Surging demand for lumber after the Civil War spurred the creation of logging railroads. The Pere Marquette would become the first, traveling from Saginaw to Ludington.

Before railroads became commonplace, logging companies would move their product by tying the cut logs together and floating them downstream in a river or another body of water.

Many Michigan towns find their roots along the railroad tracks that connected people nationwide for nearly a hundred years. And while train traffic isn’t what it once was, the impact of railways ...

Michigan has a long past with trains. In 1887, there were 89 logging railroads in Michigan, and in 1920, there were 8,734 miles of train routes across the state.

Singapore, Michigan was a lumber town near Saugatuck in west Michigan. The 19th century settlement eventually shuttered due to deforestation from logging. Folklore calls it Michigan's "Pompeii ...

The work on Michigan’s short line railroads is picking up steam. U.S Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, announced that he is cosponsor… ...

A $30 million investment by the federal government in Michigan’s railroad infrastructure is expected to bolster supply chains and, in turn, create more jobs in urban and rural communities ...