Mid-Michigan RailroadThe Mid-Michigan Railroad is a railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming. It operates of track in Michigan.HistoryThe company incorporated in 1987, for the purpose of acquiring railway lines from the CSX Corporation. The company was owned at inception by RailTex, a Texas-based holding company which owned many short line railroads. The Mid-Michigan bought two lines from CSX:Elmdale-Greenville and Paines-Elwell. In 1999 it sold the southernmost of Elmdale line, Elmdale-Malta, back to CSX.RoutesSt. Louis Subdivision: Alma - PainesThe only remaining line on the Mid-Michigan is the line from Alma to Paines. The line from Lowell to Greenville was sold back to Grand [Rapids Eastern Railroad] and soon after removed for a bike trail in 2009. Corn and soybeans are the main commodities hauled. The railroad interchanges with the Great [Lakes Central Railroad] at Alma and Lake State Railway at Paines.TrafficThe railroad's traffic comes mainly from grain products, such as corn and soybeans. The MMRR hauled around 5,100 carloads in 2008.