West Michigan Railroad

Michigan United Railways leased the line from 1911 to 1916; operations then reverted to the KLS&C until 1925, when the Pere Marquette took it back, having never been electrified.

A filing with the Surface Transportation Board dated December 19, 2012 and numbered STB Docket No.

[4] Pioneer Railcorp sold the capital stock of West Michigan Railroad Co., effective at the close of business November 3, 2015, to an unaffiliated non-carrier entity, Hamilton Hartford Group, LLC, and PRC, therefore, is no longer in control of WMI.

[5] The new owners have identified a dozen potential customers who have expressed interest in hauling freight along the line.

[6] Since the purchase of the railroad by Hamilton Hartford Group, traffic has increased immensely, with the vast majority of the growth coming from a transload facility which opened in 2019.