List of Michigan railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Common freight carriers
- Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
- Ann Arbor Railroad
- Canadian National Railway through subsidiaries Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company, and Wisconsin Central Ltd.
- Canadian Pacific Railway through subsidiary Soo Line Railroad
- Charlotte Southern Railroad
- Conrail Shared Assets Operations
- Coopersville and Marne Railway
- CSX Transportation
- Delray Connecting Railroad
- Detroit Connecting Railroad
- Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
- Grand Elk Railroad
- Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad
- Great Lakes Central Railroad
- Huron and Eastern Railway
- Indiana Northeastern Railroad
- Indiana and Ohio Railway
- Jackson and Lansing Railroad
- Lake State Railway
- Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
- Lapeer Industrial Railroad
- Marquette Rail, LLC
- Michigan Shore Railroad
- Michigan Southern Railroad
- Mid-Michigan Railroad
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- West Michigan Railroad
Private freight carriers
- Mineral Range Railroad
- Carmeuse Lime & Limestone
- New Boston Rail Services
Passenger carriers
- Adrian & Blissfield Railroad
- Amtrak
- Charlotte Southern Railroad
- Coopersville and Marne Railway
- Detroit People Mover
- ExpressTram
- Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation
- QLine
- Southern Michigan Railroad
Defunct railroads
| Name | Mark | System | From | To | Successor |
| Allegan and Holland Railroad | PM | 1868 | 1869 | Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | |
| Allegan and Lake Shore Railroad | 1883 | 1889 | N/A | ||
| Allegan and Southeastern Railroad | NYC | 1878 | 1883 | Toledo and Milwaukee Railway | |
| Alpena and Northern Railroad | D&M | 1893 | 1992 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway | |
| Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad | NYC | 1857 | 1867 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad, Northern Central Michigan Railroad | |
| Ann Arbor Railroad | AA | AA | 1895 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Arcadia and Betsey River Railway | 1895 | 1936 | N/A | ||
| Au Sable and Northwestern Railroad | D&M | 1891 | 1906 | Au Sable and Northwestern Railway | |
| Au Sable and Northwestern Railway | D&M | 1908 | 1914 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway | |
| Battle Creek and Bay City Railway | NYC | 1888 | 1889 | Bay City and Battle Creek Railway | |
| Battle Creek and Sturgis Railway | NYC | 1889 | 1969 | Penndel Company | |
| Bay City and Alpena Railroad | D&M | 1881 | 1883 | Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad | |
| Bay City and Battle Creek Railway | NYC | 1889 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Bay City Belt Line Railroad | PM | 1889 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Bay City and East Saginaw Railroad | PM | 1864 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | |
| Bay City Terminal Railway | CN | 1910 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| Bay De Noquet and Marquette Railroad | CP | 1857 | 1871 | Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad | |
| Bay View, Little Traverse and Mackinaw Railroad | PRR | 1879 | 1887 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | |
| Bear Lake and Eastern Railroad | 1882 | 1902 | N/A | ||
| Benton Harbor, Coloma and Paw Paw Lake Train Railway | PM | 1895 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Benton Harbor and South Eastern Railway | PM | 1893 | 1897 | Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway | |
| Benton Harbor Terminal Railway | 1901 | N/A | |||
| Blaney and Southern Railway | 1902 | N/A | |||
| Blissfield Railroad | 1935 | 1937 | Ohio and Morenci Railroad | ||
| Boyne City Railroad | BCRR | 1935 | 1976 | N/A | |
| Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad | BCG&A | 1905 | 1935 | Boyne City Railroad | |
| Boyne City and South Eastern Railroad | 1893 | 1905 | Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad | ||
| Buchanan and St. Joseph River Railroad | NYC | 1894 | 1912 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Buckley and Douglas Railroad | 1881 | 1889 | N/A | ||
| Cadillac and Lake City Railway | CLK | 1963 | 1971 | N/A | |
| Canada and St. Louis Railway | NYC | 1887 | 1889 | Sturgis, Goshen and St. Louis Railway | |
| Canada Southern Railway | NYC | 1874 | 1882 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Canada Southern Bridge Company | NYC | 1873 | N/A | ||
| Caro and Lake Huron Railroad | NYC | 1901 | 1908 | Detroit and Bay City Railroad | |
| Cass River Railroad | PM | 1871 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | |
| Central Railroad | NYC | 1837 | 1846 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Central Michigan Railway | CMGN | 1987 | 2003 | Huron and Eastern Railway | |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | C&O, CO | 1947 | 1987 | CSX Transportation | |
| Chicago and Canada Southern Railway | NYC | 1871 | 1888 | Detroit and Chicago Railroad | |
| Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad | CN | 1858 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway | CN | 1880 | 1900 | Port Huron and Indiana Railway | |
| Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad | NYC | 1906 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |
| Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway | CK&S | NYC | 1883 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Chicago and Kalamazoo Terminal Railroad | CN | 1895 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad | CN | 1873 | 1879 | Michigan Railway, North Western Grand Trunk Railway | |
| Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | PM | 1869 | 1878 | Chicago and West Michigan Railroad | |
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | MILW | 1893 | 1928 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | MILW | MILW | 1927 | 1984 | Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad |
| Chicago and North Michigan Railroad | PM | 1891 | 1899 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway | |
| Chicago and North Eastern Railroad | CN | 1874 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway | |
| Chicago and North Western Railway | CNW | CNW | 1859 | 1972 | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company |
| Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | CNW | CNW | 1972 | 1995 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Chicago, Saginaw and Canada Railroad | PM | 1873 | 1883 | Saginaw and Western Railroad | |
| Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad | CNW | 1857 | 1859 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
| Chicago and West Michigan Railroad | PM | 1878 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway | |
| Chicago and West Michigan Railway | PM | 1881 | 1899 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad | NYC | 1886 | 1892 | Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad, Michigan and Mackinaw Railroad | |
| Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway | NYC | 1892 | 1897 | Cincinnati Northern Railroad, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad | |
| Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad | NYC | 1891 | 1892 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway | |
| Cincinnati Northern Railroad | NYC | 1898 | 1938 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | |
| Cincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad | CN | 1889 | 1943 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway | NYC | 1882 | 1915 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | |
| Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | NYC | 1891 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
| Coe Rail, Inc. | CRLE | 1984 | 2006 | Michigan Air-Line Railway | |
| Coldwater Train Railway | 1905 | N/A | |||
| Colfax and Big Rapids Railroad | 1887 | 1889 | N/A | ||
| Connecting Railway | PRR | 1956 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
| Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway | |
| Copper Range Railroad | CR, COPR | 1899 | 1972 | N/A | |
| Crawford and Manistee River Railway | 1885 | 1904 | N/A | ||
| Dead River Railroad | CP | 1889 | 1907 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | |
| Delray Terminal Railroad | 1905 | N/A | |||
| Detroit and Bay City Railroad | NYC | 1881 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Detroit and Bay City Railway | NYC | 1871 | 1881 | Detroit and Bay City Railroad | |
| Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad | D&M | 1883 | 1894 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway | |
| Detroit, Bay City and Western Railroad | 1907 | 1925 | Detroit, Caro and Sandusky Railway | ||
| Detroit Belt Line Railroad | NYC | 1909 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad | WAB | 1880 | 1881 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | |
| Detroit, Caro and Sandusky Railway | 1925 | 1953 | N/A | ||
| Detroit and Charlevoix Railroad | NYC | 1901 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Detroit and Chicago Railroad | NYC | 1888 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |
| Detroit and Cincinnati Railway | DT&I | 1896 | 1897 | Detroit and Lima Northern Railway | |
| Detroit, Delray and Dearborn Railroad | NYC | 1895 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway | CN | 1878 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | PM | 1896 | 1899 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Detroit, Hillsdale and Indiana Railroad | NYC | 1869 | 1875 | Detroit, Hillsdale and South Western Railroad | |
| Detroit, Hillsdale and South Western Railroad | NYC | 1875 | 1960 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Detroit and Howell Railroad | PM | 1864 | 1870 | Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad | |
| Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad | PM | 1870 | 1871 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad | |
| Detroit and Huron Railway | CN | 1912 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| Detroit and Ironton Railroad | DT&I | 1920 | 1931 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | |
| Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad | PM | 1871 | 1876 | Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad | |
| Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad | PM | 1876 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | |
| Detroit and Lima Northern Railway | DT&I | 1897 | 1901 | Detroit Southern Railroad | |
| Detroit and Mackinac Railway | D&M, DM | D&M | 1894 | 1992 | Lake State Railway |
| Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad | CP | 1879 | 1886 | Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad | |
| Detroit Manufacturers Railroad | NYC | 1902 | 1969 | Penndel Company | |
| Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad | CN | 1860 | 1878 | Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway | |
| Detroit and Milwaukee Railway | CN | 1855 | 1860 | Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad | |
| Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad | NYC | 1855 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |
| Detroit and Pontiac Railroad | CN | 1834 | 1855 | Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad | |
