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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 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 ...
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]
Flint and Pere Marquette Railway: PM: 1857 1880 Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad: Flint River Railroad: PM: 1871 1872 Flint and Pere Marquette Railway: Fort Street Union Depot Company: FSUD PM: 1889 1969 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway: Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad: NYC: 1880 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation: Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw ...
The carrier was incorporated by a syndicate under the general laws of the States of Michigan and Wisconsin and acquired by consolidation the property of The Mackinaw & Marquette Railroad Company and the charter rights granted to the Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette Railroad Company, The Duluth, Superior and Michigan Railway Company, and the Wisconsin, Sault Ste. Marie & Mackinac Railway Company.
In 1892, the railroad contracted with the Grand Rapids firm of Pelton & Company to construct this depot. Work began in May and was completed by July, with the first trains running into Charlevoix in June. In 1900, the Chicago and West Michigan Railroad merged with two other railroads to create the Pere Marquette Railroad. The railroad promoted ...
The Grand Rapids Subdivision is a railroad line in Western Michigan and Northern Indiana. It runs 136 miles (219 km) from Porter, Indiana to Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was built between 1870–1903 by the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad and its successor the Pere Marquette Railroad. CSX Transportation owns the line today.
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad No. 23 is an SC-4 class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive originally built by the ALCO's Pittsburgh Works in 1910 for the Lake Superior and Ishpeming (LS&I) Railroad in Upper Michigan. The locomotive was originally numbered 9, but it was renumbered 23 in 1924.