![LSRC 3500 makes up a southbound train at Alpena Jct. 2007 [Dale Berry photo]](/images/MIRR/LCRS3500MakesUpSBTrainAtalpenaJct071807-15[DaleBerry].jpg "LSRC 3500 makes up a southbound train at Alpena Jct. 2007 [Dale Berry photo]")
Lake State Railway
The Lake State Railway started by purchasing the Detroit & Mackinac Railway between Rogers City and Bay City via Alpena. Later it leased CSX lines from Midland via Saginaw to just north of Flint which it operated as the Saginaw Bay Southern. In 2019, the railroad leased the former CSX line from Plymouth north to Flint, giving it a through route from the Detroit area into northern Michigan.
The northern end of the D&M line was pulled up north of Alpena, and the north end of the former New York Central has been pulled up north of Gaylord.
Much of the LSRC north of Bay City is aggregate traffic, mostly gravel quarried in Alpena which is brought south to trans-load facilities. Major customers of the company are Dow Chemical, LaFarge and others. The LSRC originally powered the line with old ALCO diesel locomotives purchased from the D&M, but the line began converting to EMD products which is fully complete. The company's major engine facility and operations headquarters is at the former CSX yard in Saginaw.
Website: Lake State Railway
Photo: LSRC 3500 makes up a southbound train at Alpena Jct. 2007 [Dale Berry photo]
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News Feed - Lake State Ry
24 September 2023
- Sept 21 - Tour Holly Township's Newest Building and Explore the ... - Oakland County Times
- Investigation into Kawkawlin train derailment underway - WNEM
- Huron and Saginaw Bay railroads receive grants from the state - Huron Daily Tribune
- Preliminary cause of Bay County train derailment is faulty tracks - WJRT
- Michigan announces $19 million in grants for freight rail projects - TRAINS Magazine
- 'Santa Train' coming tomorrow! - upnorthvoice.com - Up North Voice
- Regional of the Year: Lake State Railway - RailwayAge Magazine
- Harrisville Train Depot gifted to Alcona Historical Society - Alpena News
- Railway Age's 2023 Short Line and Regional Railroads of the Year ... - RailwayAge Magazine
- Lake State Railway Teams With Antin for Growth - RailwayAge Magazine
- Lake State Railway, a Leading Regional Freight Railroad, Has ... - Business Wire
- AHA, Others Urge FTC to Extend the Non-Compete Clause Rule ... - American Hospital Association
- International equity firm Antin invests in Lake State Railway - TRAINS Magazine
- MDOT: $19MM in 2023 M-REP Grants - RailwayAge Magazine
- Police send warning after Saginaw boy jumps onto moving train - MLive.com
