Former Michigan Shore Customers

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Customer Location Company Description Receives/Ships Year of Last Rail Service Notes
Bay Logistics Spring Lake Warehouse Boxcars 2015 Inactive since roughly 2015.

Last regularly used by Shape to cross-dock auto stampings that were shipped to GM in TX until 2013.

Nugent Sand Norton Shores Sand Mine Covered Hoppers 2016 Mining operations ended in 2016. Nugent still operates Dalton Twp. mine.

The property is now Dune Harbor Park.

Sappi Paper Muskegon Coated Fine Paper Mill Boxcars/Tank Cars 2009 Originally Central Paper > S.D. Warren > Scott Paper.

Mill closed in 2009. Demolished in 2013. Also had a warehouse that received boxcars at Mart Dock.

Mart Dock Muskegon Warehouse Boxcars 2009 Provided warehousing services for Sappi.

Rail service infrequent or non-existent since Sappi plant closure.

Charah Solutions Muskegon Fly Ash Transload Covered Gondolas (Outbound Fly Ash) 2021/2022 Moving fly ash from closed B.C. Cobb to landfill in Essexville.

Temporary 18 month project. Ended in late 2021/early 2022.

BASF North Muskegon Herbicide Products Tank Cars (Inbound Chemicals) 2022 Former Bayer Crop Science. BASF closed the plant in 2022.

Life Sciences expected to reopen plant in 2025 or 2026. Unsure if it will still be rail served.

Gerber - Nestlé Fremont Baby Food Plant Boxcars (Outbound Baby Food) 2006 Inactive since around 2006. Traffic went from 5-9 cars per day to 0 over night.

Last used rail service to ship out glass jars of baby food.


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