Railroad: Detroit & Toledo Shore Line

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Other Photographs:

Photo: Detroit & Toledo Shore Line freight at Royal Oak station on the GTW, 1979.
Photo: D&TSL 50 and 43 await assignment at Lang Yard near Toledo, 1960's.
Photo: D&TSL 44 leads a freight across the Penn Central, at Vickers on the Toledo Terminal.

Other Information:

A postcard view of the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line near Erie, Michigan. The D&TSL extensively used "Geeps" for motive power. Here, the lead locomotive is painted in bicentennial colors, while the second unit is in the more traditional D&TSL paint scheme. 1976 postcard. [Dale Berry collection] Below, D&TSL caboose 121 crosses the New York Central at Vickers, Ohio in 1975, just east of Toledo. [Charlie Whipp]

Notes by Mike Delaney on 1/17/2005: Regarding passenger trains, the D&TSL did run a passenger train for construction purposes when being built. This is confirmed by an early D&TSL employee time table.

Notes by Charlie Whipp on 1/16/2005: The D&TSL ran transfers over the Toledo Terminal Railroad which connected with all Toledo railroads. the Shore Line was an interesting railroad that had a lot of personality despite its being controlled by two larger railroads (NKP-GTW). They did an excellent job and really lived up to their slogan, "Expressway for Industry".