The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Common freight carriers
- Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road (ADBF)
- Ann Arbor Railroad (AA)
- Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSAM), and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
- Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS)
- Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRSH, CSAO)
- Coopersville and Marne Railway (CPMY)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Delray Connecting Railroad (DC)
- Detroit Connecting Railroad (DCON)
- Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS)
- Grand Elk Railroad (GDLK)
- Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (GR)
- Great Lakes Central Railroad (GLC)
- Hamilton Northwestern Railroad (HNW)
- Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR)
- Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN)
- Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY)
- Jackson and Lansing Railroad (JAIL)
- Lake State Railway (LSRC)
- Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LSI)
- Lapeer Industrial Railroad (LIRR)
- Marquette Rail, LLC (MQT)
- Michigan Shore Railroad (MS)
- Michigan Southern Railroad (MSO)
- Mid-Michigan Railroad (MMRR)
- Mineral Range Railroad (MRA)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- West Michigan Railroad (WMI)
Private freight carriers
- carmeuse Lime & Stone
- Port Inland Railroad
Passenger carriers
- Adrian & Blissfield Railroad (ADBF)
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS)
- Coopersville and Marne Railway
- Detroit People Mover
- ExpressTram
- Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation
- QLine
- Southern Michigan Railroad
Defunct railroads
<!--Mohawk and Traverse Bay Railroad?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
|-
|Allegan and Holland Railroad
|
|PM
|1868
|1869
|Michigan Lake Shore Railroad
|-
|Allegan and Lake Shore Railroad
|
|
|1883
|1889
|N/A
|-
|Allegan and Southeastern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1878
|1883
|Toledo and Milwaukee Railway
|-
|Alpena and Northern Railroad
|
|D&M
|1893
|1992
|Detroit and Mackinac Railway
|-
|Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad
|
|NYC
|1857
|1867
|Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad, Northern Central Michigan Railroad
|-
|Ann Arbor Railroad
|AA
|AA
|1895
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Arcadia and Betsey River Railway
|
|
|1895
|1936
|N/A
|-
|Au Sable and Northwestern Railroad
|
|D&M
|1891
|1906
|Au Sable and Northwestern Railway
|-
|Au Sable and Northwestern Railway
|
|D&M
|1908
|1914
|Detroit and Mackinac Railway
|-
|Battle Creek and Bay City Railway
|
|NYC
|1888
|1889
|Bay City and Battle Creek Railway
|-
|Battle Creek and Sturgis Railway
|
|NYC
|1889
|1969
|Penndel Company
|-
|Bay City and Alpena Railroad
|
|D&M
|1881
|1883
|Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad
|-
|Bay City and Battle Creek Railway
|
|NYC
|1889
|1916
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Bay City Belt Line Railroad
|
|PM
|1889
|1903
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Bay City and East Saginaw Railroad
|
|PM
|1864
|1872
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railway
|-
|Bay City Terminal Railway
|
|CN
|1910
|1928
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Bay De Noquet and Marquette Railroad
|
|CP
|1857
|1871
|Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad
|-
|Bay View, Little Traverse and Mackinaw Railroad
|
|PRR
|1879
|1887
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
|-
|Bear Lake and Eastern Railroad
|
|
|1882
|1902
|N/A
|-
|Benton Harbor, Coloma and Paw Paw Lake Train Railway
|
|PM
|1895
|1903
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Benton Harbor and South Eastern Railway
|
|PM
|1893
|1897
|Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway
|-
|Benton Harbor Terminal Railway
|
|
|1901
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Blaney and Southern Railway
|
|
|1902
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Blissfield Railroad
|
|
|1935
|1937<!--or 1936?-->
|Ohio and Morenci Railroad
|-
|Boyne City Railroad
|BCRR
|
|1935
|1976
|N/A
|-
|Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad
|BCG&A
|
|1905
|1935
|Boyne City Railroad
|-
|Boyne City and South Eastern Railroad
|
|
|1893
|1905
|Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad
|-
|Buchanan and St. Joseph River Railroad
|
|NYC
|1894
|1912
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Buckley and Douglas Railroad
|
|
|1881
|1889
|N/A<!--or Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad?-->
|-
|Cadillac and Lake City Railway
|CLK
|
|1963
|1971<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Canada and St. Louis Railway
|
|NYC
|1887
|1889
|Sturgis, Goshen and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Canada Southern Railway
|
|NYC
|1874<!--leased the Canada Southern Bridge Company and Michigan Midland and Canada Railroad then?-->
|1882<!--leased to the Michigan Central-->
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Canada Southern Bridge Company
|
|NYC
|1873
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Caro and Lake Huron Railroad
|
|NYC
|1901
|1908
|Detroit and Bay City Railroad
|-
|Cass River Railroad
|
|PM
|1871
|1872
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railway
|-
|Central Railroad
|
|NYC
|1837
|1846
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Central Michigan Railway
|CMGN
|
|1987
|2003
|Huron and Eastern Railway
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|C&O, CO
|
|1947
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Chicago and Canada Southern Railway
|
|NYC
|1871
|1888
|Detroit and Chicago Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad
|
|CN
|1858
|1928
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
|
|CN
|1880
|1900
|Port Huron and Indiana Railway
|-
|Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1906
|1914
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway
|CK&S
|NYC
|1883
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Chicago and Kalamazoo Terminal Railroad
|
|CN
|1895
|1928
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad
|
|CN
|1873
|1879
|Michigan Railway, North Western Grand Trunk Railway
|-
|Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad
|
|PM
|1869
|1878
|Chicago and West Michigan Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
|MILW
|1893
|1928
|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|MILW
|MILW
|1927
|1984<!--leased in 1980; purchased in 1984-->
|Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
|-
|Chicago and North Michigan Railroad
|
|PM
|1891
|1899
|Chicago and West Michigan Railway
|-
|Chicago and North Eastern Railroad
|
|CN
|1874
|1880
|Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
|-
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|CNW
|CNW
|1859
|1972
|Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
|-
|Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
|CNW
|CNW
|1972
|1995
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Saginaw and Canada Railroad
|
|PM
|1873
|1883
|Saginaw and Western Railroad
|-
|Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad
|
|CNW
|1857
|1859
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Chicago and West Michigan Railroad
|
|PM
|1878
|1881
|Chicago and West Michigan Railway
|-
|Chicago and West Michigan Railway
|
|PM
|1881
|1899
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad
|
|NYC
|1886
|1892
|Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad, Michigan and Mackinaw Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway
|
|NYC
|1892
|1897
|Cincinnati Northern Railroad, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad
|
|NYC
|1891
|1892
|Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway
|-
|Cincinnati Northern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1898<!--or earlier in Michigan?-->
|1938
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Cincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad
|
|CN
|1889
|1943
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway
|
|NYC
|1882<!--or earlier in Michigan?-->
|1915
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
|NYC
|1891<!--leased the Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway-->
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Coe Rail, Inc.
|CRLE
|
|1984
|2006
|Michigan Air-Line Railway
|-
|Coldwater Train Railway
|
|
|1905
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Colfax and Big Rapids Railroad
|
|
|1887
|1889
|N/A
|-
|Connecting Railway
|
|PRR
|1956
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|CR
|
|1976
|1999
|CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Copper Range Railroad
|CR, COPR
|
|1899
|1972
|N/A
|-
|Crawford and Manistee River Railway
|
|
|1885
|1904
|N/A
|-
|Dead River Railroad
|
|CP
|1889
|1907
|Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
|-
|Delray Terminal Railroad
|
|
|1905
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Detroit and Bay City Railroad
|
|NYC
|1881
|1916
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Detroit and Bay City Railway
|
|NYC
|1871
|1881
|Detroit and Bay City Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad
|
|D&M
|1883
|1894
|Detroit and Mackinac Railway
|-
|Detroit, Bay City and Western Railroad
|
|
|1907
|1925
|Detroit, Caro and Sandusky Railway
|-
|Detroit Belt Line Railroad
|
|NYC
|1909
|1916
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad
|
|WAB
|1880
|1881
|Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|-
|Detroit, Caro and Sandusky Railway
|
|
|1925
|1953
|N/A
|-
|Detroit and Charlevoix Railroad
|
|NYC
|1901
|1916
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Detroit and Chicago Railroad
|
|NYC
|1888
|1914
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Detroit and Cincinnati Railway
|
|DT&I
|1896
|1897
|Detroit and Lima Northern Railway
|-
|Detroit, Delray and Dearborn Railroad
|
|NYC
|1895
|1916
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway
|
|CN
|1878
|1928
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad
|
|PM
|1896
|1899
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Hillsdale and Indiana Railroad
|
|NYC
|1869
|1875
|Detroit, Hillsdale and South Western Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Hillsdale and South Western Railroad
|
|NYC
|1875
|1960
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Detroit and Howell Railroad
|
|PM
|1864
|1870
|Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad
|
|PM
|1870
|1871
|Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad
|-
|Detroit and Huron Railway
|
|CN
|1912
|1928
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Detroit and Ironton Railroad
|
|DT&I
|1920
|1931
|Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad
|
|PM
|1871
|1876
|Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad
|
|PM
|1876
|1896
|Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad
|-
|Detroit and Lima Northern Railway
|
|DT&I
|1897
|1901
|Detroit Southern Railroad
|-
|Detroit and Mackinac Railway
|D&M, DM
|D&M
|1894
|1992
|Lake State Railway
|-
|Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad
|
|CP
|1879
|1886
|Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad
|-
|Detroit Manufacturers Railroad
|
|NYC
|1902
|1969
|Penndel Company
|-
|Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad
|
|CN
|1860
|1878
|Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway
|-
|Detroit and Milwaukee Railway
|
|CN
|1855
|1860
|Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad
|
|NYC
|1855
|1914
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Detroit and Pontiac Railroad
|
|CN
|1834
|1855
|Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad
|-
|Detroit River Railroad and Bridge Company
|
