Time Line - 2002

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• January: Central Michigan removes the rail between Hoyt and Merideth St. in Saginaw.

• January 7: Amtrak train 351 becomes the first in regular service to hit 90 mph between Kalamazoo and Porter Indiana using the new GPS-based Incremental Train Control System. [MT]

• January: The former MCRR depot at Johannesburg, in Otsego County, was razed.  The depot had been used as a restaurant for many years (the line, from Sallings, was pulled out in the 1930's.

• July 15: The Lake State Railroad bridge over the Thunder Bay river in Alpena is replaced.  The new bridge includes 115 pound rail.

• September: Former Ann Arbor Railroad trackage from Yuma to Thompsonville is removed to make room for a trail.  The line has not been used in years.

• Fall: CSX abandons its branch from Holland to Hamilton.

• November: The bridge which carried the NYC Air Line cut off track over M-86 near Three Rivers is removed.

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 Time line Key:

• Railroad event in Michigan
• Event relating to mining
• Event related to car ferries
• Event outside of Michigan
• Improvement in Technology
• Railroad built or extended
• Railroad abandoned and/or removed
• Economic panic or depression