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Michigan Northern
Northern Michigan
1995 - 2000 |
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The Michigan Northern Railway was established in December 1975 to operate the former Pennsylvania Railroad's Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad from Comstock Park to Mackinaw City. As the Penn Central Transportation Company sought to abandon railroad lines in northern Michigan, the Michigan Department of Transportation arranged subsidies for the MIGN to acquire the segment from Comstock Park to Mackinaw City. Operations began on April 1, 1976. At Mackinaw City, the MIGN interchanged with the Detroit and Mackinac Railway. The DM switched cars onto the SS Chief Wawatam, a railroad ferry that provided service across the Straits of Mackinac from Mackinaw City to St. Ignace. This enabled the MIGN to offer through freight service to the Upper Peninsula.
In February 1982, the Michigan Department of Transportation purchased two segments of the former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway intended for abandonment. The MIGN was contracted to operate from Grawn to Williamsburg via connection with the Walton Junction Branch in Traverse City and from Charelvoix to its existing route in Petoskey. Additionally, on October 1, 1982, the MIGN assumed operations of the former Ann Arbor Railroad from Alma to Frankfort.
In May 1984, the investment group MI Rail purchased controlling stock of the Michigan Northern and added them to their portfolio of rail assets. |
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