January:  Central Michigan removes the rail between Hoyt and Merideth St. in Saginaw.

January 7:  Amtrak train 351 becomes the first in regular service to hit 90 mph between Kalamazoo and Porter Indiana using the new GPS-based Incremental Train Control System.  [MT]

January:  The former MCRR depot at Johannesburg, in Otsego County, was razed.  The depot had been used as a restaurant for many years (the line, from Sallings, was pulled out in the 1930's.

July 15:  The Lake State Railroad bridge over the Thunder Bay river in Alpena is replaced.  The new bridge includes 115 pound rail.

September:  Former Ann Arbor Railroad trackage from Yuma to Thompsonville is removed to make room for a trail.  The line has not been used in years.

Fall:  CSX abandons its branch from Holland to Hamilton.

November:  The bridge which carried the NYC Air Line cut off track over M-86 near Three Rivers is removed.