Grand Trunk Corporation


The Grand Trunk Corporation is the subsidiary holding company for the Canadian National Railway's properties in the United States. It is named for CN subsidiary railroad Grand Trunk Western Railroad. The Association of American Railroads has considered it to be a Class I railroad since fiscal year 2002.
GTC was incorporated in Delaware on September 21, 1970 as Grand Trunk Industries, Inc., and renamed Grand Trunk Corporation on November 18, 1970. It acquired control of CN's U.S. properties; Grand Trunk Western, Central Vermont Railway and the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway in December 1971, and has since acquired other companies, mostly through acquisitions of other holding companies: Illinois Central Railroad in 1999, Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation in 2001, Great Lakes Transportation in 2004, and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway in 2008.
CompanyAcquired fromDateNotes
Algoma Central RailwayWC-
Bessemer and Lake Erie RailroadGLT-
Cedar River RailroadIC-
Chicago Central and Pacific RailroadIC-
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range RailwayGLT-
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific RailwayCN-
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern RailwayTranstar Inc. 2009-
Grand Trunk Western RailroadCN-
Great Lakes Fleet, Inc.GLT-
Illinois Central RailroadIC-
Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock CompanyGLT-
Sault Ste. Marie Bridge CompanyWC-
Waterloo RailwayIC-
Wisconsin Central Ltd.WC-
Wisconsin Chicago Link Ltd.WC-
Central Vermont RailwayCNSold February 1995 to RailTex
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton RailroadPennco Merged December 1983 into Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Detroit and Toledo Shore Line RailroadAcquired Norfolk and Western's 50% share.Merged October 1981 into Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Fox Valley and Western Ltd.WCMerged December 2002 into Wisconsin Central Ltd.
St. Clair Tunnel CompanyCNMerged September 2008 into Grand Trunk Western Railroad