Grand Trunk Corporation
American transport company
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The Grand Trunk Corporation is the subsidiary holding company for the Canadian National Railway's properties in the United States, and Canada. It is named for CN subsidiary railroad Grand Trunk Western Railroad. The Association of American Railroads has considered it to be a Class I railroad since fiscal year 2002.[1]
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Canadian National Railway |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Locale | United States Canada |
| Dates of operation | 1971– |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Other | |
| Website | www |
GTC was incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law on September 21, 1970 as Grand Trunk Industries, Inc., and renamed Grand Trunk Corporation on November 18, 1970. It acquired control of CN's U.S. properties; Grand Trunk Western, Central Vermont Railway and the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway in December 1971,[2] and has since acquired other companies, mostly through acquisitions of other holding companies: Illinois Central Railroad (IC) in 1999, Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation (WC) in 2001, Great Lakes Transportation in 2004, and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway in 2008.
| Company | Acquired from | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algoma Central Railway | WC | 2001 | |
| Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad | GLT | 2004 | |
| Cedar River Railroad | IC | 1999 | |
| Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad | IC | 1999 | |
| Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway | GLT | 2004 | |
| Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway | CN | December 1971[2] | |
| Grand Trunk Western Railroad | CN | December 1971[2] | |
| Great Lakes Fleet | GLT | 2004 | |
| Illinois Central Railroad | IC | 1999 | |
| Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company | GLT | 2004 | |
| Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company | WC | 2001 | |
| Waterloo Railway | IC | 1999 | |
| Wisconsin Central Ltd. | WC | 2001 | |
| Wisconsin Chicago Link Ltd. | WC | 2001 | |
| Former subsidiaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Acquired from | Date | Notes |
| Central Vermont Railway | CN | December 1971[2] | Sold February 1995 to RailTex[3] |
| Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | Pennco (Penn Central Corporation) | June 1980[2] | Merged December 1983 into Grand Trunk Western Railroad[2] |
| Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad | Acquired Norfolk and Western's 50% share. | April 1981[2] | Merged October 1981 into Grand Trunk Western Railroad[2] |
| Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | Transtar Inc. (United States Steel Corporation) | 2009 | Fully merged into GTW on 1 January 2013[4] |
| Fox Valley and Western Ltd. | WC | 2001 | Merged December 2002 into Wisconsin Central Ltd.[5] |
| St. Clair Tunnel Company | CN | December 1971 | Merged September 2008 into Grand Trunk Western Railroad[6][7] |