| Detroit River Railroad and Bridge Company | NYC | 1872 | 1873 | Canada Southern Bridge Company | |
| Detroit River Bridge Company | NYC | 1898 | 1905 | Michigan and Canada Bridge and Tunnel Company | |
| Detroit River Tunnel Company | NYC | 1905 | |||
| Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad | NYC | 1832 | 1837 | Central Railroad | |
| Detroit Southern Railroad | DT&I | 1901 | 1905 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway | |
| Detroit and State Line Railroad | NYC | 1872 | 1872 | Toledo, Canada Southern and Detroit Railway | |
| Detroit and State Line Wabash Railroad | WAB | 1889 | 1889 | Wabash Railroad | |
| Detroit Terminal Railroad | DT | CN/ NYC | 1905 | 1984 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Detroit Terminal Railway | NYC | 1901 | 1902 | Detroit Manufacturers Railroad | |
| Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | DT&I, DTI | DT&I | 1914 | 1983 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway | DT&I | 1905 | 1913 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | |
| Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad | NYC | 1897 | 1969 | Penndel Company | |
| Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad | D&TS, DTS | CN/ NKP | 1899 | 1981 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Detroit Transit Railway | NYC | 1872 | 1901 | Detroit Terminal Railway | |
| Detroit Union Railroad Depot and Station Company | PM/ WAB | 1881 | 1955 | Penndel Company | |
| Detroit and Western Railway | WAB | 1908 | 1958 | Wabash Railroad | |
| Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad | DSA | CP | 1949 | 1961 | Soo Line Railroad |
| Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | DS&A, DSS&A, DSA | CP | 1887 | 1949 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad |
| East Jordan and Southern Railroad | EJ&S | 1901 | 1961 | N/A | |
| East Saginaw and St. Clair Railroad | PM | 1872 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Elkhart, Niles and Lake Michigan Railroad | NYC | 1880 | 1882 | Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway | |
| Empire and Southeastern Railroad | 1920 | N/A | |||
| Epworth League Railway | 1895 | 1901 | Ludington and Northern Railway | ||
| Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad | NYC | 1833 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
| Erie and Michigan Railway and Navigation Company | E&M, EM | D&M | 1904 | 1949 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway |
| Escanaba, Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad | AA | 1895 | 1895 | Ann Arbor Railroad | |
| Escanaba, Iron Mountain and Western Railroad | CNW | 1890 | 1947 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
| Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway | 1898 | 1901 | Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad | ||
| Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway | CNW | 1880 | 1882 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
| Flint Belt Railroad | PM | 1921 | 1955 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
| Flint and Fentonville Railroad | PM | 1863 | 1863 | Flint and Holly Railroad | |
| Flint and Holly Railroad | PM | 1863 | 1868 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | |
| Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | PM | 1880 | 1899 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | PM | 1857 | 1880 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Flint River Railroad | PM | 1871 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | |
| Fort Street Union Depot Company | FSUD | PM | 1889 | 1969 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad | NYC | 1880 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
| Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad | NYC | 1869 | 1879 | Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad | |
| Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad | AA | 1885 | 1892 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | |
| Garden Bay Railway | 1914 | 1917 | N/A | ||
| Glencoe, Pinconning and Lake Shore Railroad | NYC | 1876 | 1879 | Pinconning Railroad | |
| Gogebic and Montreal River Railroad | CP | 1883 | |||
| Grand Haven Railroad | PM | 1878 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway | |
| Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad | PM | 1898 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Grand Rapids and Holland Railroad | PM | 1871 | 1871 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | |
| Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | PRR | 1855 | 1896 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway | |
| Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway | PRR | 1896 | 1954 | Penndel Company | |
| Grand Rapids, Indiana and Mackinaw Railroad | PRR | 1881 | 1884 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | |
| Grand Rapids, Kalkaska and Southeastern Railroad | PM | 1897 | 1920 | N/A | |
| Grand Rapids and Lake Shore Railroad | PM | 1869 | 1870 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | |
| Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit Railroad | PM | 1887 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | |
| Grand Rapids and Mackinaw Railroad | PRR | 1857 | 1857 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | |
| Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad | PM | 1869 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway | |
| Grand Rapids and Southern Railroad | PRR | 1855 | 1855 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | |
| Grand Rapids Terminal Railroad | CN | 1904 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| Grand Rapids Terminal Belt Railway | PM | 1905 | Pere Marquette Railway | ||
