Ann Arbor & Michigan Northern (AAMN)

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The Ann Arbor & Michigan Northern (AAMN) is a Class 2 rail carrier formed in 2005 with the purchase of the Tuscola & Saginaw Bay Railway (TSBY). The railroad operates on the following lines:
• Former Ann Arbor trackage from Osmer) north of Ann Arbor) to Yuma (MP 50.5-249.5)
• Former PRR trackage from Cadillac to Petoskey (332.5-425.0)
• Former PRR trackage from Walton Jct. (north of Cadillac) to Traverse City (0-25.0)
• Ex PM branches to Grawn and Williamsburg (136.5-159.5)
• Former NYC trackage from Owosso to Chesaning (63.5-82.0)
• Former GTW trackage from Ashley to Middleton (0-12.5)
• A small portion of the abandoned CSX (C&O) Ludington Subdivision in Clare, Michigan, (49.5-51.0)
AAMN’s total mileage, including trackage rights on CN Pit Jct. to Durand (65.5-67.0) and HESR Durand to Sand Jct. (Owosso) (67.0-76.5) is 372 miles.

AAMN hosts the Steam Railroading Institute.

AAMN has a preferred interchange partnership with Watco’s Ann Arbor Railroad which allows commodities using both railroads to be priced as a single entity.

AAMN interchanges with:
• CN and HESR at Durand.
• MMRR at Alma.
• CSX at Ann Pere (Howell).
• AA at Osmer (Ann Arbor).

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Owner: Ann Arbor & Michigan Northern
Model: Rebuilt EMD SD40-2 Built As: PC 6262 (SD40)
Serial Number: 36918
Order No: 7290
Frame Number: 7290-23 Built: 12/1970
Notes: In AAMN Service
Other locos with this serial: AAMN 382(SD40-2) CITX 3089(SD40-2) GCFX 3089(SD40-2) CRLX 609(SD40-2) CR 6262(SD40) PC 6262(SD40)


Owner: Ann Arbor & Michigan Northern
Model: Rebuilt EMD GP38-2 Built As: BO 4817 (GP38) & BO 3766 (GP40)
Serial Number: 36693 & 37190
Order No: 7274 & 7301
Frame Number: 7274-28 & 7301-2 Built: 12/1970 & 2/1971
Notes: 384 scrapped 2018
Other locos with this serial: AAMN 383(GP38-2) GMTX 2663(GP38-2) LLPX 2039(GP38) CSX 2117(GP38) BO 3766(GP38)
Other locos with this serial: AAMN 384(GP38-2) GMTX 2675(GP38-2) CSX 6542(GP40) BO 3766(GP40)



Owner: Ann Arbor & Michigan Northern
Model: EMD GP35d-3 Built As: AA 385, 389-394 (GP35)
Serial Number: 28991-29000
Order No: 7712
Frame Number: 7712-1-7712-10 Built: 3-6/1964
Notes: Rebuilt as GP35d-3 2007-09. Rebuilt as GP35d-3 2007-09. 389 scrapped 2008. 390 OOS Parts Source. 391 scrapped in 2013. 392 Stored Serviceable.
Other locos with this serial: AAMN (GP35) TSBY (GP35) AA (GP35)



Owner: Ann Arbor & Michigan Northern
Model: EMD GP35d-3 Built As: SOU 2648 2681 (GP35)
Serial Number: 29903 & 29936
Order No: 7774
Frame Number: 7774-4 &7774-37 Built: 1 & 3 /1965
Notes: Rebuilt as GP35d-3 2007-09. Both Scrapped 2018.
Other locos with this serial: AAMN 2nd 386 & 387(GP35) TSBY(GP35) SOU(GP35)



Owner: Ann Arbor & Michigan Northern

Model: EMD SD35d-3 Built As: NW 1566, 1553, 1546 (SD35)
Serial Number: 31148, 31185, 31178
Order No: 7854, 5698
Frame Number: 7854-7, 5698-24, 5698-17 Built: 12/, 11/, 10/1965
Notes: Rebuilt to SD35d-3
Other locos with this serial: GLC 3rd 386(SD35d-3) MRL 701(SD35) IMRL 701(SD35) IMRL 1566(SD35) NW 1566(SD35)
Other locos with this serial: AAMN 3rd 387(SD35d-3) MRL 705(SD35) IMRL 705(SD35) MRL 1553(SD35) NW 1553(SD35)
Other locos with this serial: AAMN 2nd 388(SD35d-3) MRL 702(SD35) IMRL 702(SD35) MRL 1546(SD35) NW 1546(SD35)



