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The Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (reporting mark LSI), is a Class III railroad U.S. railroad offering service from Marquette, Michigan, to nearby locations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It began operations in 1896. The LS&I continues to operate as an independent railroad from its headquarters in Marquette.
The Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad (reporting mark ELS) is a Class III shortline railroad that operates 347 miles (558 km) of track in Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. [1]
The Mineral Range Railroad (reporting mark MRA) is a shortline railroad in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It began operations in 2002. [1]In 2012, it acquired an ex-Lake Superior and Ishpeming line between Humboldt Mill and Ishpeming.
Chicago and West Michigan Railway [34] Huron Sunrise Trail: 11 18 Presque Isle: Detroit and Mackinac Railway [35] Leelanau Trail: 16.6 26.7 Grand Traverse, Leelanau: Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad [36] Little Traverse Wheelway: 26.7 43.0 Charlevoix, Emmet: Chicago and West Michigan Railway [37] North Central State Trail: 62 100 Cheboygan ...
Northern Central Michigan Railroad: NYC: 1866 1914 New York Central Railroad: Northern Michigan Railroad: 1888 1899 Copper Range Railroad: North Western Grand Trunk Railway: CN: 1879 1880 Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway: Oakland and Ottawa Railroad: CN: 1848 1855 Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad: Ohio and Michigan Railway: NYC: 1870 1871
The Michigan railroad network, c. 1876. Railroads have been vital in the history of the population and trade of rough and finished goods in the state of Michigan.While some coastal settlements had previously existed, the population, commercial, and industrial growth of the state further bloomed with the establishment of the railroad.
In 1881, the Mackinac Transportation Company was established by three railroads, the Michigan Central Railroad, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, and the Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad, to operate a railroad car ferry across the Straits. Beginning in 1923, the State of Michigan operated automobile ferries between the two peninsulas.
1916 map of the railroad. The Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway (DSS&A; reporting mark DSA) was an American railroad serving the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Lake Superior shoreline of Wisconsin.