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  • September-October, 1972

    • The Grand Trunk Main Line - and how it got that way.  Cleland Wyllie

    • The North Coast Hiawatha from Chicago to Billings. 

    • West Detroit Tower - Crossing Chatter

  • January-February, 1974

    • The Fan Trip that fanned.  Dean Arnold

    • MCRR route timetables.

    • Durand - Crossing Chatter

  • March-April, 1974

    • The DOT proposals - and Michigan

    • Milan, Michigan - Crossing Chatter

  • May-June, 1974

    • Penn Central organizational structure

    • The Curve that made Altoona Famous.  Dean Arnold.

    • Depots in the Thumb Area

    • Every Play Must End.  Dean Arnold

    • The Ann Arbor and the GTW in 1973.  Cleland Wyllie.

    • Plymouth, Michigan - Crossing Chatter

  • September-October, 1974

    • 4,300 Miles of Thoughts About Amtrak, Ice Cubes and Tomorrow.  Cleland Wyllie

    • The Ann Arbor Railroad 50 Years Ago, Chapter 1

    • Penn Central locomotive roster

    • Milwaukee Junction - Crossing Chatter

  • November-December, 1974

    • Depot Days.  Ran Anderson.  Telegrapher operator at various MC depots.

    • C'Est Magnifique: The Many varied opinions of the Turbo Train.

    • Ann Arbor Railroad 50 Years Ago, Chapter 3.

    • How old is that depot - train depots over 100 years old (as of 1974)

    • Great Lakes railroad fleets as of 1974.  Ron Hagemeister.

    • Tappan Tower (Port Huron) - Crossing Chatter

  • January-February, 1975

    • Train Watching at Plymouth.  Harry Stegmaier Jr.

    • Algoma Central Railway power.

    • Ann Arbor Railroad 50 Years Ago, Chapter 4.

    • Marion, Ohio - Crossing Chatter

  • March-April, 1975

    • The Maumee Valley - Now and Then.  Mark Camp

    • Ann Arbor Railroad 50 Years Ago, Chapter 5

    • The Ypsilanti Depot, a continuing saga.

    • USRA Plan to reorganize bankrupt railroads.  Cleland Wyllie

    • The Female Lone Traveler

    • Ann Arbor Railroad Freight Car Roster.

    • Walbridge Tower - Crossing Chatter

  • November-December, 1975

    • The Polly Ann - The Thumb's Railroad.  W. J. Miller

    • Amtrak's Second Look Into the Future.  Cleland Wyllie

    • Fostoria, Ohio - Crossing Chatter

  • January-February, 1976

    • The New Lake Shore Limited. Mark Hildebrandt

    • The Ann Arbor Railroad 50 Years Ago, Chapter 7

    • Deshler, Ohio - Crossing Chatter

  • March-April, 1976

    • The State's Rail Plan: Still a cliffhanger.  Cleland Wyllie

    • The Route to Thunder Bay: 14 months of optimism.  Cleland Wyllie

    • Turbo Trains Top Amtrak Gains in '75. 

  • September-October, 1976

    • What A Way To Run a (ex-) Railroad.  Cleland Wyllie

    • The Railroads of Lenawee County.  Part II.  Major Bird.

    • Swan Creek Tower, Toledo. - Crossing Chatter

  • September-October, 1977

    • The Mercury.  Harry Stegmeier, Jr..  (MC/NYC Passenger Train)

    • NE Tower (New Haven, IN) - Crossing Chatter

    • The Western Ohio Railroad.  Ken Borg and Doug Leffler

  • November-December, 1979

    • The Railroad That Went No Place, but eventually made it.  William Pletz. DT&I Part 1

    • Tiffin, Ohio - Crossing Chatter

    • The Kalamazoo Seven.  Graydon Meints.  Depots of Kalamazoo.

  • January-February, 1980.

    • The Railroad That Went No Place, but eventually made it.  William Pletz.  DT&I Part 2

    • Delta, Ohio - Crossing Chatter

    • Ann Arbor locomotive roster

    • Forty Years Ago on the Lakes and Rivers

  • March-April, 1980

    • Last Log Train to Jennings.  Fred C. Olds

    • Genealogy of the Ann Arbor/M&LS Railroads.  Graydon M. Meints

    • Chatham, Ontario - Crossing Chatter

    • "You railfans are a bunch of thieves!".

    • Can You Believe It?  William J. MillerW.  Interesting GTW train ride.

  • May-June, 1980

    • Farewell, 400!  Frank Bourke. Passenger services ends in the Upper Peninsula.

    • Genealogy of the C&NW Lines in Michigan.  G. M. Meints.

    • Dunkirk, Ohio - Crossing Chatter

  • November-December, 1980 - Volume XI, Number 5

    • Bellevue, Ohio. Spell it N&W.  Doug Leffler

    • Those Odd-balls on the Pere Marquette.  Art Million.  GE 70-ton switchers.

    • Sugar Street, Lima, Ohio - Crossing Chatter

  • November-December, 1980 - Volume XI, Number 6

    • Black Diamonds and Liquid Gold - Unit Trains in Michigan.  Ken Borg.

    • NS Tower, Lima, Ohio - Crossing Chatter

  • March-April, 1981

    • St. Clair County's Educated Line.  Jim Anderson.  PH&D

    • Fort Street Union Depot Locomotives.

    • NYC Goshen Branch

    • YD/Rouge Bridge Tower - Crossing Chatter

    • The Saga of 1223

  • May-June, 1981

    • What's at the Saults (besides locks).  Dale Wilson and Mike Cleary.

    • Schaefer Tower (Dearborn) - Crossing Chatter

  • September-October, 1981

    • The Delta District.  A Northern Ohio discovery.  Doug Leffler.

    • Yet-to-be-Answered Questions about Northern Michigan Railroading.  Fred Olds.

    • All that - and more - about Neapolis, Ohio.

    • Upper Sandusky Ohio - Crossing Chatter

  • November-December, 1981

    • Henry's Dirt Burner.  DT&I.

    • Beaubien Tower - Crossing Chatter

  • January-February, 1982

    • Hillsdale, October 11, 1930.  The Lansing Division gets ready to rest.  G. M. Meints.

    • Attica.  Carrothers Junctions.  -  Crossing Chatter

  • March-April, 1982

    • The Old Road Bows Out - Final Passenger Service on a historic line.  Bob DeWolfe

    • Porter, Indiana - Crossing Chatter

    • Who Pays the Bill.  Evan Garrett.

    • Wanted: Passenger Auto Ferry. Operator for Same.  Tom Lindholm.

    • A New depot, at last, for Ann Arbor.

    • How Far IS it to Port Huron?  G. M. Meints.

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