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Viewing Entries 1 - 7 of 7 Page  1 Image Title Description Object Date Accession # Location More Info When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails 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. book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover 1984 2007.034.074 Library TF724.M5S37 More Info 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. book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover 1986 2007.034.075 Library TF724.M5S37 More Info 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. book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover 1988 2007.034.076 Library TF724.M5S37 More Info 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 More Info Lake Michigan's Railroad Car Ferries A complete pictorial history and thorough text, covering the carferry fleets of the Chesapeake & Ohio, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk railroads, the Mackinac Transportation Company, and their successors. Chapter on the famed, ancient Chief Wawatam & her fleetmates. b&w photographs, postcards, brochures, menus . . . book : softcover 1993 2007.034.114 PF.0188.0180 More Info Northern Indiana Railway CERA Bulletin #132 --Discusses the Rail lines of South Bend and Milwaukee, Elkhart County Street Railway, Southern Michigan Railway Co., & La Porte and Michigan City Rail Line. Interurban. b&w photographs, map, charts, diagrams, bibliography. book : hardcover, dust jacket 1998 2007.034.118 Library More Info Interurban Era in Holland, Michigan The story of an interurban railroad in one tow and area. Contains facts and stories about the equipment and services which were offered to the public. b&w photographs, maps, index of personal names. book : softcover 1981 2007.034.183 Library Viewing Entries 1 - 7 of 7 Page  1