|NYC
|1872
|1873
|Canada Southern Bridge Company
|-
|Detroit River Bridge Company
|
|NYC
|1898
|1905
|Michigan and Canada Bridge and Tunnel Company
|-
|Detroit River Tunnel Company
|
|NYC
|1905
|
|
|-
|Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad
|
|NYC
|1832
|1837
|Central Railroad
|-
|Detroit Southern Railroad
|
|DT&I
|1901
|1905
|Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway
|-
|Detroit and State Line Railroad
|
|NYC
|1872
|1872
|Toledo, Canada Southern and Detroit Railway
|-
|Detroit and State Line Wabash Railroad
|
|WAB
|1889
|1889
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Detroit Terminal Railroad
|DT
|CN/ NYC
|1905
|1984
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Detroit Terminal Railway
|
|NYC
|1901
|1902
|Detroit Manufacturers Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
|DT&I, DTI
|DT&I
|1914
|1983
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway
|
|DT&I
|1905
|1913
|Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
|-
|Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad
|
|NYC
|1897
|1969
|Penndel Company
|-
|Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
|D&TS, DTS
|CN/ NKP
|1899
|1981
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Detroit Transit Railway
|
|NYC
|1872
|1901
|Detroit Terminal Railway
|-
|Detroit Union Railroad Depot and Station Company
|
|PM/ WAB<!--and CP??-->
|1881
|1955
|Penndel Company
|-
|Detroit and Western Railway
|
|WAB
|1908
|1958
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad
|DSA
|CP
|1949
|1961
|Soo Line Railroad
|-
|Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
|DS&A, DSS&A, DSA
|CP
|1887
|1949
|Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad
|-
|East Jordan and Southern Railroad
|EJ&S
|
|1901
|1961
|N/A
|-
|East Saginaw and St. Clair Railroad
|
|PM
|1872
|1889
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Elkhart, Niles and Lake Michigan Railroad
|
|NYC
|1880
|1882
|Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway
|-
|Empire and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
|
|1920<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Epworth League Railway
|
|
|1895
|1901
|Ludington and Northern Railway
|-
|Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad
|
|NYC
|1833
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Erie and Michigan Railway and Navigation Company
|E&M, EM
|D&M
|1904
|1949
|Detroit and Mackinac Railway
|-
|Escanaba, Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad
|
|AA
|1895
|1895
|Ann Arbor Railroad
|-
|Escanaba, Iron Mountain and Western Railroad
|
|CNW
|1890
|1947
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway
|
|
|1898
|1901
|Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
|-
|Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway
|
|CNW
|1880
|1882
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Flint Belt Railroad
|
|PM
|1921
|1955
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Flint and Fentonville Railroad
|
|PM
|1863
|1863
|Flint and Holly Railroad
|-
|Flint and Holly Railroad
|
|PM
|1863
|1868
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railway
|-
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad
|
|PM
|1880
|1899
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railway
|
|PM
|1857
|1880
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Flint River Railroad
|
|PM
|1871
|1872
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railway
|-
|Fort Street Union Depot Company
|FSUD
|PM<!--and others?-->
|1889
|1969
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad
|
|NYC
|1880
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad
|
|NYC
|1869
|1879
|Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad
|-
|Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad
|
|AA
|1885
|1892
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway
|-
|Garden Bay Railway
|
|
|1914
|1917
|N/A
|-
|Glencoe, Pinconning and Lake Shore Railroad
|
|NYC
|1876
|1879
|Pinconning Railroad
|-
|Gogebic and Montreal River Railroad
|
|CP
|1883
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Grand Haven Railroad
|
|PM
|1878
|1881
|Chicago and West Michigan Railway
|-
|Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad
|
|PM
|1898
|1903
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Grand Rapids and Holland Railroad
|
|PM
|1871
|1871
|Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad
|-
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
|
|PRR
|1855
|1896
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway
|-
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway
|
|PRR
|1896
|1954
|Penndel Company
|-
|Grand Rapids, Indiana and Mackinaw Railroad
|
|PRR
|1881
|1884
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
|-
|Grand Rapids, Kalkaska and Southeastern Railroad
|
|PM
|1897
|1920<!--? this is when the ICC authorized abandonment-->
|N/A
|-
|Grand Rapids and Lake Shore Railroad
|
|PM
|1869
|1870
|Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad
|-
|Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit Railroad
|
|PM
|1887
|1896
|Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad
|-
|Grand Rapids and Mackinaw Railroad
|
|PRR
|1857
|1857
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
|-
|Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad
|
|PM
|1869
|1881
|Chicago and West Michigan Railway
|-
|Grand Rapids and Southern Railroad
|
|PRR
|1855
|1855
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
|-
|Grand Rapids Terminal Railroad
|
|CN
|1904
|1928
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Grand Rapids Terminal Belt Railway
|
|PM
|1905
|<!--no idea-->
|Pere Marquette Railway<!--?-->
|-
|Grand River Valley Railroad
|
|NYC
|1846
|1916
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Grand Trunk Railway
|GT
|CN
|1859<!--leased the Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad-->
|1923
|Canadian National Railway
|-
