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When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails Book 3 Detroit to Jackson 1988 DJ 223 pgs
When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails Book 3 Detroit to Jackson By Jack E. Schramm, William H. Henning & Richard R. Andrews
Transit across Mihigan by Interurban, train, bus
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
1988 Copyright
223 Pages, Indexed
Interurban Special 109
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements 6
Preface 7
Background 9
1. Building The Ypsi-Ann 15
2. Competing Lines 33
3. The Dj&C Under The Dur 43
4. Bankruptcy And Final Years 81
5. Ann Arbor City Lines 91
6. Michigan Railway Company 109
7. Interurban And Suburban Bus Service 161
8. Railroads Across The State 185
Rosters 210
Important Dates 218
Index 222
FOR A STATE which gave birth to the giant automobile industry, it is amazing to contemplate the rich variety of non-automobile transportation Michigan has enjoyed over the years.
Yes, Michigan had it all: railroads, electric interurbans, excursion boats, overnight steamers to such places as Cleveland and Buffalo, streetcars and buses both of the city and over-the-road type.
And Michigan soon lost most of it. The factories of Detroit, Pontiac and Flint turned out automobiles by the millions, and with the new paved highways which materialized everywhere, they swept aside nearly every other mode of carriage in a hurry. If anything, the transformation was performed more rapidly in Michigan than in most other states.
This is the third volume which chronicles this fascinating story, and now we turn our attention to the corridor that starts in Detroit and runs generally westward: to Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Jackson, Lansing, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, and up to Grand Rapids.
The main players were the Detroit United (later Eastern Michigan System) and the partially third-rail Michigan Railway Company, which competed with the haughty Michigan Central Railroad. Michigan did not protect interurbans from bus lines, and they nibbled the interurbans to an early grave. The mainline steam passenger trains endured longer, but they too succumbed to economic forces their operators little understood.
This time, steamships play more of a cameo role, and we even visit the new Detroit people-mover, the only new transit development in Michigan in a long time. If you enjoyed the first two books, hold on for another fascinating ride through Michigan transportation history which we are delighted to bring to you in this book.
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