Owner: Ann Arbor & Michigan Northern
Model: EMD GP38-2 Built As: PC 7950 (GP38-2), PC 8012 (GP38-2), PC 8015 (GP38-2), PC 8021 (GP38-2), PC 8031 (GP38-2)
Serial Number: 7354-11, 7354-73, 7354-76, 7354-82, 7354-92
Order No: 7354
Frame Number: 7354-11, 7354-73, 7354-76, 7354-7382, 7354-92 Built: 5/, 8/, 8/, 8/, 8/1972
Notes: 397 OOS 2020 Parts Source
Other locos with this serial: AAMN 395(GP38-2) LLPX 2306(GP38-2) EMDX 750(GP38-2) CR 7950(GP38-2) PC 7950(GP38-2)
Other locos with this serial: AAMN 396(GP38-2) LLPX 2325(GP38-2) GMTX 2325(GP38-2)CR 8012(GP38-2) PC 8012(GP38-2)
Other locos with this serial: AAMN 397(GP38-2) LLPX 2327(GP38-2) UP 451(GP38-2) EMDX 815(GP38-2) CR 8015(GP38-2) PC 8015(GP38-2)
Other locos with this serial: AAMN 398(GP38-2) LLPX 2331(GP38-2) EMDX 821(GP38-2) CR 8021(GP38-2) PC 8021(GP38-2)
Other locos with this serial: AAMN 399(GP38-2) LLPX 2336(GP38-2) UP 1963(GP38-2) CR 8031(GP38-2) PC 8031(GP38-2)

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AAMN’s Operations and Train Symbols:
Cadillac North Turn (CNT): Begins in Cadillac Works to Elmira three times per week/Petoskey one time per month or Traverse City one time per week.

Cadillac South Turn (CST): Begins in Cadillac Works to Clare three times per week. Infrequently works short to McBain or as far south as Owosso. Usually goes to the sand mine in Yuma twice a week.

Owosso North Turn (ONT): Begins in Cadillac Works to Clare three times per week and Ithaca two or three times per week. Frequently works short to Ithaca and/or the Middleton Branch. Infrequently works as far north as Cadillac.

Owosso South Turn (OST): Begins in Owosso Works to Osmer (Ann Arbor) averaging three round trips per week. Sometimes works short to Durand or AnnPere.

Weekday Extra (EXY): Called as necessary and fills in for any job. Frequently works one or two times per week out of Cadillac and two or three times per week out of Owosso (often completing OST’s job). Goes to Oakley as needed.

Weekend Extra (EXD): Called as necessary and fills in for any job. Frequently works grain extras, OST or CNT.

Summary of Engine Roster:
382 SD40-2 In service
383 GP38-2 In service
384 GP38-2 Scrapped 2018
385 GP35d-3 In service
2nd 386 GP35d-3 Scrapped 2018
3rd 386 SD35d-3 In service
2nd 387 GP35d-3 Scrapped 2018
3rd 387 SD35d-3 In service
2nd 388 SD35d-3 In service
389 GP35d-3 Scrapped 2008
390 GP35d-3 Out of service. Parts source.
391 GP35d-3 Scrapped 2013
392 GP35d-3 Stored serviceable
393 GP35d-3 In service
394 GP35d-3 In service
395 GP38-2 In service
396 GP38-2 In service
397 GP38-2 Out of service. Parts source.
398 GP38-2 In service
399 GP38-2 In service

