati Railway 1896 1897
Detroit and Howell Railroad 1864 1870
Detroit and Huron Railway 1912 1928
Detroit and Ironton Railroad 1920 1931
Detroit and Lima Northern Railway 1897 1901
Detroit and Mackinac Railway 1894 1992
Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad 1860 1878
Detroit and Milwaukee Railway 1855 1860
Detroit and Pontiac Railroad 1834 1855
Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad 1832 1837
Detroit and State Line Railroad 1872 1872
Detroit and State Line Wabash Railroad 1889 1889
Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad 1899 1981
Detroit and Western Railway 1908 1958
Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad 1883 1894
Detroit, Bay City and Western Railroad 1907 1925
Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad 1880 1881
Detroit, Delray and Dearborn Railroad 1895 1916
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway 1878 1928
Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad 1896 1899
Detroit, Hillsdale and Indiana Railroad 1869 1875
Detroit, Hillsdale and South Western Railroad 1875 1960
Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad 1870 1871
Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad 1871 1876
Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad 1876 1896
Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad 1879 1886
Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad 1855 1914
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad 1914 1983
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway 1905 1913
Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad 1897 1969
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway 1887 1949
East Jordan and Southern Railroad 1901 1961
East Saginaw and St. Clair Railroad 1872 1889
Elkhart, Niles and Lake Michigan Railroad 1880 1882
Empire and Southeastern Railroad Unknown 1920
Epworth League Railway 1895 1901
Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad 1833 1976
Erie and Michigan Railway and Navigation Company 1904 1949
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway 1880 1901
Escanaba, Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad 1895 1895
Escanaba, Iron Mountain and Western Railroad 1890 1947
Flint River Railroad 1871 1872
Flint and Fentonville Railroad 1863 1863
Flint and Holly Railroad 1863 1868
Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad 1880 1899
Flint and Pere Marquette Railway 1857 1880
Fort Street Union Depot Company 1889 1969
Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad 1880 1976
Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad 1868 1879
Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad 1885 1892
Garden Bay Railway 1914 1917
Glencoe, Pinconning and Lake Shore Railroad 1876 1879
Gogebic and Montreal River Railroad 1883 Unknown
Grand Haven Railroad 1878 1881
Grand Rapids Terminal Belt Railway 1905 Unknown
Grand Rapids Terminal Railroad 1904 1928
Grand Rapids and Holland Railroad 1871 1871
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad 1854 1896
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway 1896 1954
Grand Rapids and Lake Shore Railroad 1869 1870
Grand Rapids and Mackinaw Railroad 1857 1857
Grand Rapids and Southern Railroad 1855 1855
Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad 1898 1903
Grand Rapids, Indiana and Mackinaw Railroad 1881 1884
Grand Rapids, Kalkaska and Southeastern Railroad 1897 1920
Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit Railroad 1887 1896
Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad 1869 1881
Grand River Valley Railroad 1846 1916
Grand Trunk Railway 1853 1923
Grand Trunk Railway of Michigan 1867 1868
Grand Trunk Western Railway 1900 1928
Grass Lake and Manistee River Railroad 1886 1892
Grayling, Twin Lakes and Northeastern Railroad 1891 1901
Hancock and Calumet Railroad 1885 1935
Harbor Beach and Port Hope Railroad 1903 1903
Harbor Springs Railway 1901 1912
Hastings, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad 1883 1887
Hecla Belt Line Railroad 1902 1913
Hobart and Manistee River Railroad 1879 1890
Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railway 1865 1872
Houghton and L'Anse Railroad 1881 1883
Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad 1870 1872
Howell and Lansing Railroad 1868 1870
Huron and Western Railroad 1902 1940
Indiana and Lake Michigan Railway 1887 1898
Indiana and Michigan Railroad 1881 1881
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad 1881 1906
Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railroad 1889 1894
Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railway 1886 1889
Ionia and Lansing Railroad 1866 1871
Ionia, Stanton and Northern Railroad 1872 1872
