Railroads of Battle Creek - Pure Michigan Trains

Battle Creek, the birthplace of modern breakfast cereal, is an unassuming railroad town, and where we take you in this edition of Pure Michigan Trains!

Located in SW Michigan, Battle Creek is where CN's former Grand Trunk main crosses the old Michigan Central Main, now home to Amtrak's Wolverine Services.

While both mainlines used to take their own ways through town, in the 1980s the city and railroads agreed to rationalize, leaving us with a single busy "corridor", handing all trains through this modest midwestern city.

We'll spend a day on the 2-mile long segment of rails, where lengthy CN freights and zippy Amtrak services share the tracks, accompanied by classic searchlight signals and great urban-industrial scenes.

Norfolk Southern is also present in Battle Creek, but on this Saturday, they operated no trains. Therefore aside from a glance at Hinman yard, this is a presentation in full CN and Amtrak colors.

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