Welcome to RRHX - Michigan's Railroad History Resource on the Web

RRHX primarily covers the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan. But it is difficult to understand the history of railroads in this state without considering counties, provinces and cities which border our state. For the states of Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, the Province of Ontario, and the Algoma District north of Sault Ste. Marie, RRHX includes coverage of counties along the Michigan border.


DSSAMarquetteDock1957[DanGarnPhotoDougGarmColl].jpg
NYCPassengerTrainSBatDelray[RobertHadley].png
D&M181-381SBIntoGaylordFromCheboygan053084[NeilPlagens].jpg
AACohoctahDepot[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
AlbaTowerandDepotInWinter[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
BeaubienTower1950s-3[ErnieNovak]-RobertMichalka.jpg
C&O1617atWalbridgeYard1950-2[DougLefflerColl].jpg
C&O3714SwitchesNearMershonTower10-1983[JimSlater].jpg
AmtrakTurboTrainWBatAnnArbor12-1975a[CharlieWhipp].jpg
CNStClairTunnelEastPortal[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
CSXDelrayInterlockingMachine2003[NathanNietering].jpg
D&M181-974CrossingCheboyganRiver111577-2[NeilPlagens].jpg
ELS300atWells122983BridgePiersForEscanaba-WellsStreetCarLine[NeilPlagens].jpg
GTW-MaltaInterlockingAndC&OTrain[JackSimmons].jpg
GTW6829onJacksonSub1967.jpg
MCDepotDetroitMIOutside0680[CharlieWhipp].jpg
MCRR-PRR-UnionStationAtMackinawCity06-2002[MarkDobronski].jpg
MCRRJacksonDepot1909.jpg
NYC-BD-2MeetingTB-10AtMetamora031959[ELNovakCharlieWhippColl].jpg
PM-C&O106atAldenMI1952[DougLefflerColl].jpg
PMPentwaterDepotAndTrainAndCrew[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
AlbionLSMSDepotPostCard.jpg - copy
PMSunfieldMIPassengerTrain[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
TSBYPlowTrainWorkingSouthOnFormerPRRLine2-2004[MarkAndersen].jpg
UnionStationSouthLyonMI1940s[DaleBerryColl].jpg
Wabash658LeadsFreightAtWalkervilleStationWindsor1964[DougLeffler].jpg
NYCMarshallDepotNew1940[CharlesMilliken-DougLefflerColl].gif
NYCTrackPansLocationUnknown[JimTarbell-DougLefflerColl].gif
NYC-MackinawCityRoundhouseAround1953[CecilHommerding-DougLefflerColl].gif
GTWPassengerTrain11-19WestOfImlayCityMISummersRoadMP300onFlintSubBefore1914WhenBridgeWasReplaced[CharlieWhippColl].gif
ComminsASNWStation.gif
AlgerMIStation.gif
WabashMilanDepot&Tower[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
UnionStationSouthLyonUnderConstruction[AlanLoftis].jpg
UnionDepotandTowerClareMI[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
TeschTowerAndTrain.jpg
AmtrakJacksonWaitingRoom2003-3[AlanLoftis].jpg
TappanInterlockingInside[CharlieWhipp].jpg
TTRRLowerBridge1903AfterBuilt[GaryFranksColl].jpg
TA&W101NavigatesThruWeeds7-1978[DougLeffler].jpg
SooLine701atHubbellMI12-1976[RobKitchen].jpg
RichlandJctStationAndTower[JoeChadderdonColl-MichaelLueck].jpg
PortageCanalBridgeHoughton122904-2[DaleBerry].jpg
PennfordJctLookingNBonCN-020603[DaleBerry].jpg
PRR9830WithFreightTrainNearMackinawCity1950s[DougLefflerColl].jpg
PMTrackMenVasserMIEarly1900s.jpg
PMRomulusTowerInterior2-79[CharlieWhipp].jpg
PMNorthportDepotPostcard-2[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
PMLakeOdessaDepotPostcard1910[CharlieWhippColl].jpg
DSSAMarquetteDock1957[DanGarnPhotoDougGarmColl].jpg
PMHarbertMIDepot[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
PMFarwellMIDepot[TJGaffneyColl].jpg
GTWSBPassengerTrainAtEmergencyMI(Durand).jpg
PMEdmoreDepot[MarkWorrallCollection].jpg
PM298atBayCityMI-1938[DanMeinhardColl].jpg
PM-C&O106atAldenMI1952-3[DougLefflerColl].jpg
NYCWashingLocomotiveAtJackson1949[DougLefflerColl].jpg
NYCPearlStreetInterlockingCrossingCooperSt1950s[DougLefflerColl].jpg
NYCLivernoisRoundhouse072554[ELNovakCharlieWhippColl].jpg
NYCBD-2atVassar011060[ErnieNovak-CharlieWhippColl].jpg
MershonTower1974-4[RobertSmith].jpg
MILWDepotAtIronRiverRestored2005[RonWeyher].jpg
GTW-TrowbridgeInterlocking.jpg
MICentralTunnelDetroitApproachPostcard.jpg
MIGN1216AndPowerAtBCG&AOverpass100378MarkAndersen].jpg
MCTopinabeeDepot[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
MCSectionCrewWithHandcarInTheGraylingGaylordArea[MarkWorrallColl].jpg
MCRRWenonaRoundhouse021056[ELNovak-CharlieWhippCollection].jpg
BoyneCityRRNo70NearBoyneCity07-1976[PaulCahpoton].jpg
MCGaylordDepot[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
M&LSModifiedAutoForMailDelivery1934NearSteuben[MarkWorrallColl].jpg
LSMSHudsonDepotPostcardView[AlanLoftisCollection].jpg
InterurbanStationIndianLakeNearDowagiac[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
BCG&A-05[BillDunhamColl].jpg
GTWPlowExtraTurnsOnTheCasevilleWye.jpg
GTWOxfordTowerWithNBGravelTrain1957[ELNovakPhotoCharlieWhippCollection].jpg
AAAzaliaDepot[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
AARRNorthStarDepotPostcard[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
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C&NWTeschInterlockingTowerDateUnk[MarkWorrallColl].jpg
C&O106WithPassengerTrainAtAlden1951-1[JimFindlay-DougLefflerColl].jpg
C&OFullerCrossing1981WithTrain[PeterFord].jpg
CK&STrainAtDeltonMIDepot[LarryGibson].jpg
LocomotiveHouseGaylordMI1910.jpg
C&O2103(GP30)atGrandRapidsMI07-1973[DougLeffler].jpg
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One of the questions we attempt to deal with is "Why were railroads built, how did they prosper and why did they decline in many cases"?