| Grand River Valley Railroad | NYC | 1846 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Grand Trunk Railway | GT | CN | 1859 | 1923 | Canadian National Railway |
| Grand Trunk Railway of Michigan | NYC | 1867 | 1868 | Michigan Air Line Railroad | |
| Grand Trunk Western Railway | CN | 1900 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| Grass Lake and Manistee River Railroad | 1886 | 1892 | N/A | ||
| Grayling, Twin Lakes and Northeastern Railroad | NYC | 1891 | 1901 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad | |
| Hancock and Calumet Railroad | CP | 1885 | 1935 | Mineral Range Railroad | |
| Harbor Beach and Port Hope Railroad | PM | 1903 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Harbor Springs Railway | 1901 | 1912 | N/A | ||
| Hastings, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad | PM | 1883 | 1887 | Lowell and Hastings Railroad | |
| Hecla Belt Line Railroad | 1902 | 1913 | Bay City and Battle Creek Railway | ||
| Hillsdale County Railway | HCRC | 1976 | 1992 | Indiana Northeastern Railroad | |
| Hobart and Manistee River Railroad | 1879 | 1890 | N/A | ||
| Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railway | PM | 1865 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | |
| Houghton and L'Anse Railroad | CP | 1881 | 1883 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad | |
| Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad | CP | 1870 | 1872 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad | |
| Howell and Lansing Railroad | PM | 1868 | 1870 | Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad | |
| Huron and Western Railroad | PM | 1902 | 1940 | N/A | |
| Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad | NYC | 1900 | 1906 | Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad | |
| Indiana and Lake Michigan Railway | NYC | 1887 | 1898 | St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad | |
| Indiana and Michigan Railroad | PM | 1881 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway | |
| Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railroad | 1889 | 1894 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railway | ||
| Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railway | 1886 | 1889 | Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railroad | ||
| Ionia and Lansing Railroad | PM | 1866 | 1871 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad | |
| Ionia, Stanton and Northern Railroad | PM | 1872 | 1872 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad | |
| Iron Mountain Railroad | CP | 1855 | 1859 | Bay De Noquet and Marquette Railroad | |
| Iron Mountain Railway | CP | 1855 | 1857 | Iron Mountain Railroad | |
| Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad | 1890 | 1900 | N/A | ||
| Iron Range Railway | CNW | 1887 | 1889 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
| Iron River Railway | CNW | 1886 | 1889 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
| Ithaca and Alma Railroad | AA | 1882 | 1882 | Saginaw Valley and St. Louis Railroad | |
| Jackson and Cincinnati Railway | NYC | 1895 | 1898 | Cincinnati Northern Railroad | |
| Jackson, Fort Wayne and Cincinnati Railroad | NYC | 1868 | 1869 | Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad | |
| Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad | NYC | 1865 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Jackson and Ohio Railroad | NYC | 1884 | 1886 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad | |
| Jennings and Northeastern Railroad | 1920 | ||||
| Kalamazoo and Allegan Railroad | NYC | 1867 | 1868 | Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad | |
| Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad | NYC | 1868 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
| Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Railroad | NYC | 1868 | 1868 | Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad | |
| Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railroad | KLSC | 1987 | 1995 | West Michigan Railroad | |
| Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway | KLS | 1905 | 1925 | N/A | |
| Kalamazoo, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad | PM | 1871 | 1883 | Hastings, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad | |
| Kalamazoo and Schoolcraft Railroad | NYC | 1866 | 1869 | Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad | |
| Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad | NYC | 1869 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad | NYC | 1869 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |
| Keweenaw Central Railroad | KCRR | 1905 | |||
| Lac La Belle and Calumet Railroad | 1883 | 1888 | Keweenaw Central Railroad | ||
| Lake George and Muskegon River Railroad | AA | 1876 | 1886 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Cadillac Railway | |
| Lake Huron and Southwestern Railway | D&M | 1879 | 1879 | Tawas and Bay County Railroad | |
| Lake Michigan Division of the Toledo and South Haven Railroad | PM | 1884 | 1886 | Toledo and South Haven Railroad | |
| Lake Shore Railroad of Western Michigan | PM | 1869 | 1869 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | |
| Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | NYC | 1869 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |
| Lake Superior Iron Mountain Railroad | CP | 1862 | 1878 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad | |
| Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railway | LSI | 1893 | 1923 | Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad | |
| Lansing, Alma, Mount Pleasant and Northern Railroad | AA | 1884 | 1886 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Mount Pleasant Railway | |
