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Railway Age’s 2021 Regional of the Year and 2018 Short Line of the Year, has rolled out a locomotive in a heritage scheme ...
Lake State Railway on Thursday (Aug. 21, 2025) unveiled a new heritage locomotive honoring the predecessor Pere Marquette ...
WALKER, Michigan — Michigan's railways are getting a $27 million investment. A chunk of that is coming right here to West Michigan.
Harsco Rail will close its manufacturing facility in Ludington, Mich., as the company consolidates production operations in Columbia, S.C. Some 134 workers will be affected, according to local media ...
Railway timeline (Viewer Photo) By the late 1870s, Northern Michigan had mostly been lumbered out. So the railroads, which were originally built to transport lumber, decided to switch gears.
On Tuesday, United States Rep. John Dingell (D–Mich.) announced that the U.S Department of Transportation awarded a $150 million federal grant to the state of Michigan in an effort to improve ...
The region acts as the gateway to the Northeast corridor, but activists have called for better connections to Chicago.
Railway officials were still working to get a crane in the area to upright the train cars. Traffic on Michigan Route 37 was not affected by the derailment, but could be impacted during the clean up.
This would ensure Michigan’s rails can efficiently transport the $194 billion in commodities it handles already — especially given the fact that the freight moved in Michigan by rail is ...
Four of the seven largest freight railroads operate in Michigan, with the state's rail network carrying about 17% of the state’s freight tonnage and 21% of commodities by value, according to ...
Biking abandoned railways? Expect it this summer in Michigan by: Samana Sheikh Posted: Apr 6, 2022 / 06:58 PM EDT Updated: Apr 6, 2022 / 11:27 PM EDT GRAND LEDGE, Mich. (WLNS) — Get moving, get ...