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*Interchanges with Charlotte Southern Railroad at Charlotte, MI. (Inactive).
 
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*Interchanges with Jackson & Lansing Railroad at Lansing, MI.  
 
*Interchanges with Huron & Eastern Railroad and Great Lakes Central Railroad at Durand, MI.
 
*Interchanges with Huron & Eastern Railroad and Great Lakes Central Railroad at Durand, MI.
 
*Interchanges with Lake State Railroad at Flint, Michigan.
 
*Interchanges with Lake State Railroad at Flint, Michigan.
 
*Interchanges with Lapeer Industrial Railroad at Lapeer, MI.
 
*Interchanges with Lapeer Industrial Railroad at Lapeer, MI.
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Revision as of 05:11, 1 August 2019

  • By Subdivison (Alphabetical) Then Town (West to East, Then North to South)
  • Active Railroad Interchanges included, add "Railroad Interchange" as a "note"
  • If the Customer is not on the main line/siding, note it as such. For example, Padnos in Holland is on the Dock Track.
  • Active Customers Only (Shipping within the last 2 years)
  • Includes Dearborn, Flat Rock, Flint, Hogan Line, Holly, Iron Mountain, Ishpeming, Kalamazoo Branch, L'Anse, Manistique, Marinette, Mount Clemens, Newberry, Ore, Pembine, Republic, Shore Line, South Bend, Strathroy, and White Pine Subdivisions.

Dearborn Subdivision

  • Runs from D&I Jct. (Woodhaven) to Rouge Yard (Dearborn).

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Conrail Shared Assets, CSX, and Norfolk Southern at Dearborn.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Dearborn Ford River Rouge Complex (Dearborn Truck Plant) Vehicle Loading/Auto Parts/Vehicle Frames Autoracks/Boxcars/Flatcars
Dearborn AK Steel Steel Plant Flatcars/Hoppers/Gondolas
Dearborn Cordin Transport/Axis-CT Services Auto Ramps Vehicle Loading Autoracks
Taylor Worthington Steel Steel Warehouse Flatcars
Brownstown Charter Twp. Brownstown Business Center Warehouse Boxcars One of the warehouses is getting rail service. Unsure of which one.
Woodhaven CN King Rd. Auto Ramps Vehicle Loading Autoracks
Woodhaven Ford Woodhaven Stamping Plant Auto Parts Manufacturer Boxcars Currently inactive.
Woodhaven Buckeye Terminals Chemical Supplier Tank Cars Currently inactive.

Flat Rock Subdivision

  • Runs from Diann Jct. to Shortcut Bridge on River Rouge.

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Ann Arbor Railroad at Diann Jct., MI.
  • Interchanges with Indiana & Ohio Railroad at Flat Rock, MI.
  • Interchanges with Conrail Shared Assets and Norfolk Southern at Trenton.
  • Connection with Delray Connecting Railroad at River Rouge.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Flat Rock Flat Rock Bagging Sand Products and Landscape Materials Covered Hoppers
Flat Rock Fuel Transload Aviation Fuel Tank Cars Loading is done at Flat Rock Yard.
Flat Rock Flat Rock Auto Ramps Vehicle Loading Autoracks
Flat Rock Ford Flat Rock Assembly Vehicle Loading Autoracks
Trenton Fort St. Steel Staging Area Steel Loading Flatcars Active shipper? Company name unknown.
Wyandotte Metro International Trade Warehousing Boxcars Building listed for sale in 2018. Active shipper?
Ecorse Great Lakes Steel Steel Mill Steel Coil Cars/Gondolas/Hoppers
Ecorse Nicholson Terminal & Dock Shipyard/Warehousing Boxcars/Other
River Rouge DTE River Rouge Coal Fired Power Plant Coal Hoppers Jointly served with NS & CSX. NS gets most of the business.

Flint Subdivision

  • Runs from Battle Creek (Emmett Street) to Port Huron (Tappan).