|Grand Trunk Railway of Michigan
|
|NYC
|1867
|1868
|Michigan Air Line Railroad
|-
|Grand Trunk Western Railway
|
|CN
|1900
|1928
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Grass Lake and Manistee River Railroad
|
|
|1886
|1892
|N/A
|-
|Grayling, Twin Lakes and Northeastern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1891
|1901
|Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad
|-
|Hancock and Calumet Railroad
|
|CP
|1885
|1935
|Mineral Range Railroad
|-
|Harbor Beach and Port Hope Railroad
|
|PM
|1903
|1903
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Harbor Springs Railway
|
|
|1901
|1912
|N/A
|-
|Hastings, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad
|
|PM
|1883
|1887
|Lowell and Hastings Railroad
|-
|Hecla Belt Line Railroad
|
|
|1902
|1913<!--?-->
|Bay City and Battle Creek Railway
|-
|Hillsdale County Railway
|HCRC
|
|1976
|1992
|Indiana Northeastern Railroad
|-
|Hobart and Manistee River Railroad
|
|
|1879
|1890
|N/A
|-
|Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railway
|
|PM
|1865
|1872
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railway
|-
|Houghton and L'Anse Railroad
|
|CP
|1881
|1883
|Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad
|-
|Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad
|
|CP
|1870
|1872
|Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad
|-
|Howell and Lansing Railroad
|
|PM
|1868
|1870
|Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad
|-
|Huron and Western Railroad
|
|PM
|1902
|1940<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad
|
|NYC
|1900<!--leased the St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad-->
|1906
|Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
|-
|Indiana and Lake Michigan Railway
|
|NYC
|1887
|1898
|St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad
|-
|Indiana and Michigan Railroad
|
|PM
|1881
|1881
|Chicago and West Michigan Railway
|-
|Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railroad
|
|
|1889
|1894
|Wisconsin and Michigan Railway
|-
|Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railway
|
|
|1886
|1889
|Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railroad
|-
|Ionia and Lansing Railroad
|
|PM
|1866
|1871
|Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad
|-
|Ionia, Stanton and Northern Railroad
|
|PM
|1872
|1872
|Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad
|-
|Iron Mountain Railroad
|
|CP
|1855
|1859
|Bay De Noquet and Marquette Railroad
|-
|Iron Mountain Railway
|
|CP
|1855
|1857
|Iron Mountain Railroad
|-
|Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad
|
|
|1890
|1900
|N/A
|-
|Iron Range Railway
|
|CNW
|1887
|1889
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Iron River Railway
|
|CNW
|1886
|1889
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Ithaca and Alma Railroad
|
|AA
|1882
|1882<!--?? ICC lists this as built by the Saginaw Valley and St. Louis Railroad in 1882-1883, then sold to the Ann Arbor by the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad in 1897-->
|Saginaw Valley and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Jackson and Cincinnati Railway
|
|NYC
|1895
|1898
|Cincinnati Northern Railroad
|-
|Jackson, Fort Wayne and Cincinnati Railroad
|
|NYC
|1868
|1869
|Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad
|-
|Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad
|
|NYC
|1865
|1916
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Jackson and Ohio Railroad
|
|NYC
|1884
|1886
|Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad
|-
|Jennings and Northeastern Railroad
|
|
|
|1920
|
|-
|Kalamazoo and Allegan Railroad
|
|NYC
|1867
|1868
|Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad
|-
|Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad
|
|NYC
|1868
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Railroad
|
|NYC
|1868
|1868
|Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad
|-
|Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railroad
|KLSC
|
|1987
|1995
|West Michigan Railroad
|-
|Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway
|KLS
|
|1905
|1925
|N/A
|-
|Kalamazoo, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad
|
|PM
|1871
|1883
|Hastings, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad
|-
|Kalamazoo and Schoolcraft Railroad
|
|NYC
|1866
|1869
|Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad
|-
|Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad
|
|NYC
|1869
|1916
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad
|
|NYC
|1869
|1914
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Keweenaw Central Railroad
|KCRR
|
|1905
|<!--no idea - it lasted at least into the late 1940s as a Copper Range Railroad lessor-->
|
|-
|Lac La Belle and Calumet Railroad
|
|
|1883
|1888
|Keweenaw Central Railroad
|-
|Lake George and Muskegon River Railroad
|
|AA
|1876
|1886<!--?-->
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Cadillac Railway
|-
|Lake Huron and Southwestern Railway
|
|D&M
|1879
|1879
|Tawas and Bay County Railroad
|-
|Lake Michigan Division of the Toledo and South Haven Railroad
|
|PM
|1884
|1886
|Toledo and South Haven Railroad
|-
|Lake Shore Railroad of Western Michigan
|
|PM
|1869
|1869
|Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad
|-
|Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
|
|NYC
|1869
|1914
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Lake Superior Iron Mountain Railroad
|
|CP
|1862
|1878
|Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad
|-
|Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railway
|
|LSI
|1893
|1923
|Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
|-
|Lansing, Alma, Mount Pleasant and Northern Railroad
|
|AA
|1884
|1886
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Mount Pleasant Railway
|-
|Lansing Connecting Railroad
|
|
|1914
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Lansing and Jackson Railroad
