Conrail had a major presence in Michigan, in particular in the southeastern part of the State including Detroit. This book chronicles Conrail in Michigan from its beginnings in 1976 (including some Penn Central coverage beforehand), through the transition of creating one railroad out of six bankrupt ones, to its coming of age and ending when it was purchased by two other railroads in 1999. Also covered are trips to Toledo, Ohio in the late 1970's and to Canada to see Conrail's operations out of St. Thomas and Windsor, Ontario. Color and black and white photographs from the author's collection...
Conrail had a major presence in Michigan, in particular in the southeastern part of the State including Detroit. This book chronicles Conrail in Michi...
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and Norfolk and Western Railway were two Class 1 railroads that had operations in Michigan. C&O had trackage throughout the State before it started selling its Michigan branch and secondary lines in the 1980's. N&W only had one line in Michigan but it was a busy one as it came into Detroit. Both of these railroads had carferry operations in Michigan and significant operations in Canada, which are also covered in this book of color and black and white photographs taken by the author.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and Norfolk and Western Railway were two Class 1 railroads that had operations in Michigan. C&O had trackage throughout th...
The Railfan Chronicles is a series of books about different railroads during the last quarter of the 20th Century. This was a period of great change in the railroad industry, with mergers of large railroads and creation of regional and short line railroads to operate unwanted lines of the Class 1 railroads. These books cover this period in photographs taken by the author. The railroads of Michigan's Upper Peninsula were traditionally "western" ones versus the "eastern" ones in the Lower Peninsula. Soo Line, The Milwuakee Road and Chicago & North Western Railroad operated in the "UP" along...
The Railfan Chronicles is a series of books about different railroads during the last quarter of the 20th Century. This was a period of great change i...
This is a story about the American Dream and how a boy with talent, personality and an education was able to succeed in everything he did in this country in the 20th Century. It is also a story about Detroit and how its booming economy, excellent schools and parks and recreation department in the 1920's and 1930's were able to give a boy with dreams the opportunities he needed to fulfill them through golf. This is the story of Bob Babbish. Born an immigrant coal miner's son in 1915, Bob's family moved to the Motor City for work in the auto industry in 1922, opening the world of Detroit and...
This is a story about the American Dream and how a boy with talent, personality and an education was able to succeed in everything he did in this coun...