Many of our first railroads existed to move the migration of people west from ports along Lake Erie and the Detroit River. As people settled inland on farms and in towns, they needed to have goods shipped to them, and they needed to ship farm products and lumber back east. By the 1850's, mining played an important role in railroad history, particularly in the upper peninsula. Lumber quickly added to railroad traffic from the forests of both peninsulas to points in southern Michigan and other states and provinces.

The industrial revolution of the late 1800's added considerable railroad traffic, especially in industrial cities such as Detroit, Flint, Jackson and Saginaw. Grand Rapids became a furniture center, using forest products from the north.

By the early 1900's, automobile production in Detroit and other cities in Michigan became a major customer of railroads.

The RRHX history section of MichiganRailroads.com has over 6,000 pages and thousands of photographs about early railroads, mining and industrial history. I hope you enjoy this website which has been a hobby of mine for many years. Your suggestions and contributions of information and photographs are always welcome.

Sincerely,

Dale Berry

Editor - MichiganRailroads.com | RRHX

Welcome to RRHX - Michigan's Railroad History Resource on the Web

RRHX primarily covers the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan. But it is difficult to understand the history of railroads in this state without considering counties, provinces and cities which border our state. For the states of Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, the Province of Ontario, and the Algoma District north of Sault Ste. Marie, RRHX includes coverage of counties along the Michigan border.


