The company incorporated in 1987,[2] for the purpose of acquiring railway lines from the CSX Corporation. The company was owned at inception by RailTex, a Texas-based holding company which owned many short line railroads. The Mid-Michigan bought two lines from CSX:Elmdale–Greenville and Paines–Elwell.[3] In 1999 it sold the southernmost 5.6 miles (9.0 km) of Elmdale line, Elmdale–Malta, back to CSX.[4]
Routes
St. Louis Subdivision: Alma - Paines
The only remaining line on the Mid-Michigan is the line from Alma to Paines. The line from Lowell to Greenville was sold back to Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad and soon after removed for a bike trail in 2009. Corn and soybeans are the main commodities hauled. The railroad interchanges with the Great Lakes Central Railroad at Alma and the Lake State Railway at Paines.[5]
Traffic
The railroad's traffic comes mainly from grain products, such as corn and soybeans. The MMRR hauled around 5,100 carloads in 2008.[2]