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Charlotte Southern Railroad at Charlotte, MI. (Inactive).
  • Interchanges with Jackson & Lansing Railroad at Lansing, MI.
  • Interchanges with Huron & Eastern Railroad and Great Lakes Central Railroad at Durand, MI.
  • Interchanges with Lake State Railroad at Flint, Michigan.
  • Interchanges with Lapeer Industrial Railroad at Lapeer, MI.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Battle Creek RJ Industrial Recycling Scrapyard Railcar Scrapping Accessed via spur from BC Yard.
Battle Creek Kellogg's Breakfast Cereal Producer Covered Hoppers Served jointly with NS. Accessed via spur from BC Yard.
Potterville Citizens Elevator Elevator Tank Cars Chemicals and fertilizer transload
Delta Township GM Lansing Delta Assembly Vehicle Loading Autoracks
Delta Township LBW&L Claud R. Erickson Station Coal-fired power plant Coal Hoppers Plant will be replaced by natural gas-fired power plant in 2021.
Lansing Lansing Asphalt Terminal Asphalt Terminal Tank Cars
Lansing Biewer Lumber Lumber Centerbeam Flatcars
Lansing Land O'Lakes-Purina Mills Feed Mill Animal Feed Covered Hoppers
Lansing Universal Forest Products Lumber Centerbeam Flatcars
Lansing LBW&L Otto E. Eckert Station Coal-fired power plant Coal Hoppers Plant is scheduled to go offline in 2020.
Swartz Creek GM CCA Parts Division Automobile Parts Boxcars 5 day a week switch, 3-5 cars a day.
Flint GM Flint Assembly Vehicle Loading/Auto Parts/Vehicle Frames Autoracks/Boxcars/Flatcars
Flint Michigan Timber & Truss Lumber & Truss Manufacturer Centerbeam Flatcars

Hogan Line (Subdivision)

  • Runs from Eagle Mills Jct. (Eagle Mills) to West Wye Jct. (Negaunee) to East Wye. Jct. (Negaunee).
  • LS&I has trackage rights.

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Lake Superior and Ishpeming in Eagle Mills (Queens SDG).

Customers

City/Town Notes
None No customers on this subdivision.

Holly Subdivision

  • Runs from Durand to Detroit (Milwaukee Jct.).

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Huron & Eastern Railroad and Great Lakes Central Railroad at Durand, MI.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Waterford Township Red Lava Hardscape Contractor Open-Top Hoppers
Waterford Township TTX Draco Division Railcar Repair, Overhaul and Scrapping Flatcars/Autoracks
Auburn Hills Ferrous Processing & Trading Scrapyard Gondolas Located along the remains of the Cass City Subdivision.
Pontiac Bolyard Lumber/Lumber Transload Lumber Centerbeam Flatcars Located along the remains of the Cass City Subdivision.
Pontiac GM Pontiac Stamping Automobile Parts Boxcars Located along the remains of the Cass City Subdivision.
Pontiac Lee Industrial Specialty Transportation Service Flatcars/Gondolas Located in the GTW Pontiac Car Repair Shop
Pontiac Inland Plywood Lumber Boxcars
Royal Oak GFL Environmental Recycling Recycled Paper Boxcars
Ferndale Bond Plywood Lumber Boxcars
Ferndale Gage Products Chemical Recycling Tank Cars
Detroit All America Plywood Lumber Boxcars
Highland Park Metro International Trade Services Warehousing & Logistic Services Boxcars
Hamtramck Sterling Oil Oil Terminal Tank Cars

Iron Mountain Subdivision

  • Runs from Iron Mountain to Powers.

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Escanaba and Lake Superior in Iron Mountain, MI (Not active).

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Quinnesec Gunville Warehouse Warehouse Boxcars Active shipper?
Quinnesec Verso Corporation Packaging, Pulp, and Paper Products. Boxcars/Tank Cars/Pulpwood Flatcars/Covered Hoppers

Ishpeming Subdivision

  • Runs from Landing Jct. to Winthrop Jct. in Ishpeming.
  • Has joint trackage rights with LS&I and Mineral Range in Euclid Yard.
  • Has trackage rights over the Mineral Range between Landing Jct. and Humboldt Junction.

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Mineral Range Railroad at both Winthrop Jct. and Euclid Yard in Ishpeming.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Ishpeming Holli Forest Products Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars Seasonal?

Kalamazoo Branch

  • Part of the South Bend Subdivision.
  • Due to the fact this branch is often run independently from the South Bend Local, it has its own list.
  • Branches off from the South Bend Subdivision at Pavilion, and runs north to Arvco in Kalamazoo.

