TitleDSS&A has a gang of men at work Date1892-04-09 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThe DSS&A has a gang of men at work rebuilding the teamporary bridge at the Falls river, which took ... View Details
TitleDuluth Shore Shore & Atlantic Railroad Date1892-04-09 SubjectRailroads DescriptionDirect route from L'Anse to the east, south and south-east also to the West and the Great Northwest. View Details
TitleDepot -- or Blood (2 pages) Date1892-03-19 SubjectRailroads DescriptionWe wonder if the DSS&A knows there is such a place as Baraga, or whether they think the $60,000 a ye... View Details
TitleLog train Date2004-02-13 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAt 5 o'clock Tuesday morning a log train was partially wrecked at Brown's siding, a small station th... View Details
TitleBy the new train service Date1892-01-30 SubjectRailroads DescriptionBy the new train service which went into effect December 11, last, on the DSS&A one can leave Republ... View Details
TitleLog train going down the L'Anse hill Date1892-01-23 SubjectRailroads DescriptionA log train going down the L'anse hill on the DSS&A ran away Janurary 12 and collided with a freight... View Details
TitleDown hill slide (2 pages) Date1892-01-23 SubjectRailroads DescriptionA long wild screech from a locomotive, a thundering rumble, a crash. This is what disturbed the qui... View Details
TitleAnother Runaway Train (2 Pages) Date1892-01-16 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAnother big wreck went down on the record for the dreaded L'Anse hill Monday morning and the offical... View Details
TitleL'Anse wreck Date1892-01-16 SubjectRailroads DescriptionBridge over the Falls river was replaced so that passenger train could pass over at noon Wednesday a... View Details
TitleOn account of the smash up at L'Anse last Monday Date1892-01-16 SubjectRailroads DescriptionOn account of the smash up at L'anse last Monday our mail trains from the east were late several day... View Details
TitleWhy is it that wrecks and runaways occur so frequently on this end of the road Date1892-01-16 SubjectRailroads DescriptionWhy is it That wrecks and runaways occur so requently on this end of the road lately is a question o... View Details
TitleClaim no. 234 Date1905-03-06 SubjectRailroads DescriptionJ. T. Everett, St. Ignance, Michigan for rent of NE1/4 of Section 9 T41 R48W Allenville Michigan. View Details
TitleFatal Wreck Date1892-01-02 SubjectRailroads DescriptionAbout 8 oclock Saturday morning a fatal wreck occurred between Humboldt and Champion caused by a hea... View Details
TitleOutside view of Westnedge Avenue with streetcar tracks from "Everyman's House", photograph Datec. 1924 SubjectStreet-railroads DescriptionPhotograph taken at "Everyman's House" located at 2026 S. Westnedge, Kalamazoo, MI, winner of the Be... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 94-95 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History DescriptionTHE RAILROAD COMES TO BLOOMFIELD
The first train entered Bloomfield Township in 1839. It was
horse d... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 96-97 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History DescriptionOLD SAULT RACES THE HUCKLEBERRY LINE
Many tales revolve around Old Sault. The favorite one
describes... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 104-105 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History DescriptionTHE AUTOMOBILE AND THE INTERURBAN COME
TO BLOOMFIELD
Within four years of each other, the two modes ... View Details
TitleDerailed Train at Dan Smith's Hotel Date1908 SubjectRailroad accidents -- Michigan -- Plymouth DescriptionPhotograph of a Pere Marquette train that derailed into Dan Smith's Coffee House and Hotel, which wa... View Details
Title1929 Packard custom sedan made to run on railroad tracks Date1929 SubjectPackard automobile--History Description8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1929 Packard custom built to run on railroad ... View Details
TitleKundrat, George T. Oral History Date1984 SubjectNewton Steel Strike - Monroe, Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of George T. Kundrat of Monroe, Michigan and his recollections from living in ... View Details
TitlePere Marquette train wreck of July 20, 1907 Date1907 SubjectRailroad accidents -- Michigan -- Plymouth DescriptionGlass Plate Negative showing the Pere Marquette Railroad wreck near Salem on July 20, 1907. View Details
TitleDuffey, Dean Oral History Date2005 SubjectRailroads - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of Dean Duffey of Monroe, Michigan and his recollections of life in Monroe Cou... View Details
TitlePere Marquette wreck of July 20, 1907 Date1907 SubjectRailroad accidents -- Michigan -- Plymouth DescriptionGlass Plate Negative showing the Pere Marquette Railroad wreck near Salem (four miles west of Plymou... View Details
TitlePere Marquette wreck of July 20, 1907 Date1907 SubjectRailroad accidents -- Michigan -- Plymouth DescriptionGlass plate negative showing the Pere Marquette Railroad wreck near Salem on July 20, 1907. An eastb... View Details
TitlePere Marquette wreck of July 20, 1907 Date1907 SubjectRailroad accidents -- Michigan -- Plymouth DescriptionGlass Plate Negative showing the Pere Marquette Railroad wreck near Salem on July 20, 1907. Because ... View Details
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