Ann Arbor Railroad main line

Ann Arbor Railroad main line
A Great Lakes Central Railroad freight train north of Alma in 2009
Overview
Owner	State of Michigan (Yuma–Owosso, Durand–Ann Arbor) Huron and Eastern Railway (Owosso–Corunna) Ann Arbor Railroad (Ann Arbor–Toledo)
Locale	Michigan and Ohio
History
Opened	June 21, 1878 (1878-06-21)
Technical
Line length	292.2 mi (470.3 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend mi to Manitowoc 291.8 Car ferry dock 290.7 Elberta 292.2 Frankfort Betsie River 290.3 282.8 Beulah 276.6 Welden 270.4 Thompsonville Arcadia and Betsey River Railway Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad 267.6 Copemish 261.6 Harlan Manistee River Branch Manistee River 254.1 Mesick 249.1 Yuma 237.7 Boon 235.3 Millersville 228.0 to Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Cadillac and Northeastern Railway Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad 227.1 Cadillac 227.0 Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad 220.4 Lucas 216.4 McBain 208.6 Marion Manistee and Grand Rapids Railroad 200.7 Temple 194.2 Lake George 183.7 Farwell Harrison Branch 178.8 Clare Ludington Division 170.5 Rosebush Mt. Pleasant Subdivision 163.8 Mount Pleasant 156.2 Shepherd 149.8 Forest Hill 146.3 12.6 Original route (1887–1897) 12.3 Alma 145.9 Elmdale Subdivision 145.4 Alma 9.8 St. Louis 9.0 St. Louis Branch (1884–1897) Elmdale Subdivision 138.3 Ithaca 0.9 Ithaca 137.0 0.0 Original route (1887–1897) 133.7 North Star 128.3 Ashley Greenville Subdivision 123.8 Bannister 120.3 Elsie 115.7 Carland 107.9 Detroit Division State ownership HEBR ownership 107.8 Saginaw Branch 107.1 Owosso HEBR ownership Parallel ex-Grand Trunk 104.0 Corunna 103.5 Kerby mine 98.7 Vernon Saginaw Subdivision Flint Subdivision 95.5 Durand Union Station 93.9 Holly Subdivision Parallel ex-Grand Trunk State ownership 88.9 Byron 84.5 Cohoctah 80.2 Oak Grove 73.9 Howell 72.0 Plymouth Subdivision 66.9 Chilson Jackson Subdivision 62.2 Hamburg Junction 61.8 Lakeland 61.7 Jackson Subdivision 59.4 Hamburg 56.9 Whitmore Lake 54.5 56.9 Original route South Lyon Branch 52.2 Leland Original route State ownership AA ownership Huron River 46.2 Michigan Line 45.2 Ann Arbor 40.4 Pittsfield Ypsilanti Branch 36.5 Urania 30.9 Milan Detroit District 26.8 Azalia DT&M 22.8 Dundee Raisin River 20.5 North Subdivision Monroe Branch 18.6 Federman 16.7 Lulu 11.5 Samaria 9.3 Temperance 5.7 Michigan Ohio Toledo Terminal Subdivision Detroit Line to Temperance Yard 0.0 Toledo (Cherry Street) This diagram: view talk edit

The main line of Ann Arbor Railroad is a partially-abandoned railway line in the states of Michigan and Ohio. It was constructed between 1874 and 1897 by the Ann Arbor Railroad and its predecessors, and constituted that company's main line. At its fullest extent it ran 292 miles (470 km) from Toledo, Ohio, on Lake Erie, to Frankfort, Michigan, on Lake Michigan. A train ferry service operated across Lake Michigan to Wisconsin. The original Ann Arbor Railroad went bankrupt in 1976, and ownership of the line is now split between the state of Michigan and two short-line railroads: the Ann Arbor Railroad (founded in 1988) and the Huron and Eastern Railway. The northern end of the line is now near Yuma, Michigan.