Coe Rail, Inc.

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Coe Rail
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CRLE 119701 on a BNSF freight train in Emporia, Kansas, on November 30, 2019
Overview
Headquarters Walled Lake, Michigan
Reporting mark CRLE
Locale Michigan
Dates of operation19842006
Predecessor Grand Trunk Western Railway
SuccessorMichigan Air Line
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length8.07 miles

Coe Rail was an excursion and freight rail line running between West Bloomfield, Michigan, and Wixom, Michigan, United States. It was best known for its Michigan Star Clipper Dinner Train.

In 2007, it was renamed the Michigan Air-Line Railway. [1]

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References

  1. "Employer Status Determination, Coe Rail Inc". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-01-06.