|
|NYC
|1864
|1865
|Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad
|-
|Lansing Manufacturers Railroad
|
|NYC
|1904
|1969
|Penndel Company
|-
|Lansing Transit Railway
|
|NYC
|1886
|1969
|Penndel Company
|-
|Lapeer and Northern Railroad
|
|
|1872
|1880
|N/A
|-
|Leelanau Transit Company
|LTCR
|PM
|1919
|1973
|N/A
|-
|Lenawee County Railroad
|LCRC
|
|1977
|1990
|Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
|-
|Lewiston and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
|1896
|1910
|N/A
|-
|Lima Northern Railway
|
|DT&I
|1895<!--or later in Michigan?-->
|1897
|Detroit and Lima Northern Railway
|-
|Lowell and Hastings Railroad
|
|PM
|1887
|1899
|Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad
|-
|Ludington and Northern Railway
|LUN
|
|1901
|1982
|N/A
|-
|Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad
|
|CP
|1886
|1887
|Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
|-
|Manistee Railroad
|
|PM
|1880
|1889
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Manistee and Grand Rapids Railroad
|
|
|1889
|1913
|Michigan East and West Railway
|-
|Manistee and Luther Railroad
|
|
|1886
|1914
|N/A
|-
|Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad
|M&NE
|
|1887
|1926<!--?-->
|Manistee and Northeastern Railway
|-
|Manistee and Northeastern Railway
|M&NE
|PM
|1926
|1955
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad
|M&LS, MLS
|AA
|1909
|1968
|N/A
|-
|Manistique and Northern Railroad
|
|AA
|1908
|1909
|Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad
|-
|Manistique and Northwestern Railway
|
|AA
|1891
|1902
|Manistique, Marquette and Northern Railroad
|-
|Manistique, Marquette and Northern Railroad
|
|AA
|1902
|1908
|Manistique and Northern Railroad
|-
|Manistique Railway
|
|
|1886
|1910
|N/A
|-
|Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad
|
|NYC
|1871
|1877
|Allegan and Southeastern Railroad
|-
|Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad
|
|CP
|1872
|1890
|Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
|-
|Marquette and Huron Mountain Railroad
|MHCO
|
|1963
|1985
|N/A
|-
|Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad
|
|CP
|1863
|1872
|Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad
|-
|Marquette and Ontonagon Railway
|
|CP
|1857
|1863
|Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad
|-
|Marquette and Southeastern Railway
|
|LSI
|1900
|1911
|Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway
|-
|Marquette and State Line Railroad
|
|CNW
|1857
|1857
|Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad
|-
|Marquette and Western Railroad
|
|CP
|1883
|1885
|Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad
|-
|Mason and Oceana Railroad
|
|
|1886
|1909
|N/A
|-
|Mecosta Railroad
|
|
|1882
|1888
|N/A
|-
|Menominee Branch Railroad
|
|MILW
|1883
|1887
|Milwaukee and Northern Railroad
|-
|Menominee and Northern Railroad
|
|
|1893
|1895
|Wisconsin and Michigan Railway
|-
|Menominee River Railroad
|
|CNW
|1875
|1882
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Menominee and St. Paul Railway
|
|AA
|1899
|1958
|N/A
|-
|Menominee and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
|
|CP
|1885
|1888
|Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway
|-
|Michigan Railway
|
|CN
|1880
|1880
|Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
|-
|Michigan Air Line Railroad
|
|NYC
|1868
|1916
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Michigan Air Line Railway
|
|CN
|1875
|1928
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Michigan Air-Line Railway
|MAL
|
|2006
|2011
|
|-
|Michigan and Canada Bridge and Tunnel Company
|
|NYC
|1905
|1905
|Detroit River Tunnel Company
|-
|Michigan Central Railroad
|
|NYC
|1846
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Michigan Central Bridge Company
|
|NYC
|1896
|1898
|Detroit River Bridge Company
|-
|Michigan East and West Railway
|
|
|1914
|1918<!--or 1919?-->
|N/A
|-
|Michigan Interstate Railway
|
|
|1977
|1988
|Ann Arbor Railroad
|-
|Michigan Lake Shore Railroad
|
|PM
|1869
|1878
|Grand Haven Railroad
|-
|Michigan and Mackinaw Railroad
|
|NYC
|1891
|1892
|Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway
|-
|Michigan Midland Railroad
|
|NYC
|1870
|1873
|Michigan Midland and Canada Railroad
|-
|Michigan Midland and Canada Railroad
|
|NYC
|1872
|1906
|St. Clair and Western Railroad
|-
|Michigan Northern Railway
|MIGN
|
|1976
|1986
|Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway
|-
|Michigan and Ohio Railroad
|
|NYC
|1883
|1887
|Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad
|-
|Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Railroad
|
|DT&I
|1905
|1906
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Detroit Railroad
|-
|Michigan Southern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1846
|1855
|Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
|-
|Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
|
|NYC
|1855
|1869
|Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
|-
|Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway
|
|PM
|1897
|1903
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad
|
|CNW
|1872<!--or later in Michigan?-->
|1875
|Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway
|-
|Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway
|
|CNW
|1875
|1893
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Milwaukee and Northern Railroad
|
|MILW
|1887
|1893
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Mineral Range Railroad
|MLR
|CP
|1872
|1949
|Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad
|-
|Mineral Range and L'Anse Bay Railroad
|
|CP
|1871
|1872
|Mineral Range Railroad
|-
|Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
|SOO
|CP
|1944
|1961
|Soo Line Railroad
|-
|Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
|SOO
|CP
|1888
|1944
|Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
|-
|Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway
