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-The Lenawee County Railroad Company (LCRC) was a short-line railroad operating between 1977 and 1990 in Lenawee County, Michigan, U.S.
-==Corporate History==
-The railroad began operations on the eighteen miles between Adrian and Riga, Michigan, sometime in October 1976, as a "Designated Operator" for the state of Michigan of a route scheduled for abondonment by the [[United States Railway Administration]]'s [[Final System Plan]].
-The Lenawee County Railroad Company (LCRC) was incorporated on March 9, 1977, by a group of Adrian businessmen.
-The LCRC ended operations on September 30, 1990.  It was purchased by the [[Adrian and Blissfield Railroad]].
-==Motive Power and Rolling Stock==
-The LCRC owned and operated two locomotives.  Alco class S2, number 1, named the "Addison B. Comstock" and Alco, class S2, number 2, also named but unknown right now.
-==Divestiture==
-In July 1998, the Michigan legislature revised the state's transportation goals.  These included minimizing state subsidies for rail operations deemed to be commercially viable.  Under the program competitive bids were accepted and in November 2000 the LCRC was sold.<ref>Michigan Department of Transportation, "[http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-11056-59647--,00.html Rail Divestiture]" (Lansing: Michigan.gov, 2009).</ref>

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