Overview | |
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Headquarters | Muskegon, Michigan |
Reporting mark | MMRR |
Locale | Michigan |
Dates of operation | 1987 [1]– |
Predecessor | CSX Transportation |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Length | 39.8 miles |
The Mid-Michigan Railroad ( reporting mark MMRR) is a railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming. [2] It operates 39.8 miles of track in Michigan. [2]
The company incorporated in 1987, [2] for the purpose of acquiring railway lines from the CSX Corporation. The company was owned at inception by RailTex, a Texas-based holding company which owned many short line railroads. The Mid-Michigan bought two lines from CSX: Elmdale– Greenville and Paines– Elwell. [3] In 1999 it sold the southernmost 5.6 miles (9.0 km) of Elmdale line, Elmdale– Malta, back to CSX. [4]
The only remaining line on the Mid-Michigan is the line from Alma to Paines. The line from Lowell to Greenville was sold back to Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad and soon after removed for a bike trail in 2009. Corn and soybeans are the main commodities hauled. The railroad interchanges with the Great Lakes Central Railroad at Alma and the Lake State Railway at Paines. [5]
The railroad's traffic comes mainly from grain products, such as corn and soybeans. The MMRR hauled around 5,100 carloads in 2008. [2]