Jackson & Lansing Railroad Company to acquire 47 Miles of track from NS
Written by jrood
The Jackson & Lansing Railroad Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road Company, a Michigan-based company, has acquired 47 miles of track from Jackson, MI, to Lansing from Norfolk Southern. The Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road operates number of freight and dinner train companies in Southeastern Michigan including the Old Road Blissfield Dinner Train, the oldest operating dinner train in the U.S., plus the Old Road Dinner Train Charlotte. The transfer of track was approved by the Surface Transportation Board. "The Adrian & Blissfield has shown growth in its freight business in the past two years from the previous year," said Mark Dobronski, A&B RR and J&LRR president. "Our Revenues for 2010 are on pace to exceed last year. The new addition of track capacity is expected to help the company grow even more."
