Railroads collectively operate at a financial deficit.  [STOV]

April:  Grand Trunk Western receives two diesel-electric switching locomotives, the first in their system.   [MDOT]

July 1:  The Copper Range leaves bankruptcy and resumes local control.  [CRH]

September 1:  Scheduled service discontinued on LSMS Fayette Branch between Old Road and Fayette via Weston.   [IT-4/80]

November:  New York Central "Mercury" service is expanded to the Detroit-Chicago route via Jackson   [MDOT]  Note: At variance from 1939 report.

Ford Rouge complex in Dearborn consists of two dozen manufacturing buildings, and over 24 miles of railroads.  [DWS]

The W&M gives up trackage rights on the Milwaukee Road, between Bagley Jct., MI and Marinette/Menominee.  [MW]

The W&M abandons its line from Bagley Jct. WI to Faithorn, MI.  [MW]

The Milwaukee Road abandons its former W&M line between Faithorn to Aragon Jct.  [MW]

The DSS&A removes the remaining portion of its branch line from Keweenaw Bay to Alston.  [SSP]

The last regularly scheduled passenger train passes through Tecumseh on the NYC Jackson Branch.  [Tecumseh Visitors Guide]

The DC-3 airliner is proven very successful, but airline passenger traffic is only 2% of all commercial passenger traffic.  [STOV]

The Blue Water Bridge is opened between Port Huron and Sarnia for vehicle traffic.  [BOM]