41, 44 Ton, was built by General Electric in October 1956, #32664, as Dansville & Mount Morris RR 1.  It was sold as Bay Colony Ry 411 in October 1986 and stored in 1995,  It was sold as A&B 41 in February 1998.

1751, GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1957, #22853, as Grand Trunk Western 4545, Class GR-17j.  It was sold as A&B 1 in July 1991 and renumbered 1751 in 1992.

1752, GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1957, #22843, as Central Vermont 4554, Class GR-17j.  It was transferred as GTW 4554, Class GR-17j, in January 1965.  It was sold as A&B 2 in July 1991 and renumbered 1752 in 1992.

American Aggregates Corp.

This is a national company.

Started in 1893 as Boyne City & Southeastern, with 7.2 miles of track between Boyne City and Boyne Falls, where it connected to the GR&I. The original purpose of the line was to connect the Grand Rapids & Indiana to Great Lakes shipping at the docks in Boyne City, on Lake Charlevoix. The railroad expanded 92 miles to Alpena, became the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena in 1905. Reverted back to the original 7.2 miles in 1935, and became the Boyne City Railroad. It was always an independent railroad. They operated their own foundry, and actually built almost all of their 200 plus cars. Only locomotives were acquired elsewhere. They eventually had 13 locomotives and 180 employees. Business declined, and the line was sold to Boyne Valley in 1976, and operated passenger excursion service. Operation ended in 1978, the line was abandoned in 1982

18 was built by Alco-Cooke in November 1920, #62624, as Charcoal Iron Co 18.  It was sold as Newberry Lumber & Chemical Co 18 and resold as BCRR 18.  It was sold as Arcade & Attica 18 in 1962.

70, 44 Ton, was built by General Electric in September 1950, #30472.

3 was built by Porter in May 1915, #5649.  It was retired and placed for display in the 1950s and given to Houghtion County Historical Museum Society in December 1969.  It was restored beginning in 1998 and completed in 2003.  It is operating as Lake Linden & Torch Lake RR 3

9 "Schoolcraft" was built by Mason in 1887, #747.  It was scrapped in 1942.

206, RS1, was built by Alco in December 1951, #29578, as Lake Superior & Ishpeming 1003.  It was sold as C&H 206 in December 1967 and retired in 1971.

210, 70 Ton, was built by General Electric in December 1946, #28566.  It was sold to Marquette & Huron Mountain in May 1972 but it remained the original lettering and number.  It was then sold as Central Wisconsin RR 210 in 1981 and sold as Whitewater Valley RR 210 in 1985.

1 was built by St Louis South-Western in 1925 as SSW 2217.  It was sold to Hyman Michaels Co in 1946 and resold as C&H 1 in 1946.  It was given to Mid-Continent Railway Museum in 1962 and later restored as SSW 2217 in 1978.

Incorporated July 15, 1987, CM bought the Durand to Midland line, and the Durand to Muskegon line from the Grand Trunk Western. On December 14, 1989, the line from Coopersville to Marne was sold to the Coopersville and Marne Railroad Company, and on December 12, 1990, the part in Muskegon was sold to Michigan Shore Railroad Inc.The line from Owosso to Ionia has been pulled up.

8802, GP38AC, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1969, #34841, as Baltimore & Ohio 3718. Class GP-40.  It was returned as General American Transportation Co  3718 on May 17, 1984.  It was built by Mid-American Car in May 1988 as CMGR 8802,

9210, GP8, was built by Electro-Motive in October 1950, #11839, as Erie RR 1207, Class MFSE-15a.  It became Erie Lackawanna 1207, Class MFSE-15D, in 1960 and Consolidated Railroad Corp 5937, Class GP-7, in April 1976.  It was rebuilt at Silvis on December 19, 1978, as 5447, Class GP-8.  It was retired on April 11, 1991, and sold as CMGR 9210,  It was sold in 2002.

2 was a caboose.

18 was built by Alco-Cooke in November 1920, #62624.  It was sold as Newberry Lumber & Chemical Co 18 and resold as Boyne City RR 18.  It was sold as Arcade & Attica 18 in 1962.

We have a special page on this short line which also operated in Texas.

No number, RS1, was built by Alco in October 1951, #79350, as Rutland RR 401, Class DRS-1.  It was sold as Vermont Ry 401 in January 1964 and resold as CPCo, no number, in January 1967.  It now is at the Saginaw Railway Museum.

We have a special page on this short line.

70, S1, was built by Alco in June 1945, #73354.  It was sold as Coe Rail 70.

We have a special page on this short line.

41. GP7, Class ERS, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1951, #12459.  It later became Grand Trunk Western 6041.

44, GP7, Class ERS, was built by Electro-Motive in November 1952, #15526,  It later became GTW 6044.

