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 Central ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Pittsburg, Kansas-based railroad equity company this week announced it has agreed to purchase a mid-Michigan regional hauler ...

Sometimes the iron mining and shipping industries seem so woven into the lives and history of northern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin that they become sort of invisible. It's not that we don't see ...

For today’s Sights and Sounds of Northern Michigan, photojournalist Jeremy Erickson takes us to Cadillac to see the Great Lakes Central Railroad train chug along.

The federal agency charged with regulating railroads has told Great Lakes Basin Transportation that it needs to detail alternatives to its preferred alignment for a proposed freight railroad around ...

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has granted authority for Watco Holdings, Inc. to acquire control of the 379.2-mile Class III Great Lakes Central Railroad, Inc., subject to certain conditions.

A Pittsburg, Kansas-based railroad equity company this week announced it has agreed to purchase a mid-Michigan regional ...

Frank Patton explains his ideas for the Great Lakes Basin Rail Line earlier this year. The proposed line would go just south of this point at Cline Avenue and Belshaw Road in Lowell, according to ...