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1990

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  • Improvement in Technology         Mining.

  • Railroad built or extended

  • Railroad abandoned and/or removed

  • Economic panic or depression        Car ferries.

 

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  • January:  The takeover of the Soo Line by the Canadian Pacific is virtually complete, with CP now owning 96% of Soo Line stock.  [MRC-3/90]

  • February:  CSX Grand Rapids Dispatcher and Saginaw West Dispatchers are transferred to Jacksonville, FL  [MRF-5/90]

  • April 16-17:  The CSX Potter Street Station burns.  [COHS-6/1991]

  • July 4:  The Coopersville & Marne makes its first revenue passenger run between its namesake cities.  [MRC-9/1990]

  • Summer: The Norfolk & Western replaces jointed rail with welded rail between Adrian and the Boat Yard in downtown Detroit.  [MRC-9/1990]

  • September 29:  Detroit & Mackinac makes it's last move between Gaylord and Cheboygan.  [MRC-12/1990]

  • September:  Strike by mine workers at the Tilden and Empire mine close ore operations in the UP.  [MRC-12/1990]

  • Fall:  Proctor & Gamble announces that it will close its paper mill in Cheboygan, eliminating the Detroit & Mackinac's only significant customer in their northern terminal.  Without the mill, there is little reason for the D&M to run north of Gaylord.  [MRC-3/90]

  • November 30:  CN ceases operation in their riverfront yard in Windsor, Ontario.  [MRC-2/1991]

  • December 12:  Michigan Shore Railroad purchases trackage in Muskegon from the Central Michigan Railroad.  [MRRC]

  • Christmas:  The Durand Depot is officially designated by the state as the Michigan State Railroad History Museum and Information Center.  [MRC-3/1991]


  • Conrail closes West Detroit interlocking tower - [JH]

  • Soo Line removes former DSS&A track East of Bergland to Sidnaw.  [SOO-S/1994]