| Railroad Name: | Mid-Michigan Railroad |
| Logo Filename: | Mid-Michigan Railroad logo.png |
| Marks: | MMRR |
| Locale: | Michigan |
| Start Year: | 1987[1] |
| Predecessor Line: | CSX Transportation |
| Length: | 39.8 miles |
| Hq City: | Muskegon, Michigan |
The Mid-Michigan Railroad is a railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming. It operates 39.8 miles of track in Michigan.[2]
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 5.6miles of Elmdale line, Elmdale - Malta, back to CSX.[4]
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]
The railroad's traffic comes mainly from grain products, such as corn and soybeans. The MMRR hauled around 5,100 carloads in 2008.[2]