TitleSuperintendent Jarvis is studying up the snow plow problems Date1888-07-11 SubjectRailroads DescriptionSuperintendent Jarvis is studying up the snow plow problems and long before snow flies the South Sho... View Details
TitleNegaunee - The DSS&A engine No. 79 Date1888-07-11 SubjectRailroads DescriptionDSS&A engine Number 79 at Jackson Mine. View Details
TitleRailroad electric light Date1888-07-11 SubjectRailroads DescriptionMr. C. G. Annesley of Detroit, a representative of the Brush Electric Light Co., is in the city to o... View Details
TitleThree more of the new passenger coaches arrived Date1888-07-11 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThree more of the new passenger coaches arrived here yesterday morning and the first new baggage car... View Details
TitleTwo of the new baggage and express cars Date1888-07-13 SubjectRailroads DescriptionTwo of the new baggage and express cars and one of the new mail cars for the DSS&A arrived from Wilm... View Details
TitleSeney Date1888-07-19 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThe DSS&A has a car inspector permently located here whose duty it is to throughly test and examine ... View Details
TitleDSS&A is preparing for winter Date1888-07-19 SubjectRailroads DescriptionDSS&A is preparing for winter by building high fences in places where the snow drifts on the track. ... View Details
TitleNew cars Date1888-08-11 SubjectRailroads DescriptionOne hundred of the new box cars ordered by the DSS&A a few months ago have been delivered to the roa... View Details
TitleDSS&A has ordered a $20.00 Date1888-08-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThe DSS&A has ordered a $20,000 rotary snow plow for the use on its line. This is the pattern used ... View Details
TitleMichigamme - at the South Shore Date1888-08-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAt the south shore and C&NW diamond crossing the interlocking and signal apparatus is being put in p... View Details
TitleNew rolling stock Date1888-08-20 SubjectRailroads DescriptionYards of the South Shore in this city and at St. Ignace and the yards of the MC at Mackinac City, ar... View Details
TitleGates at the Front street crossing Date1888-08-23 SubjectRailroads DescriptionGates at the Front Street crossings have now been placed in good working conditons after being knock... View Details
TitleBig electric lights of the South Shore Date1888-08-23 SubjectRailroads DescriptionBig electric lights of the South Shore at the street crossings were put up here this afternoon and w... View Details
TitleAlready planning Date1888-08-25 SubjectRailroads DescriptionMining Journal understands that the local officers of the South Shore are all ready planning for the... View Details
TitleFive passenger coaches have arrived Date1888-08-25 SubjectRailroads DescriptionFive new passenger coaches have arrived for the South Shore, besides another baggage and another mai... View Details
TitleFirst section Date1888-08-25 SubjectRailroads DescriptionPart of the extension of the DSS&A from Iron River Junction to West Superior is all ready under cont... View Details
TitleComposite coach burned Date1888-08-25 SubjectRailroads DescriptionComposite coach burned in the Mackinac yard last winter will soon leave the shops entirely rebuilt a... View Details
TitleConstruction train at Mason, Wi. Date1905-03-02 SubjectRailroads DescriptionConstruction train at Mason, Wisconsin August 1888. View Details
TitlePreparing for change at South Shore Date1888-09-12 SubjectRailroads DescriptionGround has been cleared alongside the South Shore supply depot in the upper yards for the new iron h... View Details
TitleNew engines Date1888-09-12 SubjectRailroads Description14 new Baldwin passanger engines for the South Shore, Nos 101 to 116 inclusive, have all arrived, an... View Details
TitleDSS&A will try effect of a $30,000 Date1888-09-13 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThe DSS&A will try the effect of a $30,000 snow plow on its line this winter. It is though that by ... View Details
TitleRailroad has completed the building of about a mile of new snow fence Date1888-11-17 SubjectRailroads DescriptionRailroad completed the building of about a mile of new snow fence, running west from this station, a... View Details
TitleDSS&A announces the following Date1888-12-15 SubjectRailroads DescriptionDSS&A will buy on and after December 1, 1888, hemlock railroad cross ties delivering on the line of ... View Details
TitleSwitch at Northampton Branch Date1889-01-04 SubjectRailroads DescriptionSwitch at Northampton branch taken out Janurary 4, 1889. View Details
TitleArches of flying snow (2 pages) Date1890-03-08 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAt seven o'clock Monday morning a represenative of the Mining Journal boarded the DSS&A's big rotary... View Details
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