Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road

U.S. short line railroad in Michigan
4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gaugeLength20 milesOtherWebsiteabrailroad.com

The Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company (reporting mark ADBF) is a Class III short line railroad which operates 20 miles (32 km) of railroad track between Adrian and Riga, in Lenawee County, Michigan. It was incorporated February 6, 1991, with company headquarters in Westland, Michigan. It also operates Lapeer Industrial Railroad, Charlotte Southern Railroad, Detroit Connecting Railroad, and Jackson and Lansing Railroad.

ADBF's railroad line is one of the oldest operating in the United States, having been originally built in 1834 by the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad.

ADBF also operates a dinner train known as "The Old Road Dinner Train" in Blissfield, and a sister company operates in Charlotte.

Fleet

The ADBF fleet, as of January 2021, consists of the following 7 locomotives:[1]

Number Type Built
41 GE 44 Ton 1956
1751-1752, 1755, 1758-1760 EMD GP9 1955-1957

References

  1. ^ "Adrian & Blissfield". www.thedieselshop.us. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
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  • https://web.archive.org/web/20061101183153/http://www.railroadmichigan.com/adrianblissfield.html
  • http://www.abrailroad.com
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20130624081154/http://www.murdermysterytrain.com/blissfield_train.php
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