All Aboard! A History of Railroads in Michigan by Willis F. Dunbar w/dust jacket

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All Aboard! A History of Railroads in Michigan Willis F. Dunbar

All Aboard! A History of Railroads in Michigan

Willis F. Dunbar

Hard cover dust jacket

308 pages

Contents

Preface7

1. Michigan's Pioneer Railroad11

2. The Great Fiasco29

3. The Lower Peninsula Is Spanned57

4. The Great Railroad Conspiracy and Other Tales81

5. Uncle Sam Lends a Helping Hand103

6. The Railroad Mania in Southern Michigan123

7. The Northland and Its Railroads153

8. The Little Fellows181

9. The Golden Age of Rail Travel199

10. The Rise and Fall of the Electric Interurban227

11. Consolidation and Regulation247

12. The Iron Horse Wheezes and Expires271

Epilogue: And Still the Rails295

All Aboard!, the first comprehensive history of Michigan railroading, contains a wealth of information on every aspect of its subject from that first struggling line, through the period of success, and on to recent years, when trackage has been abandoned, and passenger service reduced to a fraction of what it once was. Dr. Dunbar, however, has no intention of writing any epitaphs; he concludes with a firm prediction that railroads will find a place even in the space age. "Indeed," he tells us, "the future may be even more exciting than the past."

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