![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
26 March 2023
- Earl, Davis Join Lake State Railway Board - RailwayAge Magazine
- Lake State buys first comfort cab locomotives - TRAINS Magazine
- Buttigieg announces $368M in rail infrastructure, safety grants - Detroit News
- Rep. Beson goes on Lake State Railway tour - Michigan House Republicans
- Lake State Railway, a Leading Regional Freight Railroad, Has Received a Strategic Investment from Antin ... - Business Wire
- Regional of the Year: Lake State Railway - RailwayAge Magazine
- Annual model train show attracts thousands, community members of all ages - The State News
- Port Huron mourns the end of an era in papermaking - Detroit News
- Lake State Railway Teams With Antin for Growth - RailwayAge Magazine
- International equity firm Antin invests in Lake State Railway - TRAINS Magazine
- Lake State Railway: A plan comes together - RailwayAge Magazine
- RJCM, LSRC, BIPR, GRYR Accept Railway Age Awards - RailwayAge Magazine
- Lake State Railway, Indiana Rail Road take small-road honors - RailwayAge Magazine
- Lake State Railway hosts Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI-5) - Railway Track & Structures
- Saginaw railroad gets $8.6 million grant to improve Michigan service lines - MLive.com