|
|CP
|1888
|1888
|Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
|-
|Miscauno and North-Western Railway
|
|
|1905
|1905
|Wisconsin and Michigan Railway
|-
|Monroe and Toledo Railway
|
|PM
|1893
|1897
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Montague, Pentwater and Manistee Railroad
|
|PM
|1871
|1871
|Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad
|-
|Munising Railway
|
|LSI
|1895
|1911
|Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway
|-
|Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway
|
|LSI
|1911
|1923
|Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
|-
|Muskegon Railway and Navigation Company
|
|CN
|1918
|1955
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Muskegon and Big Rapids Railroad
|
|PM
|1871
|1872
|Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad
|-
|Muskegon and Ferrysburg Railroad
|
|PM
|1869
|1869
|Michigan Lake Shore Railroad
|-
|Muskegon, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
|
|PRR
|1886
|1917
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
|-
|Muskegon Lake Railroad
|
|PM
|1879
|1900
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Muskegon River and Rose Lake Railway
|
|
|1878
|1881
|N/A
|-
|Negaunee and Palmer Railroad
|
|CP
|1888
|1890
|Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
|-
|New York Central Railroad
|NYC
|NYC
|1914
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|N&W, NW
|
|1964
|1998
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Northern Central Michigan Railroad
|
|NYC
|1866
|1914
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Northern Michigan Railroad
|
|
|1888
|1899
|Copper Range Railroad
|-
|North Western Grand Trunk Railway
|
|CN
|1879
|1880
|Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
|-
|Oakland and Ottawa Railroad
|
|CN
|1848
|1855
|Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad
|-
|Ohio and Michigan Railway
|
|NYC
|1870
|1871
|Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad
|-
|Ohio and Michigan Traction Company
|
|DT&I
|1903
|1904
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Detroit Railroad
|-
|Ohio and Morenci Railroad
|
|
|1933
|1954
|N/A
|-
|Onaway and North Michigan Railway
|
|
|1901
|
|N/A
|-
|Ontonagon Railroad
|
|MILW
|1904
|1932<!--or did part of it remain?-->
|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Ontonagon and Brule River Railroad
|
|MILW
|1880
|1890
|Milwaukee and Northern Railroad
|-
|Ontonagon and State Line Railroad
|
|CNW
|1856
|1857
|Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad
|-
|Owosso and Big Rapids Railroad
|
|AA
|1869
|1871
|Owosso and North Western Railroad
|-
|Owosso and North Western Railroad
|
|AA
|1871
|1883
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway
|-
|Oxford and Port Austin Railroad
|
|CN
|1879
|1880
|Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad
|-
|Paint River Railway
|
|CNW
|1890
|1891
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Palmyra and Jacksonburgh Railroad
|
|NYC
|1836
|1844
|Southern Railroad
|-
|Paris and Pere Marquette River Railroad
|
|
|1882
|1889
|N/A
|-
|Patterson Railroad
|
|PM
|1870
|1872
|Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad
|-
|Paw Paw Railroad
|
|PM
|1857
|1886
|Toledo and South Haven Railroad
|-
|Peninsula Railroad of Michigan
|
|CNW
|1862
|1865
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Peninsular Railway
|
|CN
|1865
|1868
|Peninsular Railway
|-
|Peninsular Railway
|
|CN
|1868
|1870
|Peninsular Railway
|-
|Peninsular Railway
|
|CN
|1870
|1873
|Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad
|-
|Peninsular Railway Extension Company
|
|CN
|1868
|1868
|Peninsular Railway
|-
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|PC
|
|1968
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Penndel Company
|
|PRR
|1954
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pensalt Railroad
|
|
|1901
|1908
|Wyandotte Southern Railroad
|-
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|PRR
|PRR
|1921<!--leased the GR&I-->
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|Pennsylvania–Detroit Railroad
|
|PRR
|1917
|1926
|Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad
|-
|Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad
|
|PRR
|1926
|1956
|Connecting Railway
|-
|Penokee Railroad
|
|CP
|1886<!--leased the Gogebic and Montreal River Railroad-->
|1888
|Wisconsin Central Company
|-
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|
|PM
|1899
|1917
|Pere Marquette Railway
|-
|Pere Marquette Railway
|PM
|PM
|1917
|1947
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Pere Marquette Railroad of Indiana
|
|PM
|1903
|1907
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Pinconning Railroad
|
|NYC
|1879
|1880
|Saginaw Bay and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Pleasant Bay Railway
|
|CN/ NKP
|1898
|1899
|Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
|-
|Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Railroad
|
|CN
|1889
|1928
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad
|
|CN
|1880
|1889
|Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Railroad
|-
|Port Huron Railroad Tunnel Company
|
|CN
|1886
|1886
|St. Clair Tunnel Company
|-
|Port Huron and Detroit Railroad
|PH&D, PHD
|
|1917
|1990
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Port Huron and Indiana Railway
|
|CN
|1900
|1900
|Grand Trunk Western Railway
|-
|Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad
|
|CN
|1847
|1873
|Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad
|-
|Port Huron and Milwaukee Railway
|
|CN
|1855
|1863
|Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad
|-
|Port Huron and Northwestern Railway
|
|PM
|1878
|1889
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Port Huron Southern Railroad
|
|
|1900
|1917
|Port Huron and Detroit Railroad
|-
|Port Huron and South Western Railway
|
|PM
|1882
|1882
