Barry's Model Railroad

This is an accounting of my attempts at model railroads N scale and HO or OO. I find it to be a lot of fun. I concentrate my efforts on The New York Central, Ann Arbor, Pere Marquette, Chesapeake and Ohio as it relates to the Pere Marquette, Michigan Central Railroads and my own Salt Creek Railroad. I am also interested in the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway, the Great Lakes Central Railroad, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, and BNSF. You are welcome to give me advice.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad


Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad, looking west from Fuller in Grand Rapids
Locale	Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dates of operation	1993–
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)standard gauge
Length	47 miles (76 km)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (reporting mark GR) is a railroad in western Michigan, United States. The line runs east-west through Grand Rapids, Michigan to Lowell. Its 47 miles (76 km) of trackage ends^[1] at the Saint Mary's Siding, where it meets theCoopersville and Marne Railway. It interchanges with CSX Transportation and the Grand Elk Railroad at Grand Rapids. It was established in 1993^[2] and purchased by RailAmerica in 2000.^[1] The railroad was later acquired by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. as part of its acquisition of RailAmerica in late 2012.

Most of the railroad's traffic comes from grain, lumber, and sodium carbonate. The GR hauled around 1,250 carloads in 2008.^[1]