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When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails by Schramm Henning Andrews Special 94
When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails by Jack E Schramm, William H Henning & Richard R Andrews
Interurban Press Special 94
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
198 pages
Copyright 1984
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements 7
Foreword 8
Background 9
DUR Family Tree 12
The Interurban Builders 20
1 Pontiac Division23
Woodward Ave. in Trolley Days39
The First Superhighway -45
Yolande, Pride of the DUR50
Pontiac City Lines 55
The Ten Little Indians62
2 Orchard Lake Division 65
Grand River in the Good Old Days 73
3 Flint Division 87
The First Large Cars 93
Rolling Stock 1906-1924 101
The Romeo Station Agent's Kid 116
To Flint in Style 122
4 Flint City Lines 145
Detroit's Terminals 158
5 The Bus Arrives 163
6 Commuter Trains 177
7 The Tunnel183
Bibliography 188
Rosters 189
Index195
FOREWORD
ON MAY 31, 1934, a lone interurban lumbered along the Stephenson line from Oakland Ave. and the Grand Trunk Railroad tracks in Detroit to Fourth and Main streets in Royal Oak. This old derelict, 7157, was the last operating passenger car remaining from the large Detroit United Railway (DUR) fleet, a system that in 1903 consisted of 513.9 miles of track and was considered the largest such system in the country.
Abandonment of this last route and last operating car occurred during the height of the Depression, when limited funds prevented the few avid railfans from actively following their hobby. There were no local rail-fan organizations to schedule a fan trip and photo runbys; therefore, no photos exist of the last run. It was the end of a system that had operations in southeastern Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
This volume will cover the interurbans which served Detroit's surrounding countryside radiating out from the city on several of the major streets. Of the eight operating divisions, three will be covered-Pontiac, Orchard Lake and Flint divisions. Each division will be a chapter detailing the building of the line, its takeover by the DUR, and final abandonment. Also covered are the Flint and Pontiac city lines, Detroit's downtown terminals, competing bus lines, the Grand Trunk commuter and the Detroit River Tunnel.
We have included a background which will briefly describe the area's early roads, toll roads, and railroads. Then a brief review of the Detroit city operation leading to single company control and formation of the DUR by the Everett-Moore syndicate, the 1902 bankruptcy of the syndicate, sale of Detroit city operations in 1922, the DUR's 1925 bankruptcy, and finally the formation of Eastern Michigan Railways in 1928.
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