Railroad Name: | Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road |
Logo Filename: | Wordmark 2 Red.jpg |
Marks: | ADBF |
Locale: | Lenawee County, Michigan |
Start Year: | 1991 |
End Year: | present |
Length: | 20 miles |
Hq City: | Westland, Michigan |
Website: | abrailroad.com |
The Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company is a Class III short line railroad which operates of railroad track between Adrian and Riga, in Lenawee County, Michigan. It was incorporated February 6, 1991, with company headquarters in Westland, Michigan. It also operates Lapeer Industrial Railroad, Charlotte Southern Railroad, Detroit Connecting Railroad, and Jackson and Lansing Railroad.
ADBF's railroad line is one of the oldest operating in the United States, having been originally built in 1834 by the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad.
ADBF also operates a dinner train known as "The Old Road Dinner Train" in Blissfield, and a sister company operates in Charlotte.
The ADBF fleet, as of January 2021, consists of the following 7 locomotives:[1]
Number | Type | Built | |
---|---|---|---|
41 | GE 44 Ton | 1956 | |
1751-1752, 1755, 1758-1760 | EMD GP9 | 1955-1957 |