49, GP7, Class ERS, was built by Electro-Motive in April 1952, #16207. It later became GTW 6049.

50, GP7, Class ERS, was built by Electro-Motive in February 1953, #17843.  It was assigned as GTW 6050 but not renumbered.  It was sold to Chrome Crankshaft in June 1984 and resold as Indiana Midland Ry 50 in March 1985.  It was sold in March 1957 to Bay Colony RR as D&TSL 1501 but quickly repainted as Bay Colony RR 1501.  It was rebuilt as GP8 and renumbered 1750 "Gordon H Fay" in March 1996 and later renumbered 1701.

119, SW9, Class ES, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1951, #12458.  It later became GTW 6119 and later sold as Rail Switching Service 451.

120, SW9, Class ES, was built by Electro-Motive in November 1952, #16208.  It later became GTW 6120 and later sold as RSSX 402/

No number, 84.5 Ton, was built by General Electric in March 1952, #31731, as Great Lakes Steel Co 37.  It was sold with no number.

We have a page on this company.

Detroit Steel Co.

111, SW, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1937, #679, as Buffalo Creek RR 40.  It was sold as DSCo 111 and resold to Preston W Duffy on February 24, 1969.  It was scrapped by M D Friedman Co.

106, NW2, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1947, #5036. It became Conrail 9197, Class NW-2, in October 1981.

105, 20GM24, was built by Whitcomb in January 1942, #13214, as Quartermaster Corp 2089.  It was renumbered United States Army7720 and sold as DCCo  105.  It was sold as Coe Rail 105 and resold as Durbin & Greenbriar Valley RR 105.

6 was built by Alco-Pittsburgh in April 1909, #45920.  It is now on display.

M.L.1, ML6, was built by Plymouth in 1937 from Phoenix Engineering.  Information is limited and confused.

2 was built Built by the Osgood Bradley Co.  in November 1864 as Grand Trunk Ry #112.  It was renumbered to 585 in November 1885 and in 1889 the car was rebuilt at the Chicago & Grand Trunk, Gratiot Shops in Port Huron, MI. In 1902 the coach was sold to EJ&S by the F. M. Hicks of Chicago Heights, IL. It was rebuilt into a combine. It was sold in 1961 to a private individual and resold to Mid-Continent Railway Museum in 1963.

We have a full page on this line.

Ford Motor Co.

We have a full page on this line.

1951, F7A, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1953, #17852, as Great Northern 464-A, Class F-7-A.  In 1970 it became Burlington Northern 684, Class F-7, and sold as Seattle & North Coast 102 in 1981.  It later was sold as GTT 1951.

37, 84.5 Ton, was built by General Electric in March 1952, #31731.  It was sold to Detroit Processing Terminal with no number.

HCRR was organized in 1976 to take over a former New York Central line.  It became a portion of the Indiana & Northeastern RR in 1981.

1600 "Capt Moses Allen", GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1950, #11993, as Wabash RR 450, Class D-15.  It became Norfolk & Western 3450 in 1965 and later rebuilt at Paducah as Illinois Central Gulf 7706 in November 1974.  It was sold as Naporano Iron & Metal 1600 and resold as HCRR 1600.  It was returned to NI&M in August 1981 and resold as Eastern Shore RR 1600 "Norfolk" in September 1981.

1st 1602 "City of Hillsdale", GP7, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1952, #16905, as Reading RR 606, Class RS-3.  It was sold as St Johnsbury & Lamoille County RR 606 and resold as HCRR 1602.  It was retired for parts.

2nd 1602, GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in Electro-Motive in April 1957, #22473, as Great Northern 693, Class GP-9.  It became Burlington Northern 1766, Class GP-9, in 1970 and sold to GE Capital on December 7, 1985.  It was sold as HCRR 1766 and later renumbered 1602.  It became INE 1602.

1603 "Major Benjamin Jones". GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in April 1954, #19524, as Cleveland Union Terminal 5903, Class DRSP-9a.  It was renumbered 7303, Class ERS-17, in 1966 and became Consolidated Railroad Corp 7303, Class GP-9, in April 1976.  It was sold as HCRR 1603 and became INE 1603.  It is our of service.

5, 18 Ton, was built by Plymouth.

This line was begun in 1991 as a passenger service between Paw Paw and Hartford in a former Pere Marquette line. Service was bankrupt in 1995. It was taken over by the Western Michigan RR.

KBEC operated 41.8 miles of former PC (NYC/LS&MS) line, excluded from Conrail, running from Grand Rapids to Vermontville, Mi. Initial power on the first all minority managed railroad was 6 leased from the state. Their only loco had an engine failure in March 1980 and Ann Arbor RR 7 was leased.  It had an engine failure shortly and replaced by a Tuscola & Saginaw Bay engine.  Operation was discontinued October 15. 1983

6, S3, was built by Alco in November 1950, #78402, as Ann Arbor RR 6, Class D-6.  It was leased as KBEC 6 on August 1, 1979, and retired in March 1980.  It was scrapped in March 1981.

