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Charlotte Southern Railroad

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Reporting mark
  
CHS

Dates of operation
  
1999–

Headquarters
  
Blissfield

Date of operation
  
1999

Locale
  
Michigan

Length
  
3.25 miles

Founded
  
1999

Track gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Parent organization
  
Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road

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Charlotte Southern Rail Road is a short line railroad operating in Michigan. It connects Charlotte, Michigan, with the CN rail system. It is a freight system, but its main customer has not received rail traffic since the early 2000s. It is operated by the Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company.

Contents

Dinner Train

The railroad hosts the Old Road Dinner train.

Equipment

The railroad uses a GE 44-ton switcher for the Old Road Dinner train and any freight operations. This locomotive was the last 44-ton locomotive ever built. The railroad uses three passenger cars for the dinner train, and has two more stored at the end of the line.

References

Charlotte Southern Railroad Wikipedia