- Great Lakes Central Railroad
Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Great Lakes Central Railroad
marks=GLC
locale=Michigan
start_year=1977
end_year=
hq_city=Owosso, Michigan The Great Lakes Central Railroad reporting mark|GLC, originally called the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway reporting mark|TSBY was formed onAugust 26 1977 to operate over formerPenn Central lines from Millington toMunger, Michigan , and Vassar toColling, Michigan . Its name was derived from the threeMichigan counties it operated in: Tuscola, Saginaw and Bay.In October 1982, the
Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) contracted the TSBY to operate the formerAnn Arbor Railroad line from Osmer siding just north of Ann Arbor toAlma, Michigan . OnOctober 1 1984 , MDOT cancelled its contract with theMichigan Northern Railroad and the TSBY assumed operation of the rest of the Ann Arbor Railroad mainline from Alma to Thompsonville, formerGrand Rapids and Indiana Railway (GR&I) trackage from Reed City to Petoskey (crossing inCadillac, Michigan ) and Walton to Traverse City and formerChesapeake and Ohio Railway from Grawn to Williamsburg (through Traverse City). The track from Cadillac to Reed City was removed in the early 1990s. OnJanuary 22 1991 , the TSBY sold its original lines to theHuron and Eastern Railway , now owned byRail America . Today the TSBY operates former Ann Arbor track from Osmer toYuma, Michigan (just west of Cadillac), former GR&I from Cadillac to Petoskey and Walton to Traverse City, former C&O from Grawn to Williamsburg, former Penn Central from Owosso to Fergus, and formerGrand Trunk Western from Ashley to Middleton. The TBSY also operates a small portion of the abandoned CSX Ludington Subdivision inClare, Michigan , to serve a local plastics factory.In March 2006 the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway was purchased by Federated Railways, Inc. [http://www.progressiverailroading.com/freightnews/article.asp?id=8798] and has changed their name to
Great Lakes Central Railroad . Mike Bagwell, President and CEO of Great Lakes Central Railroad, announced that the railway will be starting a commuter rail service between the restored Howell Depot Museum and downtown Ann Arbor because of construction on US-23. Initially projected to start in 2007, the project has encountered delays.External links
* [http://www.glcrailroad.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.federatedrailways.com/ Federated Railways]
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