KC was a tourist operation based out of Calumet on the Copper Range RR in 1967 and ran for three years between Calument and Lake Linden.  Boiler problems sidelined the locomotive in the fall of 1970. The abandonment of the CR in 1972 forced KC to cease operations and move their equipment out of Calumet.  

29 was built by Alco-Schenectady in February 1907, #42535, as Copper Range RR 29. Class C-2.   It was sold as KC 29 in 1967 and moved to Quincy Mine.  It was sold to Mid-Continental Railway Museum in 2004.

Lake Linden & Torch Lake RR

3 was built by Porter in May 1915, #5649, as Calumet & Hecla Mining Co 3.  It was retired and placed for display in the 1950s and given to Houghtion County Historical Museum Society in December 1969.  It was restored beginning in 1998 and completed in 2003.  It is operating as LL&TL 3

We have a full page on this line. 

5, 65 Ton, was built by General Electric.

Lasco Development Corp.

1850, RSD12, was built by Alco in April 1956, #81943, as Chesapeake & Ohio 6007, Class MRSA-18.  It was reclassified as Class RSD12 in 1964 and renumbered 2007 in 1967.  It was transferred as Baltimore & Ohio 2007, Class RSD12, on September 12, 1969, and sold as Lasco 2007 on March 3, 1972.  It was transferred as Lake Superior & Ishpeming  1800 in 1973 amd renumbered 1850 in 1978.  It was sold as Nashville & Eastern 1850 in May 1989 and transferred as West Tennessee RR 1850 in 1990.  It was retired in 1994.

2370.

18, Class SC-4, was built by Alco in 1910, #46941, as Lake Superior & Ishpeming 18. Class SC-4.  It was sold to M&HM as 18, Class SC-4, in 1963 and was then sold to Ishpeming Steel Co in January 1985.  It was then sold to Lake States Steam Association as 18 and then to Grand Canyon Ry as 18 in 1989.

19, Class SC-4, was built by Alco-Pittburgh in 1910, #56942, as LS&I 19, Class SC-4.  It was sold to M&HM as 19, Class SC-4, and was then sold to Ishpeming Steel Co in January 1985.  It was sold to GCRy as 19.

22, Class SC-4, was built by Alco in 1910, #46944, as LS&I 22, Class SC-4.  It was sold to M&HM as 22, Class SC-4, in 1963.

210, 70 Ton, was built by General Electric in December 1946, #28566, as Calumet & Hecla, Inc 210.  It was sold to M&HM in May 1972 but it remained the original lettering and number.  It was then sold as Central Wisconsin RR 210 in 1981 and sold as Whitewater Valley RR 210 in 1985.

6, SW900, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1954, #19296.

31 was built by Baldwin in May 1928, #60468.    It was sold as Sharon Steel Co 13, and in 1963 it was purchased as Mathews Co 31 for a symbol since they manufacture 'Iron Horse Quality' agriculture equipment.

1501, RS2, was built by Alco in February 1950, #77917, as Green Bay & Western 304. It was sold to Michigan Northern as 1501 in October 1976 and was later scrapped.

1608, GP7, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1952, #15635, as TP&W 103. It was sold to MCHN as 1608 in December 1983.

1617, RS3, was built by Alco in July 1952, #80135, as Chicago & North Western 1617. It was retired on July 26, 1977, and sold to MCHN as 1617 in October 1977.

404, Class D-2.

18 was built by Alco-Cooke in November 1920, #62624, as Charcoal Iron Co 18.  It was sold as NL&CCo 18 and resold as Boyne City RR 18.  It was sold as Arcade & Attica 18 in 1962.

6 was built by Baldwin in May 1916, #43340, as Mellen Lumber Co. 6.  It was transferred as Ontonagon RR 6 in 1928 and became Huss Lumber Co 6 in 1932.  It became H-OP&P 6 in 1955.  The company was sold as Hoerner Boxes Inc in November 1962 and consolidated with Hoerner-Waldorf Co in June 1966.

52, S1, was built by Alco in July 1945, #73578.  It was sold as Coe Rail 52 in May 1985.

This commuter operation lasted only from 1978 thru 1987.

2 was built as Texas & Pacific 2520.  It became Missouri Pacific 13085 and sold as Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2.  It was sold to W&M 2 in 1993, but the project failed.

D-100, DS4-4-660, was built by Baldwin in September 1948, #73804.

White Pine Copper Co.

10387, 25 Ton, was built by General Electric in October 1954, #32250, as Turner Construction Co 10387.  It was sold as WPCCo 10387 and resold as Andersons Inc with no number.

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