Cadillac and Lake City Railway

Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Cadillac and Lake City Railroad
marks=CLK
locale=Colorado, Kansas, Michigan
start_year=1964
end_year=1988
successor_line=Kyle Railroad
hq_city=Colorado Springs, COThe Cadillac & Lake City Railway Reporting mark|CLK was a railroad which operated in the Midwestern United States. The operation was owned by Western States Properties, Inc. and several investors who operated lines in three states; Colorado, Kansas, and Michigan during its time.

Michigan Operations

The Cadillac & Lake City Railway began operations in 1964 over former Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), ex:Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad (GR&I) trackage between its namesake cities of Cadillac, Michigan, and Lake City, Michigan, mi to km|21. The actual terminus for the Cadillac, Michigan end of the operation was at Missaukee Junction, Michigan, 1 mile north of Haring, Michigan where Ephraim Shay had a residence during the development of the Shay locomotive and just over 2 miles north of Cadillac, Michigan. It was here that all traffic was transferred to and from the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR); prior to the 1968 merger of the PRR with the New York Central (NYC); thence becoming the Penn Central (PC). All operations ceased in 1971, with the entire Michigan operation abandoned in September 1984 and all rail since removed.

Kansas Operations

In July 1981, the Cadillac & Lake City Railway began operations over a former portion of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad between Simla through Limon, Colorado, to Colby, Kansas, about mi to km|171. The CLK also had trackage rights via the Union Pacific Railroad from Limon to Denver, mi to km|84, but rarely exercised them.

Power for the CLK trains consisted of former Burlington Northern Railroad EMD F units, and Union Pacific Railroad GP7s, and former Colorado & Wyoming switchers at Colorado Springs and Denver.

Colorado Operations

In May 1984, the Limon to Colby operations were turned over to the Kyle Railroad. Operations of the CLK then consisted of Cimarron Hills in Colorado Springs to Limon, about mi to km|69 of trackage. Power consisted of two Cleburne, Texas, rebuilt CF7s and one EMD SW1. All of the Cadillac & Lake City's rail operations have since ceased.