Iron Mountain Railroad 1855 1859
Iron Mountain Railway 1855 1927
Iron Range Railway 1887 1889
Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad 1890 1900
Iron River Railway 1886 1889
Ithaca and Alma Railroad 1882 1882
Jackson and Cincinnati Railway 1895 1898
Jackson and Ohio Railroad 1884 1886
Jackson, Fort Wayne and Cincinnati Railroad 1868 1869
Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad 1865 1916
Jennings and Northeastern Railroad Unknown 1920
Kalamazoo and Allegan Railroad 1867 1868
Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Railroad 1868 1868
Kalamazoo and Schoolcraft Railroad 1866 1869
Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad 1869 1916
Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad 1869 1914
Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad 1868 1976
Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway 1905 1925
Kalamazoo, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad 1871 1883
Keweenaw Central Railroad 1905 Unknown
Lac La Belle and Calumet Railroad 1883 1888
Lake George and Muskegon River Railroad 1876 1886
Lake Huron and Southwestern Railway 1879 1879
Lake Michigan Division of the Toledo and South Haven Railroad 1884 1886
Lake Shore Railroad of Western Michigan 1869 1869
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway 1869 1914
Lake Superior Iron Mountain Railroad 1862 1878
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railway 1893 1923
Lansing Connecting Railroad 1914 Unknown
Lansing Manufacturers Railroad 1904 1969
Lansing Transit Railway 1886 1969
Lansing and Jackson Railroad 1864 1865
Lansing, Alma, Mount Pleasant and Northern Railroad 1884 1886
Lapeer and Northern Railroad 1872 1880
Leelanau Transit Company 1919 1973
Lewiston and Southeastern Railroad 1896 1910
Lima Northern Railway 1895 1897
Lowell and Hastings Railroad 1887 1899
Ludington and Northern Railway 1901 1982
Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad 1886 1887
Manistee Railroad 1880 1889
Manistee and Grand Rapids Railroad 1889 1913
Manistee and Luther Railroad 1886 1914
Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad 1887 1926
Manistique Railway 1886 1910
Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad 1909 1968
Manistique and Northern Railroad 1908 1909
Manistique and Northwestern Railway 1891 1902
Manistique, Marquette and Northern Railroad 1902 1908
Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad 1871 1877
Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad 1863 1872
Marquette and Ontonagon Railway 1857 1863
Marquette and Southeastern Railway 1900 1911
Marquette and State Line Railroad 1857 1857
Marquette and Western Railroad 1883 1885
Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad 1872 1890
Mason and Oceana Railroad 1886 1909
Mecosta Railroad 1882 1888
Menominee Branch Railroad 1883 1887
Menominee River Railroad 1875 1882
Menominee and Northern Railroad 1893 1895
Menominee and Sault Ste. Marie Railway 1885 1888
Menominee and St. Paul Railway 1899 1958
Michigan Air Line Railroad 1868 1916
Michigan Air Line Railway 1875 1928
Michigan Central Bridge Company 1896 1898
Michigan Central Railroad 1846 1976
Michigan East and West Railway 1914 1918
Michigan Lake Shore Railroad 1869 1878
Michigan Midland Railroad 1870 1873
Michigan Midland and Canada Railroad 1872 1906
Michigan Railway 1880 1880
Michigan Southern Railroad 1846 1855
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad 1855 1869
Michigan and Canada Bridge and Tunnel Company 1905 1905
Michigan and Mackinaw Railroad 1891 1892
Michigan and Ohio Railroad 1883 1887
Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Railroad 1905 1906
Milwaukee and Northern Railroad 1880 1893
Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway 1897 1903
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad 1872 1875
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway 1875 1893
Mineral Range Railroad 1872 1949
Mineral Range and L'Anse Bay Railroad 1871 1872
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway 1883 1888
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway 1888 1944
Miscauno and North-Western Railway 1905 1905
Monroe and Toledo Railway 1893 1897
Montague, Pentwater and Manistee Railroad 1871 1871
Munising Railway 1895 1911
Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway 1911 1923
Muskegon Lake Railroad 1879 1900
Muskegon Railway and Navigation Company 1918 1955
Muskegon River and Rose Lake Railway 1878 1881
Muskegon and Big Rapids Railroad 1871 1872
Muskegon and Ferrysburg Railroad 1869 1869
Muskegon, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad 1886 1917
Negaunee and Palmer Railroad 1888 1890
New York Central Railroad 1853 1968
