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Road/Location	Dates of Operation	Routes Dispatched - Other Information
Existing:
Ann Arbor Railroad: Hallet Tower, Ohio	Start: 1981 End: Continuing	Main Line - Toledo to Osmer (north of Ann Arbor)
Canadian National Troy, MI	Start: Upon purchase of GTW. End:  Continuing	TD-2 controls the Mt. Clemens, Holly and Shoreline subdivisions.  TD-3 controls the Flint subdivision from Battle Creek to Port Huron.  (TD-3 also controls the entire Bessemer & Lake Erie.) TD-4 controls the South Bend and Elsdon subdivisions, from Battle Creek to Chicago.
Canadian National Stevens Point, WI North Dispatcher	Start:  2001 Merger w/WC End: Continuing	Manistique, Newberry, Lanse, Ore, Marinette, Iron Mountain and Pembine Subdivisions (former Wisconsin Central Routes) White Pine Sub - daily, except from 0700 to 1500 Monday through Friday
Canadian National Stevens Point, WI Central Dispatcher	Start:  2001 Merger w/WC End: Continuing	White Pine Sub - From 0700 to 1500 Monday through Friday
Conrail Shared Assets New Jersey	Start: NS/CSX Purchase End: Continuing	Michigan Line - Tunnel (CP) to Town Line North Yard Branch - Bay City Jct. to Utica Detroit Line - West Detroit to FN Junction Yard Secondary - Junction Yard to YD
CSX Jacksonville, Florida	Start: End: Continuing	AW Desk: Grand Rapids Subdivision from Porter, Indiana to Grand Rapids;  Fremont Subdivision from Waverly to Fremont;  Ludington Subdivision from Fuller to Ludington;  Manistee Subdivision from Walhalla to Manistee;  Lansing Subdivision from Grand Rapids to East End Trowbridge. AX Desk:  Dean Subdivision from Dean (Midland) to Saginaw;  Saginaw Subdivision from Saginaw to the SAS Carleton;  Detroit Subdivision from Detroit to Plymouth;  Plymouth Subdivision from Plymouth to WAS East End Trowbridge. BX Desk:  Toledo Terminal Subdivision from SAS Carleton to Walbridge and Stanley;  Lincoln Secondary form Detroit to Carleton.
Escanaba & Lake Superior - Channing Depot	Start:  MILW purchase in 1980's End: Continuing	All E&LS lines including MILW lines purchased in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Indiana & Ohio - Cincinatti, Ohio	Start:  When I&O purchased railroad from GTW	Entire line into Michigan from Ohio border.
Indiana Northeastern Hillsdale, Michigan	Start:  INER ownership End: Continuing	All INER lines.  Note:  They dispatch from the old Lansing Division Office at 50 Monroe Street, Hillsdale.
Lake State Railway East Tawas, MI	Start: Unknown End: Continuing	Entire line - North Bay City to Alpena Branch line to Alabaster
Lake Superior & Ishpeming Eagle Mills Control Center	Start: Unknown End: Continuing	All LS&I trackage
Norfolk Southern Dearborn, MI	Start: Purchase on Conrail End: Continuing	Main line, from CP Town Line (Dearborn) to BO Tower, Kalamazoo, MI Detroit line, from Trenton to OH state line near Alexis. OH State line (near White Pigeon) to Grand Rapids. Jackson to CP-MA in Lansing. Toledo Terminal
Norfolk Southern Fort Wayne, IN	Start: Merged from Norfolk & Western End: Continuing	Main Line from Detroit (Oakwood Yard) to state line (near Montpelier)
Rail America St. Albans, Vermont by American Rail Dispatch Center	Start: End: Continuing	MidMichigan Railroad Grand Rapids Eastern Michigan Shore Huron & Eastern Saginaw Valley Railroad
Tuscola & Saginaw Bay: Owosso Base	Start: Unknown End: Continuing	Main and branch lines between Osmer and Frankfort (cut back to Yuma)
Former:
Ann Arbor Railroad: Owosso, MI	Start: Unknown End: 1981 when operations north to Osmer were moved to Hallett Tower, Toledo	Main Line - Toledo to Frankfort
Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad Boyne City, MI	Start: Beginning of Railroad Confirmed: 1920 End: Abandonment	Main Line - Boyne City to Alpena Branch lines
Conrail (PC/NYC/MCRR): Detroit Yard Dispatcher	Start: Unknown Confirmed: 1940s-1960s End: Transfer of operations to Conrail Dearborn.	Main Line - Town Line to Windsor Mackinaw Branch - Bay City Jct. to North Yard Toledo (Detroit Line) Branch - West Detroit to Alexis Junction Yard Branch Various industrial branches in the City of Detroit
