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The Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railway was organized in 1893 as a subsidiary of Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company (now Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.), the iron ore mining company. From the start the railroad's primary business was the transport of iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range, west of Marquette, to docks on Lake Superior from which the ore could ...
The company was founded in November 2005 by Kevin Ruble, a nationally active railroad consultant, who purchased a CSX line running north from Grand Rapids to Ludington and Manistee. The railroad maintains its trackage to 40 mph (64 km/h) standards, and operates, as of 2008, seven EMD GP38-2 and EMD SD40-2 locomotives.
The Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway (MM&SE) was a short-line railroad that operated from 1911 until 1923 in the central Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. At its height, the railroad operated 140.4 miles (226.0 km) of track, which was used to help the timber operations then active in northern Michigan.
In 1912 it was moved a short distance across the railroad tracks [4] to the location it now stands. [3] The structure was used by the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway as offices, warehouse space, and a freight depot until 1965. [3] The station has recently been converted into an artist's studio. [2]
Wisconsin Central Company: Pere Marquette Railroad: PM: 1899 1917 Pere Marquette Railway: Pere Marquette Railway: PM PM 1917 1947 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway: Pere Marquette Railroad of Indiana: PM: 1903 1907 Pere Marquette Railroad: Pinconning Railroad: NYC: 1879 1880 Saginaw Bay and Northwestern Railroad: Pleasant Bay Railway: CN/ NKP: 1898 1899
The company remained in receivership until September 30, 1880, when it was reorganized as the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad. Under the reorganization plan the F&PM issued $6,500,000 in preferred stock. No common stock was to be issued to holders of certificates of old common stock until five consecutive dividends of 7 per cent had been paid ...
The carrier is the successor of the Manistique and Northern Railroad Company, incorporated January 17, 1908, and sold to the carrier on August 7, 1909; the Manistique, Marquette and Northern Railroad Company, incorporated April 1, 1902, and conveyed to the Manistique and Northern Railroad Company on March 7, 1908; and the Manistique and ...
The Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad was a land grant railroad that was built and operated briefly (1881–1886) in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Incorporated in 1879, the 151.9-mile (244.5 km)-long railroad began operations in 1881.