RRHX

  Can Michigan's railroads get any worse?  Its a tough decade!

Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum

   

1970's Overview

Key:

  • Railroad event or related event in Michigan

  • Important non-railroad event in Michigan or outside.

  • Improvement in Technology         Mining.

  • Railroad built or extended

  • Railroad abandoned and/or removed

  • Economic panic or depression        Car ferries.

 

Info Sources

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1950 - 1979 Menu

 
 
  • Early:  SNAPSHOT:  The C&NW and Milwaukee Road pool power on the Randville-Escanaba mine run using two C&NW and 1 Milwaukee Road H-16-66 "Baby Trainmasters".  [R&R-3-1980]
  • Mid 1970's:  CSX ceases to use its Bascule draw bridge over the Black River at Port Huron.  [MRC-10/1987]
  • Late 1970's: Soo Line pulls up the rail from Raco to Soo Jct when the DOD Bomarc base closes.  [IT-5/81]