January 4:  C&O car ferry "Spartan" launched.  Along with sister-ship "Badger", these are the largest, best-equipped and last coal-fired passenger-carrying steamships built in the U.S.   [MDOT]

September 17:  DSS&A RS-1's 100 and 101 fall into a deep washout near Munising Jct.  Traffic is detoured by using the LS&I and the M&LS to Shingleton.  During the detour period, poor dispatching results in a fatal wreck at Onota (on October 3rd).  Engine 203, running light, collides with a motor car in a rock cut, killing one section crew member.  [RO]

The DSS&A begins construction of their White Pine branch.  [RO]

DSS&A tracks are relocated in Negaunee to reach the J&L Tracy Mine. [RO]

Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train service is discontinued between Grand Rapids and Cadillac.  [MDOT]

The DSS&A constructs a new diesel house at the roundhouse in Marquette.  The DSS&A has only 2 steam locomotives operating.  The others remain stored.  [RO]

A steel strike lasts for 63 days.  President Truman considers nationalizing the steel industry.  [RO]

The LS&I/C&NW completes tracks from Duncan to the Humboldt and Republic Mines.  [MRC-10/1987]