Total in service – 12
Total stored – 3
Total scrapped – 5

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Customers:
Rhetech Whitmore Lake Plastics and Resins Receives two to four cars three times per week
Zenith Global Howell Packaging Materials Receives a carload of plastic pellets every two to three weeks
AAMN Transload Cohoctah Transmission Pipe Infrequently used as staging area for transmission pipe. Has received up to several hundred car orders.
Star of the West Henderson Grain Ships out corn, soybeans and wheat. Bundles cars with Rosebush and Shepherd to form unit trains.
The Andersons Oakley Soybeans Ships 300-400 cars per year. Many go in small “shuttle” blocks of 25-30 cars to ZFS Soybean Plant in Ithaca.
The Andersons Oakley Corn Receives some fertilizer (35-45 per year of dry and liquid) and ships out 500-700 cars per year of corn most of which goes out in unit trains.
Cargill Owosso Feed Mill Receives 300-400 cars per year of animal feed ingredients
Michigan Agricultural Commodities Middleton Fertilizer and Grain Receives 250-350 cars a year of dry fertilizer (nitrogen, phosphate, potash, urea), 25-30 cars a year of liquid nitrogen and ships out up to 2,400 cars a year of corn, soybeans and wheat. Outbound grains are shipped in primarily unit trains of 85-110 cars (about 70%) and the rest in smaller blocks of 5-25 cars (30%) including some soybean shuttles of 25-30 cars to ZFS Soybean Plant in Ithaca. Due to track conditions power is limited to four axle engines and no more than 30-35 loads per cut.
AgroLiquid Ashley Liquid Fertilizer Receives up to 300 cars per year of feedstock and ships out up to 500 cars per year of their special blend of liquid fertilizer.
Zeeland Farm Services Ithaca Soybean Products Receives up to 120 cars per week of soybeans of which about half are from local elevators in 25-30 car blocks. Ships over 100 cars per week of dry and liquid soybean products. Requires switching five to seven days per week, sometimes more than once in a day.
Mid-Michigan Specialty Crops Ithaca Organic Beans Ships out one or two box cars a month of bagged edible beans.
Star of the West Shepherd Fertilizer and Grain Ships out corn, soybeans and wheat. Bundles cars with Henderson and Rosebush to form unit trains.
Highland Plastics Shepherd Plastic Extrusion & Sheeting Receives one or two cars per month of plastic pellets.
Star of the West Agronomy Rosebush Fertilizer Receives a dozen or so cars annually of dry and liquid fertilizer
Star of the West Rosebush Grain Ships out corn, soybeans and wheat. Bundles cars with Henderson and Shepherd to form unit trains.
Letherer Truss & Wall Systems Clare Wood building components Receives a centerbeam of lumber every one to four weeks
Northern Logistics Clare Bulk Transload Transloads primarily plastic pellets. Is switched three times per week, usually handling six to eight cars per trip.
East Jordan Plastics Clare Plastic Pellet Transload Transloads plastic pellets for EJP Beaverton plant. Receives one or two cars per month.
Lear Seating Farwell Foam seat plant Receives several carloads per week of polyurethane for foam manufacturing.
Morgan Composting Marion Compost Receives around 12-18 cars a year of composting materials. Most of these arrive in the spring. The product is shipped in one ton totes in boxcars.
Ceres Solutions McBain Fertilizer Receives around a dozen cars of dry fertilizer annually.
Hydrolake McBain Wood pole treatment Receives 100-150 cars per year of wood poles of various lengths. Some cars require spacers. Cars usually arrive in blocks of three to five cars.
Biewer Lumber McBain Lumber Mill Receives a few cars of lumber that is repackaged in Biewer wrapping and reshipped out. Also, ships five to eight cars per week of their own lumber.
Viking Energy McBain Biomass Power Plant Receives 20-30+ cars per week of used railroad ties. Most cars come from CSX. Is switched three times per week.
Sargent Sand Yuma Operates the old sand mine shipping both foundry and fracking sand. Usually ships a unit train of 30-50 cars of each per week.
Wyoming Warehouse Cadillac Feed Mill & Coke Transload Receives up to six cars a week of animal feed/cottonseed and is also used to transload several carloads a week of coke for Cadillac Casting.
GLC Transload Cadillac Environmental Quality ships out leachate averaging about a tank car a week.
LC Mfg. receives three to five flat cars loaded with steel slabs every two to three months.
Quality Energy Cadillac LPG distributor. Receives up to 20 cars a week during its busy season.
Michigan Agricultural Commodities Cadillac Receives corn in season from local farmers and shuttles them to their plant in Middleton for processing. Volumes vary but up to 200 carloads have been handled in a season. Usually much less if farmers choose to truck their product elsewhere or the growing season is down.
Beacon Recycling Traverse City Ships out one to three carloads of scrap metal each week.
Materne NA Grawn Receives one or two blocks of western apples consisting of four to five refrigerated box cars. There are only two docks so an engine will stay on site switching the cars until unloaded. Then they return to Cadillac.
Amerhart Williamsburg Receives one to three carloads of lumber per week.
Dynamic Drilling Fluids South Boardman Receives 15-20 boxcars per year of drilling mud in one ton totes.
Lambda Energy Kalkaska Ships out 40-60 cars per month of butane.
Magnum Solvents Kalkaska Receives 40-50 cars per year of methanol at a transload track.
East Jordan Plastics Mancelona Receives several carloads of plastic pellets per month which are unloaded on the former feed mill track.
Cemex Elmira The former cement terminal that was acquired by St. Mary’s Cement in 2010 and used as a fly ash transload for their Charlevoix plant. It is switched three times per week, handling seven to ten cars each time.
Petoskey Plastics Petoskey Receives plastic pellets at a transload track at Foreman’s. Usually switched once a month with seven to eleven cars per trip.