North Western Grand Trunk Railway 1879 1880
Northern Central Michigan Railroad 1866 1914
Northern Michigan Railroad 1888 1899
Oakland and Ottawa Railroad 1848 1855
Ohio and Michigan Railway 1870 1871
Ohio and Michigan Traction Company 1903 1904
Onaway and North Michigan Railway 1901 Unknown
Ontonagon Railroad 1904 1932
Ontonagon and Brule River Railroad 1880 1890
Ontonagon and State Line Railroad 1856 1857
Owosso and Big Rapids Railroad 1869 1871
Owosso and North Western Railroad 1871 1883
Oxford and Port Austin Railroad 1879 1880
Paint River Railway 1890 1891
Palmyra and Jacksonburgh Railroad 1836 1844
Paris and Pere Marquette River Railroad 1882 1889
Patterson Railroad 1870 1872
Paw Paw Railroad 1857 1912
Peninsula Railroad of Michigan 1862 1865
Peninsular Railway 1865 1873
Peninsular Railway Extension Company 1868 1868
Pennsylvania 1917 1926
Penokee Railroad 1886 1888
Pensalt Railroad 1901 1908
Pere Marquette Railroad 1899 1917
Pere Marquette Railroad of Indiana 1903 1907
Pere Marquette Railway 1917 1947
Pinconning Railroad 1879 1880
Pleasant Bay Railway 1898 1899
Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Railroad 1889 1928
Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad 1880 1889
Port Huron Railroad Tunnel Company 1886 1886
Port Huron Southern Railroad 1900 1917
Port Huron and Detroit Railroad 1917 1990
Port Huron and Indiana Railway 1900 1900
Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad 1847 1873
Port Huron and Milwaukee Railway 1855 1863
Port Huron and Northwestern Railway 1878 1889
Port Huron and South Western Railway 1882 1882
Potts Logging Railway 1887 1891
Quincy and Torch Lake Railroad 1888 1945
Quinnesec and Western Railway 1905 1905
Republic Branch Railroad 1881 1887
River Raisin and Lake Erie Railroad 1836 1840
Saginaw Bay and Northwestern Railroad 1880 1901
Saginaw Valley and St. Louis Railroad 1871 1896
Saginaw and Clare County Railroad 1877 1889
Saginaw and Grand Rapids Railroad 1878 1896
Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad 1879 1889
Saginaw and Western Railroad 1883 1896
Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Railroad 1881 1903
Sanilac Railroad 1901 1903
Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette Railroad 1880 1887
Schoolcraft and Three Rivers Railroad 1855 1869
Shelby and Detroit Railroad 1834 1844
South Bend and St. Joseph Railroad 1884 1884
South Eastern Michigan Railway 1871 1871
South Haven and Eastern Railroad 1894 1903
Southern Railroad 1837 1867
St. Clair River, Pontiac and Jackson Railroad 1872 1872
St. Clair Tunnel Company 1886 2008
St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad 1872 1875
St. Clair and Western Railroad 1906 1932
St. Joseph Valley Railroad 1848 1889
St. Joseph Valley Railway 1889 1918
St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad 1899 1943
St. Louis, Sturgis and Battle Creek Railroad 1884 1889
Ste. Marie Union Depot Company 1900 1952
Sturgis and State Line Railway 1886 1887
Sturgis, Goshen and St. Louis Railway 1889 1915
Tawas and Bay County Railroad 1880 1883
Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad 1877 1880
Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad 1897 1897
Toledo and Milwaukee Railway 1879 1883
Toledo and South Haven Railroad 1876 1894
Toledo, Ann Arbor and Cadillac Railway 1886 1888
Toledo, Ann Arbor and Detroit Railroad 1904 1912
Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway 1880 1884
Toledo, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railroad 1911 1915
Toledo, Ann Arbor and Lake Michigan Railway 1888 1890
Toledo, Ann Arbor and Mount Pleasant Railway 1886 1887
Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway 1882 1895
Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northeastern Railroad 1878 1880
Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Railroad 1869 1875
Toledo, Canada Southern and Detroit Railway 1872 1916
Toledo, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad 1887 1890
Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway 1886 1928
Toledo 1915 1931
Traverse City Railroad 1871 1917
Traverse City, Leelanau and Manistique Railway 1908 1919
Traverse City, Leelanau, and Manistique Railroad 1901 1907
Vieux Desert and Lake Superior Railroad 1881 1883
Wabash Railroad 1851 1915
Wabash Railway 1876 1942
Wabash Western Railway 1887 1889
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway 1879 1886
White River Railroad 1879 1934
Wisconsin Central Company 1887 1899
Wisconsin Central Railway 1897 1954
Wisconsin and Michigan Railway 1893 1938
Wisconsin, Michigan and Northern Railway 1898 1902
Wisconsin, Sault Ste. Marie and Mackinac Railway 1886 1887
Wyandotte Southern Railroad 1908 1986
Wyandotte Terminal Railroad 1904 1982