Void of Service
A red sign denotes the end of operational trackage on Lake State Railway's Blue Water Subdivision. This is part of a line that was laid out in 1859 as part of the Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad, the American extension of the Grand Trunk Railway. Once upon a time this line would've hosted both passenger and freight trains and several industries would set up shop along the ROW. Overtime those customers faded away (notably Domtar Paper and Dunn Paper) or stopped using the railroad. In 2018, Lake State Railway began leasing the line from CN. CDW Consulting is the only customer that remains, a transloading operation that sees tank cars, boxcars, and centerbeams. Further up the line in the overgrowth there's a piece of rail cut out to prevent runaway cars from straying onto the railroad crossings. The crossing at Pine Grove Ave. has been paved over and the one at 10th Ave. will rattle your car to bits. Certainly this line has seen better days and I still remember seeing GTW GP38-2s and GP9Rs working the line up to Lake Huron. It's a shame because the lakefront trackage was real scenic and in some timeline, would've made a good picnic train destination.
Void of Service
A red sign denotes the end of operational trackage on Lake State Railway's Blue Water Subdivision. This is part of a line that was laid out in 1859 as part of the Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad, the American extension of the Grand Trunk Railway. Once upon a time this line would've hosted both passenger and freight trains and several industries would set up shop along the ROW. Overtime those customers faded away (notably Domtar Paper and Dunn Paper) or stopped using the railroad. In 2018, Lake State Railway began leasing the line from CN. CDW Consulting is the only customer that remains, a transloading operation that sees tank cars, boxcars, and centerbeams. Further up the line in the overgrowth there's a piece of rail cut out to prevent runaway cars from straying onto the railroad crossings. The crossing at Pine Grove Ave. has been paved over and the one at 10th Ave. will rattle your car to bits. Certainly this line has seen better days and I still remember seeing GTW GP38-2s and GP9Rs working the line up to Lake Huron. It's a shame because the lakefront trackage was real scenic and in some timeline, would've made a good picnic train destination.