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Grand Elk Railroad in Kalamazoo, MI.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Kalamazoo Green Bay Packaging Paper Packaging Company Boxcars Jointly served with GDLK.
Kalamazoo L.C. Howard Kilgore Warehouse Warehouse/Ingots Boxcars/Centerbeam Flatcars Jointly served with GDLK.
Kalamazoo Kaiser Aluminum Aluminum supplier Steel Coil Cars/Boxcars? Active shipper?
Kalamazoo Fabri-Kal Thermoformed packaging Covered Hoppers Jointly served with GDLK.
Kalamazoo Solvay KM polymers Tank Cars/Covered Hoppers Jointly served with GDLK.
Kalamazoo Allnex Coating resins Tank Cars Jointly served with GDLK?
Kalamazoo Arvco Container Corrugated packaging Boxcars

L'Anse Subdivision

  • Runs from Baraga to Humboldt Junction.
  • CN has trackage rights on the Mineral Range Railroad from Humboldt Jct. to Euclid Yard (Ishpeming).

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad at Nestoria (rarely, if ever, used).

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
L'Anse CertainTeed Building and Construction Products Covered Hoppers/Boxcars/Tank Cars
L'Anse M.A. Energy Resources/L'Anse Warden Electric Fuel Yard/Power Plant Gondolas/Open-Top Hoppers Fuel for the L'Anse Power Plant, typically scrap railroad ties.
L'Anse Pulpwood Transload Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars Sporadic loading at CertainTeed.
Bovine Pulpwood Transload (Mead Rd.) Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars Sporadic loading
Peshekee Pulpwood Transload Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars Sporadic loading

Manistique Subdivision

  • Runs from Gladstone to Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Yard).

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with the Port Inland Railroad at Inland.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Gladstone Ferrellgas Propane Supplier Tank Cars
Ensign Verso Wood Yard Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars Seasonal?
Manistique U.P. Papers Paper Mill Boxcars
Gulliver Bowman Gas & Oil Propane Supplier Tank Cars Active shipper? No cars seen in July 2019.
Gulliver Zellar Pulpwood Yard Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars
Caffey Pulpwood Yard Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars
Trout Lake Pulpwood Yard Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars
Kinross Pulpwood Yard Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars
Kinross A&L Iron and Metal Scrapyard Gondolas Active shipper?
Kinross Plains LPG Services LPG Supplier Tank Car On the former Kincheloe AFB spur.
Dafter Reid Metals Scrapyard Gondolas Active shipper?

Marinette Subdivision

  • Runs from Gladstone, MI to Green Bay, WI.

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad at Escanaba and Menominee, MI/Marinette, WI.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Gladstone Niagara Logistics Warehouse Boxcars
Escanaba Verso Corporation Packaging, Pulp, and Paper Products Boxcars/Tank Cars/Covered Hoppers Manistique and Ore Subs both have a connection to Verso.
Menominee Resolute Forest Products Pulp and Paper Products Boxcars E&LS only?
Menominee Dunn Paper Pulp and Paper Products Boxcars E&LS only?


Mount Clemens Subdivision

  • Runs from Port Huron (Tappen) to Detroit (Milwaukee Jct.).

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Detroit Connecting Railroad and Conrail Shared Assets in Detroit, MI.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Chesterfield Capital Fertilizer Inbound Salt Covered Hoppers Located on former PolyOne Spur.
Macomb Carter Lumber Inbound Lumber Centerbeam Flatcars
Clinton Township B&D Drywall Supply Inbound Drywall Centerbeam Flatcars
Mt. Clemens FCA Warehouse Inbound Aluminum Ingots and Outbound Auto Stampings Boxcars
Warren Nexeo Solutions Inbound Plastics and Resins Covered Hoppers
Warren PolyTerm Inbound Chemicals, Plastics, and Resins Tank Cars
Detroit Nolan Distribution Inbound Lumber Centerbeam Flatcars
Detroit Hoover Treated Wood Products Inbound Lumber Boxcars/Centerbeam Flatcars

Newberry Subdivision

  • Runs from Trout Lake to Munising.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Munising Neenah Paper Michigan Paper Mill Boxcars/Tank Cars
Forest Center Timber Products Hardwood Veneer Centerbeam Flatcars/Pulpwood Flatcars
Newberry Pulpwood Transload (Charles Rd.) Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars Located on the Newberry Industrial Spur.
Newberry Louisiana-Pacific Mill Building Siding Pulpwood Flatcars/Centerbeam Flatcars/Tank Cars Located on the Newberry Industrial Spur.

