Railroad: Canadian National Railways (CN Rail)

Various lines → CN Rail → Still operating

Reorganized: 1922. Acquired Grand Trunk Railway of Canada in 1923 controlling GTW.

Acquired: Lines in the upper peninsula from the Union Pacific railroad.

Operated in Lower Peninsula for 120+ years.

Operated in Upper Peninsula for 21 years, continuing

Reference: [MRRC]

Notes

Bought former Wisconsin Central lines (Soo, DSS&A) from the Union Pacific on October 9, 2001. [LSI2]

For historical information on the CN in the lower peninsula, go to Grand Trunk Western railroad.

For historical information on the CN in the upper peninsula, go to Chicago & North Western and Soo Line railroad.

Time Line

2012. All remaining CN dispatching desks handling ex-GTW territory in Michigan have been moved from Troy to Homewood, IL. They are located in the building across from the Homewood engine facility. [MRF-2012-08]

Additional Information

• ICC Consolidation Plan - 1920

Books

• Canadian National Railway.  Murray, Tom.  St. Paul: MBI Publishing Co., 2004.
• Canadian National Railways.  2 vols.  Stevens, G. R.  Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1960, 1962.
• Grand Trunk Corporation: Canadian National Railways in the United States.  Hofsommer, Don L.  East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1995.
• The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada.  Currie, A. W.  Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1957.
• History of the Canadian National Railways.  Stevens, G. R.  New York: MacMillan, 1973.