Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 462. Railroads § 462.231

Sec. 231. A railroad company, where not prohibited by its articles of association or consolidation, may make use of such part of its property and assets as is not required in the performance of adequate service as a common carrier to the public to organize and hold an interest in subsidiary corporations engaged in noncommon carrier activities and business, and may hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of the shares of the capital stock of any other corporation or corporations of this or any other state, territory, or country, and while owners of such stock may exercise all rights, powers, and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote thereon.