[2] The company incorporated in 1987,[2] for the purpose of acquiring railway lines from the CSX Corporation.

[3] In 1999 it sold the southernmost 5.6 miles (9.0 km) of Elmdale line, Elmdale–Malta, back to CSX.

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.

[5] The railroad's traffic comes mainly from grain products, such as corn and soybeans.