| Lansing Connecting Railroad | 1914 | ||||
| Lansing and Jackson Railroad | NYC | 1864 | 1865 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad | |
| Lansing Manufacturers Railroad | NYC | 1904 | 1969 | Penndel Company | |
| Lansing Transit Railway | NYC | 1886 | 1969 | Penndel Company | |
| Lapeer and Northern Railroad | 1872 | 1880 | N/A | ||
| Leelanau Transit Company | LTCR | PM | 1919 | 1973 | N/A |
| Lenawee County Railroad | LCRC | 1977 | 1990 | Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road | |
| Lewiston and Southeastern Railroad | 1896 | 1910 | N/A | ||
| Lima Northern Railway | DT&I | 1895 | 1897 | Detroit and Lima Northern Railway | |
| Lowell and Hastings Railroad | PM | 1887 | 1899 | Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad | |
| Ludington and Northern Railway | LUN | 1901 | 1982 | N/A | |
| Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad | CP | 1886 | 1887 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | |
| Manistee Railroad | PM | 1880 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Manistee and Grand Rapids Railroad | 1889 | 1913 | Michigan East and West Railway | ||
| Manistee and Luther Railroad | 1886 | 1914 | N/A | ||
| Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad | M&NE | 1887 | 1926 | Manistee and Northeastern Railway | |
| Manistee and Northeastern Railway | M&NE | PM | 1926 | 1955 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad | M&LS, MLS | AA | 1909 | 1968 | N/A |
| Manistique and Northern Railroad | AA | 1908 | 1909 | Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad | |
| Manistique and Northwestern Railway | AA | 1891 | 1902 | Manistique, Marquette and Northern Railroad | |
| Manistique, Marquette and Northern Railroad | AA | 1902 | 1908 | Manistique and Northern Railroad | |
| Manistique Railway | 1886 | 1910 | N/A | ||
| Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad | NYC | 1871 | 1877 | Allegan and Southeastern Railroad | |
| Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad | CP | 1872 | 1890 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | |
| Marquette and Huron Mountain Railroad | MHCO | 1963 | 1985 | N/A | |
| Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad | CP | 1863 | 1872 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad | |
| Marquette and Ontonagon Railway | CP | 1857 | 1863 | Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad | |
| Marquette and Southeastern Railway | LSI | 1900 | 1911 | Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway | |
| Marquette and State Line Railroad | CNW | 1857 | 1857 | Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad | |
| Marquette and Western Railroad | CP | 1883 | 1885 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad | |
| Mason and Oceana Railroad | 1886 | 1909 | N/A | ||
| Mecosta Railroad | 1882 | 1888 | N/A | ||
| Menominee Branch Railroad | MILW | 1883 | 1887 | Milwaukee and Northern Railroad | |
| Menominee and Northern Railroad | 1893 | 1895 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railway | ||
| Menominee River Railroad | CNW | 1875 | 1882 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
| Menominee and St. Paul Railway | AA | 1899 | 1958 | N/A | |
| Menominee and Sault Ste. Marie Railway | CP | 1885 | 1888 | Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway | |
| Michigan Railway | CN | 1880 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway | |
| Michigan Air Line Railroad | NYC | 1868 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Michigan Air Line Railway | CN | 1875 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| Michigan Air-Line Railway | MAL | 2006 | 2011 | ||
| Michigan and Canada Bridge and Tunnel Company | NYC | 1905 | 1905 | Detroit River Tunnel Company | |
| Michigan Central Railroad | NYC | 1846 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
| Michigan Central Bridge Company | NYC | 1896 | 1898 | Detroit River Bridge Company | |
| Michigan East and West Railway | 1914 | 1918 | N/A | ||
| Michigan Interstate Railway | 1977 | 1988 | Ann Arbor Railroad | ||
| Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | PM | 1869 | 1878 | Grand Haven Railroad | |
| Michigan and Mackinaw Railroad | NYC | 1891 | 1892 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway | |
| Michigan Midland Railroad | NYC | 1870 | 1873 | Michigan Midland and Canada Railroad | |
| Michigan Midland and Canada Railroad | NYC | 1872 | 1906 | St. Clair and Western Railroad | |
| Michigan Northern Railway | MIGN | 1976 | 1986 | Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway | |
| Michigan and Ohio Railroad | NYC | 1883 | 1887 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad | |
| Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Railroad | DT&I | 1905 | 1906 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Detroit Railroad | |
| Michigan Southern Railroad | NYC | 1846 | 1855 | Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad | |
| Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad | NYC | 1855 | 1869 | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | |
| Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway | PM | 1897 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad | CNW | 1872 | 1875 | Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway | |
| Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway | CNW | 1875 | 1893 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
| Milwaukee and Northern Railroad | MILW | 1887 | 1893 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |
| Mineral Range Railroad | MLR | CP | 1872 | 1949 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad |
| Mineral Range and L'Anse Bay Railroad | CP | 1871 | 1872 | Mineral Range Railroad | |
| Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad | SOO | CP | 1944 | 1961 | Soo Line Railroad |
| Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway | SOO | CP | 1888 | 1944 | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad |
| Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway | CP | 1888 | 1888 | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad | |
| Miscauno and North-Western Railway | 1905 | 1905 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railway | ||
| Monroe and Toledo Railway | PM | 1893 | 1897 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Montague, Pentwater and Manistee Railroad | PM | 1871 | 1871 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | |
| Munising Railway | LSI | 1895 | 1911 | Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway | |
| Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway | LSI | 1911 | 1923 | Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad | |
| Muskegon Railway and Navigation Company | CN | 1918 | 1955 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| Muskegon and Big Rapids Railroad | PM | 1871 | 1872 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | |
| Muskegon and Ferrysburg Railroad | PM | 1869 | 1869 | Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | |
| Muskegon, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | PRR | 1886 | 1917 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | |
| Muskegon Lake Railroad | PM | 1879 | 1900 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Muskegon River and Rose Lake Railway | 1878 | 1881 | N/A | ||
| Negaunee and Palmer Railroad | CP | 1888 | 1890 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | |
| New York Central Railroad | NYC | NYC | 1914 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company |
| Norfolk and Western Railway | N&W, NW | 1964 | 1998 | Norfolk Southern Railway | |
| Northern Central Michigan Railroad | NYC | 1866 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |
| Northern Michigan Railroad | 1888 | 1899 | Copper Range Railroad | ||
| North Western Grand Trunk Railway | CN | 1879 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway | |
| Oakland and Ottawa Railroad | CN | 1848 | 1855 | Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad | |
| Ohio and Michigan Railway | NYC | 1870 | 1871 | Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad | |
| Ohio and Michigan Traction Company | DT&I | 1903 | 1904 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Detroit Railroad | |
| Ohio and Morenci Railroad | 1933 | 1954 | N/A | ||
| Onaway and North Michigan Railway | 1901 | N/A | |||
| Ontonagon Railroad | MILW | 1904 | 1932 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | |
| Ontonagon and Brule River Railroad | MILW | 1880 | 1890 | Milwaukee and Northern Railroad | |
| Ontonagon and State Line Railroad | CNW | 1856 | 1857 | Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad | |
| Owosso and Big Rapids Railroad | AA | 1869 | 1871 | Owosso and North Western Railroad | |
| Owosso and North Western Railroad | AA | 1871 | 1883 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | |
| Oxford and Port Austin Railroad | CN | 1879 | 1880 | Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad | |
| Paint River Railway | CNW | 1890 | 1891 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
| Palmyra and Jacksonburgh Railroad | NYC | 1836 | 1844 | Southern Railroad | |
| Paris and Pere Marquette River Railroad | 1882 | 1889 | N/A | ||
| Patterson Railroad | PM | 1870 | 1872 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad | |
| Paw Paw Railroad | PM | 1857 | 1886 | Toledo and South Haven Railroad | |
| Peninsula Railroad of Michigan | CNW | 1862 | 1865 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
| Peninsular Railway | CN | 1865 | 1873 | Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad | |
| Peninsular Railway Extension Company | CN | 1868 | 1868 | Peninsular Railway | |
| Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
| Penndel Company | PRR | 1954 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
| Pensalt Railroad | 1901 | 1908 | Wyandotte Southern Railroad | ||
| Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1921 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company |
| Pennsylvania–Detroit Railroad | PRR | 1917 | 1926 | Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad | |
| Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad | PRR | 1926 | 1956 | Connecting Railway | |
| Penokee Railroad | CP | 1886 | 1888 | Wisconsin Central Company | |
| Pere Marquette Railroad | PM | 1899 | 1917 | Pere Marquette Railway | |
| Pere Marquette Railway | PM | PM | 1917 | 1947 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| Pere Marquette Railroad of Indiana | PM | 1903 | 1907 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Pinconning Railroad | NYC | 1879 | 1880 | Saginaw Bay and Northwestern Railroad | |
| Pleasant Bay Railway | CN/ NKP | 1898 | 1899 | Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad | |
| Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Railroad | CN | 1889 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad | CN | 1880 | 1889 | Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Railroad | |
| Port Huron Railroad Tunnel Company | CN | 1886 | 1886 | St. Clair Tunnel Company | |
| Port Huron and Detroit Railroad | PH&D, PHD | 1917 | 1990 | CSX Transportation | |
| Port Huron and Indiana Railway | CN | 1900 | 1900 | Grand Trunk Western Railway | |
| Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad | CN | 1847 | 1873 | Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad | |
| Port Huron and Milwaukee Railway | CN | 1855 | 1863 | Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad | |
