Interurban Special 94.
Details the rise and fall of the Interurban in Eastern Michigan. Effect of the automobile industry (Henry Ford) on mass transportation. Covers interurbans, DUR's bus affiliates, railway operations in the Detroit River Tunnel and some history of the Grand Trunk Western steam commuter line.
When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails, Bk 2, Detroit to Port Huron By Rail, Water & Road. (Interurban Special 105)A historical description of the days when Detroit-Port Huron corridor offered oneof the richest assortments of transportation modes to be found anywhere.
b&w photographs, drawings, maps, reproductions of textual records.
Index and listing of Important Dates.
When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails BK 3, Detroit-Jackson & Across the State History of railroad development from Detroit roughtly westward to Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Jackson, Lansing, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids. Covers main railway companies. Some commentary on steamships role and on thenew Detroit people mover.
When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails, Bk. 4 Detroit to Wyandotte, Monroe & Toledo, including the Windsor, Canada area. Sixth & final book in a series that provides a definitive history of public transportation in Easter Michigan and the Detroit Metropolitan area. Covers operations south of Detroit and across the river in Canada. Special section on systemwide freight service on the Detroit United Railway. Also review nearly 20 small and little-known industrial railroads in the Detroit area and the equipment they operated.
First printing.
b&w photographs, maps, rosters, schedules. List of important dates, index
book : hardcover, dustcover
1994
2007.034.077
Library TF724.M5S37
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