|Port Huron and Northwestern Railway
|-
|Potts Logging Railway
|
|D&M
|1887
|1891
|Au Sable and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad
|
|
|1890
|1945
|N/A
|-
|Quinnesec and Western Railway
|
|
|1905
|1905
|Wisconsin and Michigan Railway
|-
|Republic Branch Railroad
|
|MILW
|1881
|1887
|Milwaukee and Northern Railroad
|-
|River Raisin and Lake Erie Railroad
|
|NYC
|1836
|1840
|Southern Railroad
|-
|Saginaw Bay and Northwestern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1880
|1901
|Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad
|-
|Saginaw Bay Southern Railway
|SBS
|
|2005
|2012
|Lake State Railway
|-
|Saginaw and Clare County Railroad
|
|PM
|1877
|1889
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Saginaw and Grand Rapids Railroad
|
|PM
|1878
|1896
|Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad
|-
|Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad
|
|PM
|1879
|1889
|Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Railroad
|
|PM
|1881
|1903
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Saginaw Valley and St. Louis Railroad
|
|PM
|1871
|1896
|Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad
|-
|Saginaw and Western Railroad
|
|PM
|1883
|1896
|Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad
|-
|St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad
|
|CN
|1872
|1875
|Michigan Air Line Railway
|-
|St. Clair River, Pontiac and Jackson Railroad
|
|CN
|1872
|1872
|St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad
|-
|St. Clair Tunnel Company
|
|CN
|1886
|2008
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|St. Clair and Western Railroad
|
|NYC
|1906
|1932<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1899
|1943<!--? or was it all abandoned in Michigan in 1942?-->
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph Valley Railroad
|
|NYC
|1848
|1869
|Schoolcraft and Three Rivers Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph Valley Railroad
|
|PM
|1880
|1889
|St. Joseph Valley Railway
|-
|St. Joseph Valley Railway
|
|PM
|1889
|1897
|Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway
|-
|St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway
|STLH
|CP
|1996
|2001
|Canadian Pacific Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Sturgis and Battle Creek Railroad
|
|NYC
|1884
|1889
|Battle Creek and Sturgis Railway
|-
|Ste. Marie Union Depot Company
|
|CP
|1900
|1952
|Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
|-
|Sanilac Railroad
|
|PM
|1901
|1903
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette Railroad
|
|CP
|1880
|1887
|Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
|-
|Schoolcraft and Three Rivers Railroad
|
|NYC
|1855
|1869
|Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad
|-
|Shelby and Detroit Railroad
|
|
|1834
|1844
|N/A
|-
|South Bend and St. Joseph Railroad
|
|PM
|1884
|1884
|St. Joseph Valley Railroad
|-
|South Haven and Eastern Railroad
|
|PM
|1894
|1903
|Pere Marquette Railroad
|-
|South Eastern Michigan Railway
|
|NYC
|1871
|1871
|Chicago and Canada Southern Railway
|-
|Southern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1837
|1846
|Michigan Southern Railroad
|-
|Sturgis, Goshen and St. Louis Railway
|
|NYC
|1890
|1915
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Sturgis and State Line Railway
|
|NYC
|1886
|1887
|Canada and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Tawas and Bay County Railroad
|
|D&M
|1880
|1883
|Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad
|-
|Tecumseh Branch Connecting Railroad (TCBY)
|TCBY
|ADBF
|2001
|2009
|Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
|-
|Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad
|
|AA
|1877
|1880
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway
|-
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Cadillac Railway
|
|AA
|1886
|1888
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway
|-
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Detroit Railroad
|
|DT&I
|1904
|1912<!--?-->
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railroad
|-
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway
|
|AA
|1880
|1884
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway
|-
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railroad
|
|DT&I
|1911
|1915
|Toledo–Detroit Railroad
|-
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Lake Michigan Railway
|
|AA
|1888
|1890
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway
|-
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Mount Pleasant Railway
|
|AA
|1886
|1887
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway
|-
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway
|
|AA
|1882
|1895
|Ann Arbor Railroad, Escanaba, Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad
|-
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northeastern Railroad
|
|AA
|1878
|1880
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway
|-
|Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Railroad
|
|AA
|1869
|1875
|Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad
|-
|Toledo, Canada Southern and Detroit Railway
|
|NYC
|1872
|1916
|Michigan Central Railroad
|-
|Toledo–Detroit Railroad
|
|DT&I
|1915
|1931
|Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
|-
|Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad
|
|NYC
|1897
|1897
|Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad
|-
|Toledo and Milwaukee Railway
|
|NYC
|1879
|1883
|Michigan and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Toledo, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad
|
|CN
|1887
|1890
|Cincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad
|-
|Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway
|
|CN
|1886
|1928
|Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|-
|Toledo and South Haven Railroad
|
|PM
|1876
|1894
|South Haven and Eastern Railroad
|-
|Traverse City Railroad
