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Revision as of 23:22, 7 July 2024

  • 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

Location 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 Mill Flatcars/Hoppers/Gondolas
Dearborn Cordin Transport/Axis-CT Services Auto Ramps Vehicle Loading Autoracks
Taylor Worthington Steel Steel Processing Flatcars
Brownstown Charter Twp. Spencer//Butcher Group Warehouse Boxcars
Woodhaven Autoport Limited Vehicle Loading Autoracks
Woodhaven Ford Woodhaven Stamping Plant Auto Parts Manufacturer Boxcars Currently inactive.
Woodhaven Buckeye Terminals Chemical Supplier Tank Cars

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
  • Interchanges with Conrail Shared Assets and Norfolk Southern at Trenton.
  • Connection with Delray Connecting Railroad at River Rouge.

Customers

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Flat Rock Flat Rock Bagging Sand Products and Landscape Materials Covered Hoppers
Flat Rock Target Steel Steel Distributor Steel Coil Cars Transload at Flat Rock Yard.
Flat Rock Fuel Transload Aviation Fuel Tank Cars Loading is done at Flat Rock Yard. Appears to be inactive since 2022/23.
Flat Rock Indiana & Ohio Railroad Railroad Interchange Various
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 Nicholson Terminal & Dock Shipyard/Warehousing Boxcars/Flatcars

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.
  • Interchanges with CSX and LSRC at Port Huron, MI

Customers

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Battle Creek Padnos Scrap Metal Recycling Gondolas/Misc. Railcars Accessed via spur from BC Yard.
Battle Creek WK Kellogg Co Breakfast Cereals Covered Hoppers Served jointly with NS. Accessed via spur from BC Yard. Formerly Kellogg's.
Charlotte Charlotte Southern Railroad Railroad Interchange Various Inactive.
Potterville Citizens Elevator Chemical & Fertilizer Transload Tank Cars
Delta Township GM Lansing Delta Assembly Vehicle Ramps Autoracks
Lansing Lansing Asphalt Terminal Asphalt Terminal Tank Cars For Rieth-Riley.
Lansing Biewer Lumber Lumber Products Centerbeam Flatcars/Boxcars
Lansing Land O'Lakes-Purina Animal Feed Mill Covered Hoppers
Lansing UFP Industries Lumber Products Centerbeam Flatcars
Lansing Jackson & Lansing Railroad Railroad Interchange Steel Coil Cars/Tank Cars/Boxcars/Gondolas/Various
Durand Huron & Eastern Railroad Railroad Interchange Various
Durand Great Lakes Central Railroad Railroad Interchange Various
Swartz Creek GM CCA Parts Division Automobile Parts Boxcars 5 day a week switch
Flint GM Flint Assembly Vehicle Loading/Vehicle Frames Autoracks/Flatcars
Flint Lake State Railway Railroad Interchange Various
Flint Michigan Timber & Truss Lumber & Truss Manufacturer Centerbeam Flatcars
Lapeer Lapeer Industrial Railroad Railroad Interchange Covered Hoppers

Holly Subdivision

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

Interchanges

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

Customers

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Durand Huron & Eastern Railroad Railroad Interchange Various
Durand Great Lakes Central Railroad Railroad Interchange Various
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 Yard 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.

Inactive since September 2021.

Pontiac Lee Industrial Specialty Transportation Service Flatcars/Gondolas Located in the former GTW Pontiac Car Repair Shop.
Pontiac Inland Plywood Plywood Products Boxcars
Royal Oak GFL Environmental Recycling Recycled Paper Boxcars
Ferndale Bond Plywood Plywood Products Boxcars
Ferndale Gage Products Chemical Recycling Tank Cars
Detroit All America Plywood Plywood Products Boxcars
Highland Park Metro International Trade Services Warehousing & Logistic Services Boxcars
Hamtramck Sterling Services Oil & Chemical Terminal Tank Cars

Iron Mountain Subdivision

  • Runs from Iron Mountain to Powers.

Customers

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Quinnesec Billerud Graphic Paper & Pulp 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

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Ishpeming Mineral Range Railroad Railroad Interchange Closed-Top Gondolas/Gondolas/Tank Cars/Covered Hoppers
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

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Kalamazoo Grand Elk Railroad Railroad Interchange Various
Kalamazoo Green Bay Packaging Corrugated Packaging Boxcars Jointly served with GDLK.
Kalamazoo L.C. Howard Kilgore Rd. Warehouse Warehouse & Transload Facility Centerbeam Flatcars/Boxcars Jointly served with GDLK.
Kalamazoo Pactiv Evergreen Thermoformed & Plastic Packaging Covered Hoppers Formerly Fabri-Kal.
Kalamazoo Allnex Industrial Coating Resins & Chemicals Tank Cars Jointly served with GDLK.
Kalamazoo L.C. Howard Factory St. Warehouse Warehouse Boxcars
Kalamazoo L.C. Howard Glendenning Rd. Warehouse Warehouse Boxcars
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

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
L'Anse CertainTeed Ceiling Tile Products Covered Hoppers/Boxcars/Tank Cars
L'Anse Convergen Energy/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 Koppers Railroad Ties Gondolas/Open-Top Hoppers
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

Customers

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Gladstone Ferrellgas Propane Supplier Tank Cars
Ensign Billerud Wood Yard Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars Seasonal?
Manistique U.P. Papers Paper Mill Boxcars
Gulliver Bowman Gas & Oil Propane Supplier Tank Cars
Gulliver Zellar Pulpwood Yard Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars
Port Inland Port Inland Railroad Railroad Interchange Covered Hoppers
Caffey Pulpwood Yard Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars
Trout Lake Pulpwood Yard Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars
Trout Lake Grand Elk Railroad Railroad Interchange Centerbeam Flatcars/Pulpwood Flatcars/Log Flatcars/Tank Cars/Boxcars/Various
Kinross Pulpwood Yard Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars
Kinross A&L Iron and Metal Scrap Metal Recycling 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

Location 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.
Escanaba Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Railroad Interchange Various
Menominee Resolute Forest Products Pulp and Paper Products Boxcars E&LS only?
Menominee Dunn Paper Pulp and Paper Products Boxcars E&LS only?
Menominee/Marinette Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Railroad Interchange Various

Mount Clemens Subdivision

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

Interchanges

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

Customers

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Macomb Carter Lumber Inbound Lumber Centerbeam Flatcars
Clinton Township B&D Drywall Supply Inbound Drywall Centerbeam Flatcars
Mt. Clemens FCA Warehouse Inbound Auto Stampings Boxcars Inactive since April, 2024.
Fraser Great Lakes Recycling Outbound metal scrap and paper scrap bales Boxcars and Gondolas Metal scrap service started 2021/22. Most traffic shipped is paper scrap bales.
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
Hamtramck Detroit Connecting Railroad Railroad Interchange Tank Cars/Gondolas/Various

Ore Subdivision (Marquette Range)

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

Interchanges

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

Customers

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Gwinn PotlatchDeltic Lumber Mill Centerbeams, Woodchip Hoppers and Pulpwood Flatcars Inbound pulpwood and outbound lumber and woodchips
Escanaba Billerud Paper & Paperboard Products Boxcars/Covered Hoppers/Pulpwood Flatcars/Tank Cars/Woodchip Hoppers Ore and Manistique Subs both have a connection to Verso.
Escanaba Escanaba Lumber Company Pulpwood Pulpwood Flatcars
Escanaba Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Railroad Interchange Various
Escanaba C. Reiss Co. Coal/Stone Dock Hoppers Inactive since ???

Pembine Subdivision

  • Runs from Hermansville, MI to Argonne, WI.

Interchanges

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

Customers

Location 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

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Eagle Mills Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad Railroad Interchange Various

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

Customers

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Ecorse Nicholson Terminal & Dock Shipyard/Warehousing Boxcars/Other
Wyandotte Metro International Trade Warehousing Boxcars Building listed for sale in 2018. Active shipper?
Riverview Materials Processing Warehousing Boxcars
Trenton Mans Lumber & Millwork Inbound Lumber Centerbeam Flatcars
Trenton Solutia Chemical Company Tank Cars
Rockwood U.S. Silica Outbound Crushed Aggregate, Limestone & Silica Covered Hoppers
Monroe Michigan Paving & Materials Asphalt Supplier Tank Cars Served jointly with NS.
Monroe Ventower Industries Wind Turbines Flatcars Recently reconstructed spur. Served jointly with NS.

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

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Edwardsburg Tri-State Forest Products Building Materials Centerbeam Flatcars/Boxcars
Edwardsburg North American Forest Products Lumber & Woods Products Centerbeam Flatcars
Edwardsburg Building Products Building Materials & Millwork Products Boxcars/Centerbeam Flatcars
Edwardsburg Midwest Timber Treated Wood Products Centerbeam Flatcars
Vicksburg Imerys Perlite Perlite & Filtration Minerals Covered Hoppers
Battle Creek Post Foods Breakfast Cereals 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

Location Customer Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Port Huron Lake State Railway Railroad Interchange Tank Cars/Boxcars/Various



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