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 ...

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 ...

LANSING, MI (WLNS) – Would you ride a train that ran coast to coast in Michigan? A group called Michigan By Rail is working with the Michigan Department of Transportation to see if Michiganders would ...

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 ...

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 ...

(WXYZ) — There are 34 confirmed sites in Michigan linked to the Underground Railroad, and likely many more unofficial sites that aided in the network to help ...

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 history of Michigan's railroads is colorful and complex, and there's probably no one who knows the subject better than Graydon M. Meints (pronounced like "Heinz"), the author of 12 books on the ...

A Pittsburg, Kansas-based railroad equity company this week announced it has agreed to purchase a mid-Michigan regional hauler that runs from Ann Arbor to northern Michigan. Watco Railroad Company ...