Reporting Marks: SCMT (Sanilac County Michigan Transit) *This may change, if I figure out something more appropriate in nature.
Locale: Eastern Michigan
Classification: Shortline
Base of Operations: Port Huron, MI
Basic Description:
-Base of operations and southern terminus: Port Huron
3 separate routes radiating north and west from Port Huron:
West Line:
Port Huron to Marlette
Central Line:
Port Huron to Peck
East Line:
Port Huron to Harbor Beach
Interchange:
- Sanilac Centre Railway
o Peck
o Poland
- Grindstone City Terminal
o Harbor Beach
- C&O of Michigan (CKMI)
o Palms
- Grand Trunk Western
o Port Huron
- St. Clair Industrial Rail
o Port Huron
- Amtrak
o Port Huron
Line Location Industry Car Types In/Out
West Line:
Wadhams
Tank farm Tank Cars
Avoca
Elevator Covered Hoppers
Bakery Airslide Hoppers, Boxcars
Greenwood
Electric Plant Coal Hoppers- Unit Train
Yale
Furniture Factory Boxcars, Covered Hoppers (plastic)
Landscape Supply Wood Chip Hoppers
Melvin
Gravel Pit Aggregate Hoppers
Brown City
Elevator Covered Hoppers- Unit Train Facility
Marlette South
Manuf. Home Factory Boxcar, Covered Hoppers, Flat Cars
Marlette
Elevator Covered Hoppers- Unit Train Facility
West Marlette
Interchange Clifford Terminal- Rare, As Needed
Central Line:
Atkins Area
Sawmill Bulkhead Flat Cars, Centerbeam Flat Cars
Roseburg
Soy Processor Covered Hoppers, Tank Cars, Boxcars
Peck
Lumber Transload Centerbeam Flat Cars, All-Door Boxcars, Bulkhead Flat Cars, Boxcars
Harrington
Interchange Sanilac Centre Railway
East Line:
South Croswell
Co-Op Covered Hoppers- Unit Train Facility
Croswell
Sugar Plant Covered Hoppers, Open Hoppers (for beets)Tank Cars
Croswell
TOFC Ramp TOFC from various factories to PH
Applegate
Fertilizer Supplier Tank Cars, Covered Hoppers
Packs Siding
Gravel Pit Open Hoppers
South Carsonville
LPG Storage Facility LPG Tank Cars
Carsonville
Co-Op Covered Hoppers- Unit Train Facility
Poland
Interchange Sanilac Centre Railway
McGregor
Factory/Warehouse Boxcars, Covered Hoppers (plastic)
Deckerville
Aggregate Supply Open Hoppers
Co-Op Covered Hoppers- Works with Cedardale and Minden Co-Ops to produce unit trains
Sugar Beet Transload Beet Hoppers
TOFC Ramp Flatcars
Cedardale
Co-Op Covered Hoppers
Palms
Interchange CKMI
Minden City
Co-Op Covered Hoppers
Peat Transload Boxcars, Bulkhead Flat Cars
Ruth
Sugar Beet Transload Beet Hoppers
Co-Op Covered Hoppers- Unit Train Facility
Farm Implement Dealer Flat Cars
Fuel Oil Dealer Tank Cars
West Harbor Beach
Co-Op Covered Hoppers- Unit Train Facility
Harbor Beach
Power Plant Coal Hoppers- Unit Trains
Chemical Plant Tank Cars
TOFC Ramp Flat Cars
North Harbor Beach
Interchange Grindstone City Terminal
Interchange Location
Cars Interchanged Notes
Sanilac Centre Railway
Peck Harrington Rd.
Grain-CHs from Snover, Sanilac Centre (unit trains)
Flat Cars of Heavy Equipment for SCRC
Gravel and Salt Hoppers for SCRC
TOFC to/from Sanilac Centre
Gondolas of steel for Jensen Bridge
Boxcars for Yale Rubber
Pellet CHs for Yale Rubber
Poland Poland
Beet Hoppers from East Sanilac Centre
Garbage & Debris Gons from West Poland (landfill)
Peat Hoppers from Minden for East Sanilac Centre
Boxcars and Bulkhead Flats (Packaged Peat) from East Sanilac Centre.
Grindstone City Terminal
North Harbor Beach
Boxcars from Grindstone Factory in Grindstone City
Flats with large grindstone products
Sand Hoppers from sand mine NW of Harbor Beach
Covered Hoppers- Grindstone City Co-Op and Harbor Beach Co-Ops team up to produce unit grain trains
C&O of Michigan
Palms Palms Wye
TOFC to/from Tri-Cities and Bad Axe area
Misc mixed freight to/from Huron County Shippers for Sanilac County and Port Huron Connections
Grand Trunk Western
Port Huron
-Connections to Detroit and Chicago
-Direct connection to CN and eastern Canada ports
C&O of Southwestern Ontario
Sarnia (via GTW interchange)
-Serves Chemical Valley Region
St. Clair Industrial Rail
Port Huron
Affiliations
Amtrak
-No Amtrak Services: No Passenger Services on Sanilac Southern Lines
-Sanilac Southern operates an Amtrak Servicing Facility, on the Central Line, where Amtrak trainsets are cleaned, stocked and minor repairs are preformed during layovers in PH. Trainsets are frequently moved between 16th Street Depot and Service Facility throughout the day.
CSXT
-Due to current state and national laws regarding interstate and international transportation companies, CSXT owns several railroads in the state of Michigan, but all CSXT owned companies are required (by law) to be operated locally. CKMI, and COSO (C&O of Southwestern Ontario) are both CSXT properties, but operations are locally based.
Michigan Hi-Rail Corp.
-Sanilac Southern is fully owned by Michigan Hi-Rail. Due to state and local laws, all Sanilac Southern Operations are based and controlled locally. Sanilac Southern operates a variety of motive power with MIHR and its subsidiaries’ reporting marks.
St. Clair Industrial Rail
-St. Clair Industrial Rail (SCIR) is owned by a group of St. Clair County investors. It’s primary customers are Chris-Craft in Algonac (boats), Cargill Salt in St. Clair (Salt and Salt products), Detroit Edison in China Township (unit coal trains) and several automobile-related factories in the Marysville area (boxcars).
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