Lapeer Industrial Railroad
The Lapeer Industrial Railroad is a short switching operation in Lapeer, Michigan, which owns and operates of track that was formerly part of a line of the Michigan Central Railroad. A subsidiary of the Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company, the railroad interchanges with Canadian National Railway along a leased of side track in Lapeer. Operations along the line are carried out by a GE 65-ton switcher that was built in 1950.
Currently, its only customer is the Delta Faucet Company, a subsidiary of Masco Corp. Its past customers included Lapeer Grain and Lapeer Industries.
In March 2017, the railroad sued the city of Lapeer for $1,271 for not paying a “mandated, annual railroad crossing maintenance fee” for 10 years. It alleged that the city had not paid the fee per the Railroad Code of 1993 and now owed the railroad $12,710. In August 2017, a settlement was reached with the city paying the railroad $5,000.