the Michigan Central main line. The proposal was set before the Surface Transportation Board, and was officially endorsed by Amtrak in September 2007. In December 2007 the STB rejected the plan, citing concerns over the relationship between the Norfolk Southern and Watco. Labor unions had raised concerns over the transfer of operations to a substantially non-transportation company, under which different labor regulations would apply. See also Michigan Central Railway Bridge connecting Niagara Falls, New York to Niagara Falls, Ontario Michigan Central Railway Tunnel connecting Detroit, Michigan to Windsor, Ontario References External links MCRR homepage at Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum Historical Railroad Maps from The Library of Congress The North America Railway Hall of Fame | Inductees | August, 2013 Railroad Wreck: MCRR at Botsford Yard, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1924 Niles-South Bend Branch Photos Michigan Central Station, Detroit Michigan History of Detroit 1780-1850; financial and commercial. Burton. 114-122 Tackabury's atlas of the State of Michigan Walling. 146-147 Predecessors of the New York Central Railroad Railroads transferred to Conrail Defunct Illinois railroads Defunct Indiana railroads Defunct Michigan railroads Defunct Ontario railways Defunct New York (state) railroads Defunct Ohio railroads Railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area West Michigan Former Class I railroads in the United States Railway companies established in 1846 Railway companies disestablished in 1976 Spier & Rohns buildings Standard gauge railways in the United States 1846 establishments in Michigan Railroads controlled by the Vanderbilt family American companies established in 1846