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- Early 40's: The PM depot
at Trufant is torn down. [I&L]
- Early 40's: The E&LS
shops at Wells rebuild thirteen locomotives, including four heavy
saddle-tank locomotives, which are sold to the government for use
at army cantonments, munitions plants and air bases. The
shops also rebuilt seven locomotive cranes before the program
ended in 1944.
[EDP-12/27/1950]
- Mid-40's: The South Shore
branch from Soo Jct. to Sault Ste. Marie is downgraded to "service
temporarily on irregular schedule". [MRC-3/90]
- Mid-40's: Passengers
going across the Straits of Mackinac board DSS&A coaches in
Mackinaw City. The coaches are pushed by a MC switcher into
the ferry. Upon arrival at St. Ignace, the cars are pulled
from the boat by the SDD&A's little "Atlantic" 4-4-2 steam engine
and the cars are assembled for their westbound train.
[MRC-3/90]
- Mid-40's: The State of
Michigan requires that the PRR paint yellow and black stripes on
the nose of its "doodlebug" rail passenger cars because of a
disproportionate number of grade crossing accidents. [PRHTS-W/2000]
- SNAPSHOP: During the
late 1940's and early 1950's, the Chicago & Northwestern
transported ore trains between Ashland Ore yard and Ironwood, at
the western tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Empty ore
trains were made up in Ashland and the trip was made 40 miles to
Ironwood. At Ironwood, loaded ore trains were made up by
the mine run assignments. Upon arrival at Ironwood, road
crews would set out their train, eat lunch, and then make the
return run to Ashland Ore Yard. Power on the road jobs was
2-8-2's and 2-8-4's, and later three EMD F-7's. Mine run
assignments in the Ironwood area usually used Type R-1 4-6-0's,
and 1,000 h.p. Alco switchers and EMD GP-7's. [LSIOR]
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