By Railfan & Railroad Staff

WESTLAND, Mich. — Michigan’s Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road is being sold. 

On June 1, president and CEO Mark W. Dobronski sent a letter to employees that the railroad would be sold this summer, pending regulatory approval, to a new company called Transportation Holdings, LLC. That company is led by Christopher Bagwell. According to the letter, which was posted on Facebook, Transportation Holdings plans on entering the short line sector and ADBF is its first acquisition. 

In the letter, Dobronski assured employees that their jobs were secure. 

“ADBF will continue to be ADBF,” he wrote. “While there will be some inevitable changes, such as new officers and directors of ADBF, Holdings has made clear to me that they consider the existing ADBF employees to be essential to the continued operations of ADBF — indeed, ADBF’s employees are deemed to be one of its greatest assets.”

The ADBF operates on 20 miles of track in Lenawee County, Mich. It offers both freight and passenger service.