Carrier profile · USDOT 4297736 · Updated Aug 16, 2026
Michigan Southern Railroad Company
DBA NAPOLEON DEFIANCE & WESTERN RAILWAY
2 power unitsDEFIANCE, OH50/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Network & Fraud
Reincarnation chains, shared-VIN links, common domains and officers, and owner-group affiliations — the chameleon / double-broker signals that name-and-USDOT lookups miss.
Shares a registration email domain with other carriers
@patriotrail.com — 14 carriers: USDOT 699516USDOT 801333USDOT 826516USDOT 955840USDOT 1040332USDOT 1720612USDOT 2106762USDOT 2106768
Shares a company officer with other carriers
brad gordon — 4 carriers: USDOT 826516USDOT 1040332USDOT 2106768
Owner / group view· confidence: email domain + officer
Owner / group view
Affiliated authorities
Collapses 14 related authorities · joined by email domain + officer
- Authorities
- 14
- Combined power
- 44
- States
- 12
- Oldest authority
- Jul 30, 1997
- Active now
- 11
- MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY· viewingUSDOT 42977362PU
- GLOBAL RAIL TRANSFER COMPANY LLCUSDOT 283054910PU
- DEQUEEN AND EASTERN RAILROAD LLCUSDOT 21067626PU
- GEORGIA NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COUSDOT 8265165PU
- LOUISIANA AND NORTH WEST RAILROAD LLCUSDOT 21067683PU
- KEOKUK JUNCTION RAILWAY COUSDOT 9558403PU
- LAKESHORE RAILCAR SERVICES LLCUSDOT 29540633PU
- TENNESSEE SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY LLCUSDOT 6995163PU
- UTAH CENTRAL RAILWAYUSDOT 37993272PU
- DELTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD INCUSDOT 10403322PU
- HOBO CORPORATIONUSDOT 41412242PU
- COLUMBIA & COWLITZ RAILWAY LLCUSDOT 21067991PU
- DPH SERVICES LLCUSDOT 17206121PU
- SALT LAKE GARFIELD & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANYUSDOT 8013331PU