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Rails Around the Thumb
ISBN-13: 9781531662240 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 130 str.
Discover how important railroads once were to Michigan's Thumb region in this wonderful collection of images. Although the area is best known for its agrarian roots, the railroad operations were involved in so much more, from light industries that fed the auto industry to shipments of fish from Saginaw Bay into eastern markets. Return to a time when everyone knew the route of the "Polly-Ann," local citizens identified the time of day by the sound of a train whistle, and the arrival of a train crew nearly doubled a town's population. Many of the images in this book have never been seen before, or, if so, only in a family's living room, soon to be returned to grandpa's trunk in the attic. These images surfaced to introduce future generations to what railroading in the Thumb once was. In an age when many of
these railroad lines have disappeared, it can be hard to believe how many once crisscrossed this area.
Discover how important railroads once were to Michigans Thumb region in this wonderful collection of images. Although the area is best known for its agrarian roots, the railroad operations were involved in so much more, from light industries that fed the auto industry to shipments of fish from Saginaw Bay into eastern markets. Return to a time when everyone knew the route of the "Polly-Ann," local citizens identified the time of day by the sound of a train whistle, and the arrival of a train crew nearly doubled a towns population. Many of the images in this book have never been seen before, or, if so, only in a familys living room, soon to be returned to grandpas trunk in the attic. These images surfaced to introduce future generations to what railroading in the Thumb once was. In an age when many of
these railroad lines have disappeared, it can be hard to believe how many once crisscrossed this area.
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