A Kansas company that owns dozens of small railroads is purchasing Owosso-based Great Lakes Central and expanding its ...

Last year’s completion of the South Shore Line Double Track project — adding a second main line between Gary and Michigan ...

A Pittsburg, Kansas-based railroad equity company this week announced it has agreed to purchase a mid-Michigan regional hauler that runs from Ann Arbor to northern Michigan. Watco Railroad Company ...

Founded in 1827 by John Sturgis and established as a city by 1896, community leader J.G. Wait had helped the Michigan ...

Shortline holding company Watco is adding another railroad to its stable: Great Lakes Central, the operator of 420 miles of state-owned trackage in Michigan. Watco already knows the railroad well. It ...

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The Michigan Santa Train ... an historic diesel locomotive built in 1926 for the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad. Free Press Reporter Nour Rahal contributed to this story.

Watco Railroad Company Holdings will purchase Great Lakes Central Railroad, expanding its Michigan presence. The deal is subject to approval by the Surface Transportation Board. Great Lakes ...