Ore Subdivision (Marquette Range)

  • Runs from Escanaba (Algoma Jct.) to Partridge (Partridge Jct.).

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Escanaba and Lake Superior in Escanaba, MI.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Gwinn PotlatchDeltic Corporation Lumber Mill Open-Top Hoppers
Escanaba Verso Corporation Packaging, Pulp, and Paper Products Boxcars/Tank Cars/Covered Hoppers Ore and Manistique Subs both have a connection to Verso.
Escanaba Escanaba Lumber Company Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars
Escanaba Coal/Coke? Loading Dock Coal/Coke? Hoppers Active Shipper?

Pembine Subdivision

  • Runs from Hermansville, MI to Argonne, WI.

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Escanaba and Lake Superior in Pembine, WI.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Hermansville Lumber Transload Lumber Centerbeam Flatcars

Republic Subdivision

  • Runs from Landing Jct. (Ishpeming) to Diamond Jct. (Eagle Mills).
  • Runs on joint trackage with LS&I.

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Lake Superior and Ishpeming in Eagle Mills (Queens SDG).

Customers

City/Town Notes
None No customers on this subdivision.

Shore Line Subdivision

  • Runs from Detroit, MI (Milwaukee Jct.) to Toledo, OH.
  • West Detroit to River Rouge - CN operates on NS
  • Boulevard to Walbridge - CN operates on CSX. CSX rules and timetable govern.

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Norfolk Southern, CSX, Delray Connecting, and Conrail Shared Assets in Detroit/River Rouge.
  • Interchanges with Norfolk Southern and CSX in Toledo, OH.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Ecorse Great Lakes Steel Steel Mill Steel Coil Cars/Gondolas/Hoppers
Ecorse Nicholson Terminal & Dock Shipyard/Warehousing Boxcars/Other
Wyandotte Metro International Trade Warehousing Boxcars Building listed for sale in 2018. Active shipper?
Trenton Mans Lumber & Millwork Inbound Lumber Centerbeam Flatcras
Trenton Solutia Chemical Company Tank Cars
Rockwood U.S. Silica Outbound Crushed Aggregate, Limestone & Silica Covered Hoppers
Rockwood R. J. Marshall Company Specialty, industrial raw materials Covered Hoppers Active shipper?
Newport Enrico Fermi Nuclear Plant Infrequent Heavy Equipment Delivery Flatcars Infrequent.
Monroe DTE Monroe Power Plant Coal Fired Power Plant Coal Hoppers Jointly served with NS. NS gets most of the business.
Monroe Michigan Paving & Materials Asphalt Supplier Tank Cars Currently inactive.
Monroe Ventower Industries Wind Turbines Flatcars Recently reconstructed spur. Unsure if anything has been shipped in/out.

South Bend Subdivision

  • Runs from Griffith, IN to Battle Creek (Emmett Street).
  • See the Kalamazoo Branch listing for CN Kalamazoo customers.

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Grand Elk Railroad in Kalamazoo, MI.

Customers

City/Town Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Edwardsburg Tri-State Forest Products Lumber Centerbeam Flatcars/Boxcars
Edwardsburg North American Forest Products Lumber Centerbeam Flatcars
Edwardsburg Building Products Lumber Centerbeam Flatcars Active shipper?
Edwardsburg Midwest Timber Inc Lumber Centerbeam Flatcars
Vicksburg Harborlite Corporation Perlite/Filtration Mineral Manufacturer Covered Hoppers
Battle Creek Graphic Packaging Paper-Based Packaging Tank Cars
Battle Creek Post Foods Breakfast Cereal Producer Covered Hoppers Served jointly with NS.

Strathroy Subdivision

  • Runs from Port Huron, MI (Tappen) to Blackwell, Ontario.

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Lake State Railroad and CSX at Port Huron, MI (Tunnel Yard).

Customers

Town/Customer Notes
None Since the Port Huron Spur was leased to LSRC, there are no Michigan Customers on this sub.

White Pine Subdivision

  • Runs from Marengo Junction, WI to White Pine, MI.

Customers

Town/Customer Notes
None Last train was in October 2010. Subdivision is currently embargoed, with lots of washouts and unsafe bridges. It could be reactivated in the future.


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