| Port Huron and Northwestern Railway | PM | 1878 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Port Huron Southern Railroad | 1900 | 1917 | Port Huron and Detroit Railroad | ||
| Port Huron and South Western Railway | PM | 1882 | 1882 | Port Huron and Northwestern Railway | |
| Potts Logging Railway | D&M | 1887 | 1891 | Au Sable and Northwestern Railroad | |
| Quincy and Torch Lake Railroad | 1888 | 1945 | N/A | ||
| Quinnesec and Western Railway | 1905 | 1905 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railway | ||
| Republic Branch Railroad | MILW | 1881 | 1887 | Milwaukee and Northern Railroad | |
| River Raisin and Lake Erie Railroad | NYC | 1836 | 1840 | Southern Railroad | |
| Saginaw Bay and Northwestern Railroad | NYC | 1880 | 1901 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad | |
| Saginaw Bay Southern Railway | SBS | 2005 | 2012 | Lake State Railway | |
| Saginaw and Clare County Railroad | PM | 1877 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Saginaw and Grand Rapids Railroad | PM | 1878 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | |
| Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad | PM | 1879 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Railroad | PM | 1881 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Saginaw Valley and St. Louis Railroad | PM | 1871 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | |
| Saginaw and Western Railroad | PM | 1883 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | |
| St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad | CN | 1872 | 1875 | Michigan Air Line Railway | |
| St. Clair River, Pontiac and Jackson Railroad | CN | 1872 | 1872 | St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad | |
| St. Clair Tunnel Company | CN | 1886 | 2008 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| St. Clair and Western Railroad | NYC | 1906 | 1932 | N/A | |
| St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad | NYC | 1899 | 1943 | New York Central Railroad | |
| St. Joseph Valley Railroad | NYC | 1848 | 1869 | Schoolcraft and Three Rivers Railroad | |
| St. Joseph Valley Railroad | PM | 1880 | 1889 | St. Joseph Valley Railway | |
| St. Joseph Valley Railway | PM | 1889 | 1897 | Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway | |
| St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway | STLH | CP | 1996 | 2001 | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| St. Louis, Sturgis and Battle Creek Railroad | NYC | 1884 | 1889 | Battle Creek and Sturgis Railway | |
| Ste. Marie Union Depot Company | CP | 1900 | 1952 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad | |
| Sanilac Railroad | PM | 1901 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette Railroad | CP | 1880 | 1887 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | |
| Schoolcraft and Three Rivers Railroad | NYC | 1855 | 1869 | Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad | |
| Shelby and Detroit Railroad | 1834 | 1844 | N/A | ||
| South Bend and St. Joseph Railroad | PM | 1884 | 1884 | St. Joseph Valley Railroad | |
| South Haven and Eastern Railroad | PM | 1894 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad | |
| South Eastern Michigan Railway | NYC | 1871 | 1871 | Chicago and Canada Southern Railway | |
| Southern Railroad | NYC | 1837 | 1846 | Michigan Southern Railroad | |
| Sturgis, Goshen and St. Louis Railway | NYC | 1890 | 1915 | New York Central Railroad | |
| Sturgis and State Line Railway | NYC | 1886 | 1887 | Canada and St. Louis Railway | |
| Tawas and Bay County Railroad | D&M | 1880 | 1883 | Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad | |
| Tecumseh Branch Connecting Railroad | TCBY | ADBF | 2001 | 2009 | Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road |
| Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad | AA | 1877 | 1880 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway | |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Cadillac Railway | AA | 1886 | 1888 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Detroit Railroad | DT&I | 1904 | 1912 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railroad | |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway | AA | 1880 | 1884 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railroad | DT&I | 1911 | 1915 | Toledo–Detroit Railroad | |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Lake Michigan Railway | AA | 1888 | 1890 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Mount Pleasant Railway | AA | 1886 | 1887 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | AA | 1882 | 1895 | Ann Arbor Railroad, Escanaba, Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad | |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northeastern Railroad | AA | 1878 | 1880 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway | |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Railroad | AA | 1869 | 1875 | Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad | |
| Toledo, Canada Southern and Detroit Railway | NYC | 1872 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
| Toledo–Detroit Railroad | DT&I | 1915 | 1931 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | |
| Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad | NYC | 1897 | 1897 | Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad | |
| Toledo and Milwaukee Railway | NYC | 1879 | 1883 | Michigan and Ohio Railroad | |
| Toledo, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad | CN | 1887 | 1890 | Cincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad | |
| Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway | CN | 1886 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | |
| Toledo and South Haven Railroad | PM | 1876 | 1894 | South Haven and Eastern Railroad | |
| Traverse City Railroad | PRR | 1871 | 1917 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | |
| Traverse City, Leelanau, and Manistique Railroad | PM | 1901 | 1907 | Traverse City, Leelanau and Manistique Railway | |
| Traverse City, Leelanau and Manistique Railway | PM | 1908 | 1919 | Leelanau Transit Company | |
| Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway | TSBY | 1977 | 2006 | Great Lakes Central Railroad | |
| Union Pacific Railroad | UP | 1995 | 1997 | Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company | |
| Vieux Desert and Lake Superior Railroad | CNW | 1881 | 1883 | Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway | |
| Wabash Railroad | WAB | WAB | 1937 | 1991 | Norfolk and Western Railway |
| Wabash Railroad | WAB | 1889 | 1915 | Wabash Railway | |
| Wabash Railway | WAB | 1915 | 1941 | Wabash Railroad | |
| Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | WAB | 1881 | 1886 | Detroit and State Line Wabash Railroad | |
| Wabash Western Railway | WAB | 1889 | 1889 | Wabash Railroad | |
| West Jersey Railroad | WJ | 1995 | 1995 | West Michigan Railroad | |
| White River Railroad | PM | 1879 | 1884 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway | |
| Wisconsin Central Company | CP | 1888 | 1899 | Wisconsin Central Railway | |
| Wisconsin Central Railroad | CP | 1954 | 1961 | Soo Line Railroad | |
| Wisconsin Central Railway | CP | 1897 | 1954 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | |
| Wisconsin and Michigan Railway | WAND | 1992 | 1995 | N/A | |
| Wisconsin and Michigan Railway | 1893 | 1938 | N/A | ||
| Wisconsin, Michigan and Northern Railway | 1898 | 1902 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railway | ||
| Wisconsin, Sault Ste. Marie and Mackinac Railway | CP | 1886 | 1887 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | |
| Wyandotte Southern Railroad | WYS | 1908 | 1986 | N/A | |
| Wyandotte Terminal Railroad | WYT | 1904 | 1982 | N/A |
;Passenger carriers
- Alanson and Petoskey Railroad
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad : trackage rights to Detroit for passenger trains only
- Boyne Valley Railroad
- Western State Normal Railroad
- Adrian Electric Street Railway
- Adrian Street Railway
- Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Electric Railway
- Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway
- Bay Cities Consolidated Railway
- Benton Harbor and St. Joseph Electric Railway
- Citizens' Street Railway
- Citizens' Street Railway
- City Electric Railway
- City Electric Railway
- Consolidated Street Railway
- Crystal Lake Railway
- Detroit Railway
- Detroit and Chicago Traction Company
- Detroit Citizens' Street Railway
- Detroit Electric Railway
- Detroit and Flint Railway
- Detroit, Fort Wayne and Belle Isle Railway
- Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railway
- Detroit and Lake St. Clair Railway
- Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway
- Detroit, Mount Clemens and Marine City Railway
- Detroit and Northwestern Railway
- Detroit, Plymouth and Northville Railway
- Detroit and Pontiac Railway
- Detroit and Port Huron Shore Line Railway
- Detroit and River St. Clair Railway
- Detroit, Rochester, Romeo and Lake Orion Railway
- Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
- Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Railway
- Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railway
- Detroit United Railway
- Detroit and Utica Railway
- Escanaba Electric Street Railway
- Grand Haven Street Railway
- Grand Rapids Railway
- Grand Rapids, Belding and Ionia Railway
- Grand Rapids and Chicago Railway
- Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway
- Grand Rapids, Holland and Lake Michigan Rapid Railway
- Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad
- Highland Park Railway
- Holland and Lake Michigan Railway
- Houghton County Traction Company
- Inter-Urban Railway
- Jackson and Ann Arbor Railway
- Jackson and Battle Creek Traction Company
- Jackson Street Railway
- Jackson and Suburban Traction Company
- Kalamazoo, Gull Lake and Northern Railroad
- Lansing City Railway
- Lansing City Electric Railway
- Lansing, Dexter and Ann Arbor Railway
- Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis Railway
- Manistee, Filer City and Eastlake Railway
- Marinette Gas, Electric Light and Street Railway
- Marquette City and Presque Isle Railway
- Menominee Electric Light, Railway and Power Company
- Michigan Railroad
- Michigan Railway
- Michigan Traction Company
- Michigan United Railways
- Mount Clemens and Lake Side Traction Company
- Muskegon Railway
- Muskegon Street Railway
- Muskegon Traction and Lighting Company
- Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railroad
- Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railway and Electric Company
- North Detroit Electric Railway
- Owosso and Corunna Electric Company
- Owosso and Corunna Traction Company
- Port Huron, St. Clair and Marine City
- Rapid Railroad
- Rapid Railway
- Saginaw Consolidated Street Railway
- Saginaw Suburban Railway
- Saginaw Valley Traction Company
- St. Joseph and Benton Harbor Street Railway
- Saugatuck, Douglass and Lake Shore Railway
- South Grand Rapids Street Railway
- South Haven and Paw Paw Lake Electric Railway
- Southern Michigan Traction Company
- Toledo, Adrian and Jackson Railway
- Trans-St. Mary's Traction Company
- Twin City General Electric Company
- Union Street Railway
- West Michigan Traction Company
- Wyandotte and Detroit River Railway
[Miniature railroad]s
Defunct
- Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad