The National Railroad Passenger Corporation,doing business as Amtrak,is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and trak,the latter itself a sensational spelling of track.
The Detroit,Toledo and Ironton Railroad operated from 1905 to 1983 between its namesake cities of Detroit,Michigan,and Ironton,Ohio,via Toledo. At the end of 1970,it operated 478 miles of road on 762 miles of track;that year it carried 1,244 million ton-miles of revenue freight.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway,established in 1833,and sometimes referred to as the Lake Shore,was a major part of the New York Central Railroad's Water Level Route from Buffalo,New York,to Chicago,Illinois,primarily along the south shore of Lake Erie and across northern Indiana. The line's trackage remains a major rail transportation corridor used by Amtrak passenger trains and several freight lines;in 1998,its ownership was split at Cleveland,Ohio,between CSX Transportation to the east and Norfolk Southern Railway in the west.
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company was an American subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway,later of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan,Illinois,Indiana,and Ohio. Since a corporate restructuring in 1971,the railroad has been under CN's subsidiary holding company,the Grand Trunk Corporation. Grand Trunk Western's routes are part of CN's Michigan Division. Its primary mainline between Chicago and Port Huron,Michigan serves as a connection between railroad interchanges in Chicago and rail lines in eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States. The railroad's extensive trackage in Detroit and across southern Michigan has made it an essential link for the automotive industry as a hauler of parts and automobiles from manufacturing plants.
The Ann Arbor Railroad was an American railroad that operated between Toledo,Ohio,and Elberta and Frankfort,Michigan with train ferry operations across Lake Michigan. In 1967 it reported 572 million net ton-miles of revenue freight,including 107 million in "lake transfer service";that total does not include the 39-mile subsidiary Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad.
Michigan Services are three Amtrak passenger rail routes connecting Chicago,Illinois with the Michigan cities of Grand Rapids,Port Huron,and Pontiac,and stations en route. The group falls under the Amtrak Midwest brand and is a component of the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative.
William Graham Claytor Jr. was an American attorney,United States Navy officer,and railroad,transportation and defense administrator for the United States government,working under the administrations of three US presidents.
The Michigan Central Railway Tunnel is a railroad tunnel under the Detroit River connecting Detroit,Michigan,in the United States with Windsor,Ontario,in Canada. The U.S. entrance is south of Porter and Vermont streets near Rosa Parks Boulevard. The Canadian entrance is south of Wyandotte Street West between Cameron and Wellington Avenues. It was built by the Detroit River Tunnel Company for the Canada Southern Railway,leased by the Michigan Central Railroad and owned by the New York Central Railroad. The tunnel opened in 1910 and is still in use today by the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Plans for high-speed rail in the United States date back to the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965. Various state and federal proposals have followed. Despite being one of the world's first countries to get high-speed trains,it failed to spread. Definitions of what constitutes high-speed rail vary,including a range of speeds over 110 mph (180 km/h) and dedicated rail lines. Inter-city rail with top speeds between 90 and 125 mph is sometimes referred to in the United States as higher-speed rail.
Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza is the main passenger rail and intercity bus station of Toledo,Ohio.
The Wolverine is a higher-speed passenger train service operated by Amtrak as part of its Michigan Services. The 304-mile (489 km) line provides three daily round-trips between Chicago and Pontiac,Michigan,via Ann Arbor and Detroit. It carries a heritage train name descended from the New York Central.
The Ohio Hub was a high-speed railway project proposed in the 2000s decade by the Ohio Department of Transportation aimed at revitalizing passenger rail service in the Ohio region. The plan was awarded funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,but Governor John Kasich refused to use the funds for the project and the funds were reclaimed by the federal government. Passage of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act raised the possibility of new funding for a similar project.
Railroads have been vital in the history of the population and trade of rough and finished goods in the state of Michigan. While some coastal settlements had previously existed,the population,commercial,and industrial growth of the state further bloomed with the establishment of the railroad.
Positive train control (PTC) is a family of automatic train protection systems deployed in the United States. Most of the United States' national rail network mileage has a form of PTC. These systems are generally designed to check that trains are moving safely and to stop them when they are not.
Joseph Houston Boardman was an American transportation executive.
Joseph C. Szabo is a former government official who was the twelfth Federal Railroad Administrator of the United States. Nominated by President Barack Obama on March 20,2009,he was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 29,2009. Safety was the top priority of his administration. He stepped down from the position on January 9,2015 and Sarah Feinberg became the Acting Administrator on January 12,2015,and subsequently the permanent Administrator.
Transportation in metropolitan Detroit comprises an expansive system of roadways,multiple public transit systems,a major international airport,freight railroads,and ports. Located on the Detroit River along the Great Lakes Waterway,Detroit is a significant city in international trade,with two land crossings to Canada. Three primary Interstate highways serve the region.
The Michigan Line,sometimes known as the Chicago–Detroit Line,is a higher-speed rail corridor that runs between Porter,Indiana and Dearborn,Michigan. It carries Amtrak's Blue Water and Wolverine services,as well as the occasional freight train operated by Norfolk Southern.
Pedestrian railroad safety is concerned with the protection of life through regulation,management and technology development of all forms of rail transportation. In the United States there are some 180,000 miles of track. Pedestrian railroad accidents are the leading cause of death on railways. More than 7,200 pedestrians have been killed by trains in the United States since 1997.
Howard R. "Skip" Elliott is an American government official who served as the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration from 2017 to 2021.