Conrail (PC/NYC/MCRR): Detroit Road Dispatcher	Start: Unknown End: Transfer to Conrail Dearborn	Main Line - Alexis (Toledo) to YD (River Rouge) Mackinaw Branch - North Yard to Mackinaw City
Conrail (PC/NYC/MCRR): Jackson East Dispatcher	Start: Unknown Confirmed: 1960's End: Transfer of operations to Conrail Dearborn.	Main Line - Town Line to Jackson
Conrail (PC/NYC/MCRR): Jackson West Dispatcher	Start: Unknown Confirmed: 1960's End: Transfer of operations to Conrail Dearborn.	Main Line - Jackson to Porter
Conrail (PC/NYC/MCRR): Toledo West Dispatcher	Start: Unknown End: Transfer of operations to NS	Old LSMS "Old Road" branch from Vulcan (Toledo) to "B" Elkhart
Detroit & Mackinac Ry. Alpena, MI	Start: Unknown End: Unknown Source:  [DJB]	Main Line from North Bay City to Cheboygan via Alpena All branch lines
Detroit & Mackinac Ry. Alpena Jct. (Ref: 1902 timetable)	Start: ~1890 Confirmed: 1902 End: Unknown   Source: Timetable	The Alpena & Northern Division (Alpena to Tower in 1902) The Valentine Lake Branch Both dispatched "by telephone" from Alpena Jct. (Note D&M dispatcher was in Tawas City)
Detroit & Mackinac Ry. Tawas City (Ref: 1902 timetable)   [GW] notes this as "East Tawas" in 1911.	Start:  ~late 1880's End: Unknown, moved to Alpena   Source:  Timetable	Main Line - Bay City to Alpena Jct. Rose City Branch Prescott Branch Above lines dispatched "by telegraph", except Rose City Branch which was dispatched "by telephone" per timetable.
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line: Lang Yard, Toledo	Start: Unknown End: Transfer of all operations to GTW	Main Line from Dearoad to Toledo Source:  [MWD]
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (DT&I): Dearborn, MI	Start: Unknown End: Transfer of all operations to GTW	Entire main line and branches Source:  [MWD]
Grand Trunk Western Battle Creek East Dispatcher (at Depot)	Start: Unknown End: Late 1980's to Troy, became TD-3	Flint Subdivision (main line) Source:  CW]
Grand Trunk Western Battle Creek West Dispatcher (at Depot)	Start: Unknown End: Late 1980's to Troy Source:  [CW]	South Bend Subdivision (main line) Kalamazoo Subdivision
Grand Trunk Western Detroit Dispatcher Durand, MI (Depot, top floor)	Start: Unknown End: 1971 to Pontiac Yard   Source:  [CW]	Grand Rapids Subdivision Saginaw Subdivision Holly Subdivision (to Detroit) Mount Clemens Subdivision, Cass City Subdivision Romeo Subdivision, Greenville Subdivision Jackson Subdivision, Muskegon Subdivision
Grand Trunk Western Pontiac Yard	Start: 1971 End: Mid-1990's to Troy	Detroit Dispatcher in Durand moved here in 1971- see above Battle Creek Dispatchers moved here in late 1980's - see above Source:  [CW]
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Elkhart, IN	Start: Unknown End: Unknown	Grand Rapids Division - White Pigeon to Grand Rapids Source: [LS]
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern White Pigeon, MI	Start: Unknown End: September, 1905 moved to Elkhart, IN	Grand Rapids Division - White Pigeon to Grand Rapids Source:  [LS]
New York Central Hillsdale, MI	Start: Unknown End: Unknown, early 1930's	NYC Lansing Branch - Fort Wayne to Lansing NYC Goshen & Michigan Branch - Goshen to Battle Creek NYC Fayette Branch - Grovesnor to Fayette NYC Dundee Branch - Dundee to Moscow NYC Ypsilanti Branch - Ypsilanti to Bankers NYC Monroe Branch - Monroe to Lenawee Jct. NYC Grand Rapids Branch - White Pigeon to Grand Rapids Source:  [IT]
Norfolk & Western Railroad Montpelier, OH	Start: Merger from Wabash Railroad End: Unknown, transfer to Fort Wayne, IN	Detroit (Oakwood Yard) to state line (near Montpelier) Source: [MWD]
Pennsylvania Railroad Fort Wayne, IN	Start: Unknown End: Sometime after PC merger	GR&I Branch from state line to Mackinaw City (taken over by PC Jackson West Dispatcher) Penford Secondary line from Carleton to Lincoln Yard (taken over by PC Detroit Road Dispatcher) Source:  [MWD]
Pennsylvania Railroad, Toledo, OH	Start:  1920's End: Unknown.	Line from Bucrus, OH to Galena (Toledo) Line from Carleton, MI to Lincoln Yard, MI Source:  [1940 timetable]
Wabash Railroad Montpelier, OH	Start: Unknown End: Same location, became Norfolk Southern	Detroit (Oakwood Yard) to state line (near Montpelier) Source: [MWD]