Many Michigan towns find their roots along the railroad tracks that connected people nationwide for nearly a hundred years. And while train traffic isn’t what it once was, the impact of railways can ...

Watco Railroad Company Holdings will purchase Great Lakes Central Railroad, expanding its Michigan presence. The deal is subject to approval by the Surface Transportation Board. Great Lakes Central ...

A $30 million investment by the federal government in Michigan’s railroad infrastructure is expected to bolster supply chains and, in turn, create more jobs in urban and rural communities throughout ...

The freight rail industry is a significant economic enabler in Detroit and the entire state of Michigan. “Rail has long played an outside role in moving Michigan’s auto industry, from the early 1900s ...

Editor's note: A previous version of the story listed the wrong manufacturer of locomotive #7014 used by the Coopersville and Marne Railway. The locomotive is a model SW9 built in 1952 by General ...

Early last fall, on a Thursday morning just before sunrise, a 13,000-ton freight train with hazardous material on board was traveling south along the Grand Trunk Western railroad through Warren when a ...

MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- Three Michigan Congressmen have announced a federal grant to improve infrastructure and safety on railroad tracks running throughout Michigan. On Tuesday, Congressman Jack ...

LANSING, Mich. — Train derailments and issues have caught national headlines and the concern of the public over the last few months, especially after the disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, with the ...

The work on Michigan’s short line railroads is picking up steam. U.S Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, announced that he is cosponsoring a ...

The Lansing Model Railroad Club held its summer open house today.

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