|
|PRR
|1871
|1917
|Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
|-
|Traverse City, Leelanau, and Manistique Railroad
|
|PM
|1901
|1907
|Traverse City, Leelanau and Manistique Railway
|-
|Traverse City, Leelanau and Manistique Railway
|
|PM
|1908
|1919
|Leelanau Transit Company
|-
|Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway
|TSBY
|
|1977
|2006
|Great Lakes Central Railroad
|-
|Union Pacific Railroad
|UP
|
|1995
|1997
|Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company
|-
|Vieux Desert and Lake Superior Railroad
|
|CNW
|1881
|1883
|Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway
|-
|Wabash Railroad
|WAB
|WAB
|1937
|1991
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Wabash Railroad
|
|WAB
|1889
|1915
|Wabash Railway
|-
|Wabash Railway
|
|WAB
|1915
|1941
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
|WAB
|1881<!--or earlier through lease?-->
|1886
|Detroit and State Line Wabash Railroad
|-
|Wabash Western Railway
|
|WAB
|1889<!--began operating the Detroit and State Line Wabash Railroad as agent - or did it operate the property owned by the purchasing committee of the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway?-->
|1889
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|West Jersey Railroad
|WJ
|
|1995
|1995
|West Michigan Railroad
|-
|White River Railroad
|
|PM
|1879
|1884
|Chicago and West Michigan Railway
|-
|Wisconsin Central Company
|
|CP
|1888
|1899
|Wisconsin Central Railway
|-
|Wisconsin Central Railroad
|
|CP
|1954
|1961
|Soo Line Railroad
|-
|Wisconsin Central Railway
|
|CP
|1897
|1954
|Wisconsin Central Railroad
|-
|Wisconsin and Michigan Railway
|WAND
|
|1992
|1995
|N/A
|-
|Wisconsin and Michigan Railway
|
|
|1893<!--or later in Michigan?-->
|1938<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Wisconsin, Michigan and Northern Railway
|
|
|1898
|1902
|Wisconsin and Michigan Railway
|-
|Wisconsin, Sault Ste. Marie and Mackinac Railway
|
|CP
|1886
|1887
|Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
|-
|Wyandotte Southern Railroad
|WYS
|
|1908
|1986
|N/A
|-
|Wyandotte Terminal Railroad
|WYT
|
|1904
|1982<!--?-->
|N/A
|}
;Passenger carriers
- Alanson and Petoskey Railroad
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O, BO): trackage rights to Detroit for passenger trains only
- Boyne Valley Railroad
- Western State Normal Railroad
;Electric
- Adrian Electric Street Railway
- Adrian Street Railway
- Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Electric Railway
- Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway
- Bay Cities Consolidated Railway
- Benton Harbor and St. Joseph Electric Railway
- Citizens' Street Railway (Battle Creek)
- Citizens' Street Railway (Kalamazoo)
- City Electric Railway (Detroit)
- City Electric Railway (Port Huron)
- Consolidated Street Railway<!--Grand Rapids-->
- Crystal Lake Railway
- Detroit Railway
- Detroit and Chicago Traction Company
- Detroit Citizens' Street Railway
- Detroit Electric Railway
- Detroit and Flint Railway
- Detroit, Fort Wayne and Belle Isle Railway
- Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railway
- Detroit and Lake St. Clair Railway
- Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway
- Detroit, Mount Clemens and Marine City Railway
- Detroit and Northwestern Railway
- Detroit, Plymouth and Northville Railway
- Detroit and Pontiac Railway
- Detroit and Port Huron Shore Line Railway
- Detroit and River St. Clair Railway
- Detroit, Rochester, Romeo and Lake Orion Railway
- Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
- Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Railway
- Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railway
- Detroit United Railway
- Detroit and Utica Railway
- Escanaba Electric Street Railway
- Grand Haven Street Railway
- Grand Rapids Railway
- Grand Rapids, Belding and Ionia Railway
- Grand Rapids and Chicago Railway
- Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway
- Grand Rapids, Holland and Lake Michigan Rapid Railway
- Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad
- Highland Park Railway
- Holland and Lake Michigan Railway
- Houghton County Traction Company
- Inter-Urban Railway<!--Saginaw-Bay City-->
- Jackson and Ann Arbor Railway
- Jackson and Battle Creek Traction Company
- Jackson Street Railway
- Jackson and Suburban Traction Company
- Kalamazoo, Gull Lake and Northern Railroad<!--?-->
- Lansing City Railway
- Lansing City Electric Railway
- Lansing, Dexter and Ann Arbor Railway
- Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis Railway
- Manistee, Filer City and Eastlake Railway
- Marinette Gas, Electric Light and Street Railway
- Marquette City and Presque Isle Railway
- Menominee Electric Light, Railway and Power Company
- Michigan Railroad (MRC)
- Michigan Railway
- Michigan Traction Company
- Michigan United Railways
- Mount Clemens and Lake Side Traction Company
- Muskegon Railway
- Muskegon Street Railway
- Muskegon Traction and Lighting Company
- Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railroad
- Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railway and Electric Company
- North Detroit Electric Railway
- Owosso and Corunna Electric Company
- Owosso and Corunna Traction Company
- Port Huron, St. Clair and Marine City
- Rapid Railroad
- Rapid Railway
- Saginaw Consolidated Street Railway
- Saginaw Suburban Railway
- Saginaw Valley Traction Company
- St. Joseph and Benton Harbor Street Railway
- Saugatuck, Douglass and Lake Shore Railway
- South Grand Rapids Street Railway
- South Haven and Paw Paw Lake Electric Railway
- Southern Michigan Traction Company
- Toledo, Adrian and Jackson Railway
- Trans-St. Mary's Traction Company
- Twin City General Electric Company
- Union Street Railway<!--Saginaw-->
- West Michigan Traction Company
- Wyandotte and Detroit River Railway
Miniature railroads
Defunct
- Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad