Time Line - 2025

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• March 6. Watco Holdings, files a petition with the Surface Transportation Board, for approval allowing them to acquire control of the Great Lakes Central Railroad (GLC), a Class III carrier. Watco intends to acquire all GLC common stock from Federated Capital Acquisitions, Inc. The trackage includes the main line from Osmer (Ann Arbor) north to Traverse City and Petoskey, and several branch lines. [STB-2025-0306]

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• Railroad event in Michigan
• Event relating to mining
• Event related to car ferries
• Event outside of Michigan
• Improvement in Technology
• Railroad built or extended
• Railroad abandoned and/or removed
• Economic panic or depression