RRHX
Michigan Railroad History Stories
Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum
Above, the southbound automatic block signal on the CN (former D&TSL) at Monroe.
Ann Arbor Railroad (and predessors)
- 1895 Fire at the Owosso Ann Arbor Railroad Shops Kill 2 [External]
- The TAA> line to South Lyon (1880's)
- The Debate about Annpere (1908)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena
Chesapeake & Ohio
- The Final Days of Fort Street Union Station, from news clippings (1971-74)
- C&O Dispatching in the 1970's (notes by Doug Hefty)
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad
- Photo Story: CSS&SB Little Joe Locomotives in 1980
Conrail
Detroit & Mackinac Railway (and predessors)
- Biography of Russell Alger, President of the DBC&A and the A&N [External]
- How Harrisville Got a Stone Depot (1902)
- The Northern Division of the D&M (Alpena Argus, 1895)
- Railroad Origins in Alpena, Michigan
- Switching Chief Wawatam in the 1970's - Photo Story
Detroit, Caro & Sandusky Railway
Detroit & Milwaukee
- Little Vacation Journeys on the Reliable D&M, by Merritt Scharnweber [External]
- History of the Detroit & Milwaukee in 1873 - Railroads of Michigan
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
- 1920: The Sad Romance of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
- The Railroad That Went No Place (but eventually made it) Part I - Inside Track c.1979
- The Railroad That Went No Place (but eventually made it) Part II - Inside Track c.1979
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
- DSS&A - The Last Decade - by Robert Oom (requires PPT plug in)
- History of the DSS&A in 1873 - Railroads of Michigan
Escanaba & Lake Superior
Fort Street Union Station Company
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Grand Trunk Western
- Helping Columbiaville Celebrate the Bi-Centennial in 1976
- Jackson's Evolution as a Rail Center
- The Kalamazoo Seven
- The Last GTW Train in Bad Axe (1951)
- The MRC Debate over "Half" Interlockers (1916)
- The Grand Trunk Main Line - and How It Got That Way
- Photo Story: The Royal Scot visits Battle Creek (1933)
Inland Electric Railroad
Interurban Railroads
- The Jackson & Battle Creek Railway (Interurban) 1904 Street Railway Journal - [.pdf]
- Completion of the Interurban Link between Toledo and Detroit - 1905 [.PDF]
- Michigan Railway's 2400-Volt, Third-Rail Line (1915 - Battle Creek/Kalamzaoo to Grand Rapids) [.PDF]
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern (and predessors)
Manistee & Grand Rapids Railway
Manistee & Northeastern Railroad
Manistee, Filer City and East Lake Railway
Michigan Central Railroad
- Awful Death Under Wheels. Cheboygan, Michigan 1909
- Brakeman takes blame for Fatal Crash on MCRR at Carpenters Station
- Depot Days in Ann Arbor
- Disaster At Porter - 1921
- Flagman killed by train in Chelsea, reported in 1904 article.
- Henry Brockholst Ledyard Biography, President of the MCRR
- History of the MCRR in 1873 - Railroads of Michigan
- Jackson's Evolution as a Rail Center
- The Kalamazoo Seven
- Michigan Central Installs Simplified Electric Interlocking [at Belt Line Jct.] 1926 [PDF]
- Third Street's boom in steam
- MCRR Airline Branch Train Signal Boxes - (1907)
Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway (Soo Line)
New York Central System
- A snapshot of NYC Traffic at the Lapeer Interlocking Tower in 1955
- Photo Story: The Changing of the Guard from Steam to RDC from Jackson to Grand Rapids in the 1950's
- Disaster At Porter - 1921
- A Disgruntled Operator at Woodside
- The Famous NYC & HR "999" Visits Jackson, Michigan in the early 1950's
- Helping Columbiaville celebrate the Bi-Centennial
- Jackson's Evolution as a Rail Center
- The Kalamazoo Seven
- The MRC Debate over "Half" Interlockers (1916)
- Photo Story: The "New" Wolverine Passenger Train Early 1950's
- NYC Train Speeds in 1926
- What RDC's are Doing on the Michigan Central (Railway Age, 1955)
- Photo Story: Rebuilding a burned out caboose, Jackson in 1937
Pennsylvania Railroad
- The Final Days of Fort Street Union Station, from news clippings (1971-74)
- The Kalamazoo Seven
- Pennsylvania R. R. Will Extend Lines to Detroit (1922)
- The Union Belt of Detroit From 1924 to 1929
Pere Marquette and predessors
- 1870's Ride to Hoyt, by Merritt Scharnweber [External]
- The Debate about Annpere (1908)
- A Disgruntled Operator at Woodside
- Fatal Railroad Collision at Muir, by Merritt Scharnweber [External]
- History of the Flint & Pere Marquette in 1873 - Railroads of Michigan
- Lowell & Hastings Engine House, by Merritt Scharnweber [External]
- Third Street's boom in steam
- The Union Belt of Detroit From 1924 to 1929
Port Huron & Detroit Railroad
Tuscola & Saginaw Bay
Union Belt of Detroit
Wabash Railroad
- The Final Days of Fort Street Union Station, from news clippings (1971-74)
- The Union Belt of Detroit From 1924 to 1929
Wisconsin Central Railroad
General Railroad Stories
- 1909 Review of Railroad Conditions by the Michigan Railroad Commission
- Baggage Claims - Getting to Lapeer, Michigan 100 Years ago
- Colors of Michigan Railroads
- Contemporary Railroad Songs
- Featured Railroad Movies
- Heralds and Emblems of Michigan Railroads
- Humorous Michigan Railroad Nicknames
- Identifying Cabooses
- Interstate Commerce Commission 1929 Plan to Consolidate Railroads
- Michigan Named Rolling Stock
- Michigan Railroad Emblem Shapes
- Michigan Railroad Literature
- Michigan Railroad Personalities
- Named Freight Trains With Michigan Connections
- Official Nicknames of Michigan Railroads
- Railroad Industry-Based Ballads
- Railroad Initiation Rites
- Railroad Jokes
- Railroads of Michigan (State of Michigan Atlas, 1873)
- Railroad Operations Before the Telegraph (1850's)
- Songs About Famous Trains
- The MRC Debate over "Half" Interlockers (1916)
- U. S. Department of Transportation Railroad Accident Investigations - 1911 - 1966 [External]
- When Michigan Rode the Rails [External-Detroit News]
- Words and Phrases of Railroad Origin