DSSAMarquetteDock1957[DanGarnPhotoDougGarmColl].jpg
NYCPassengerTrainSBatDelray[RobertHadley].png
D&M181-381SBIntoGaylordFromCheboygan053084[NeilPlagens].jpg
AACohoctahDepot[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
AlbaTowerandDepotInWinter[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
BeaubienTower1950s-3[ErnieNovak]-RobertMichalka.jpg
C&O1617atWalbridgeYard1950-2[DougLefflerColl].jpg
C&O3714SwitchesNearMershonTower10-1983[JimSlater].jpg
AmtrakTurboTrainWBatAnnArbor12-1975a[CharlieWhipp].jpg
CNStClairTunnelEastPortal[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
CSXDelrayInterlockingMachine2003[NathanNietering].jpg
D&M181-974CrossingCheboyganRiver111577-2[NeilPlagens].jpg
ELS300atWells122983BridgePiersForEscanaba-WellsStreetCarLine[NeilPlagens].jpg
GTW-MaltaInterlockingAndC&OTrain[JackSimmons].jpg
GTW6829onJacksonSub1967.jpg
MCDepotDetroitMIOutside0680[CharlieWhipp].jpg
MCRR-PRR-UnionStationAtMackinawCity06-2002[MarkDobronski].jpg
MCRRJacksonDepot1909.jpg
NYC-BD-2MeetingTB-10AtMetamora031959[ELNovakCharlieWhippColl].jpg
PM-C&O106atAldenMI1952[DougLefflerColl].jpg
PMPentwaterDepotAndTrainAndCrew[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
AlbionLSMSDepotPostCard.jpg - copy
PMSunfieldMIPassengerTrain[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
TSBYPlowTrainWorkingSouthOnFormerPRRLine2-2004[MarkAndersen].jpg
UnionStationSouthLyonMI1940s[DaleBerryColl].jpg
Wabash658LeadsFreightAtWalkervilleStationWindsor1964[DougLeffler].jpg
NYCMarshallDepotNew1940[CharlesMilliken-DougLefflerColl].gif
NYCTrackPansLocationUnknown[JimTarbell-DougLefflerColl].gif
NYC-MackinawCityRoundhouseAround1953[CecilHommerding-DougLefflerColl].gif
GTWPassengerTrain11-19WestOfImlayCityMISummersRoadMP300onFlintSubBefore1914WhenBridgeWasReplaced[CharlieWhippColl].gif
ComminsASNWStation.gif
AlgerMIStation.gif
WabashMilanDepot&Tower[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
UnionStationSouthLyonUnderConstruction[AlanLoftis].jpg
UnionDepotandTowerClareMI[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
TeschTowerAndTrain.jpg
AmtrakJacksonWaitingRoom2003-3[AlanLoftis].jpg
TappanInterlockingInside[CharlieWhipp].jpg
TTRRLowerBridge1903AfterBuilt[GaryFranksColl].jpg
TA&W101NavigatesThruWeeds7-1978[DougLeffler].jpg
SooLine701atHubbellMI12-1976[RobKitchen].jpg
RichlandJctStationAndTower[JoeChadderdonColl-MichaelLueck].jpg
PortageCanalBridgeHoughton122904-2[DaleBerry].jpg
PennfordJctLookingNBonCN-020603[DaleBerry].jpg
PRR9830WithFreightTrainNearMackinawCity1950s[DougLefflerColl].jpg
PMTrackMenVasserMIEarly1900s.jpg
PMRomulusTowerInterior2-79[CharlieWhipp].jpg
PMNorthportDepotPostcard-2[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
PMLakeOdessaDepotPostcard1910[CharlieWhippColl].jpg
DSSAMarquetteDock1957[DanGarnPhotoDougGarmColl].jpg
PMHarbertMIDepot[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
PMFarwellMIDepot[TJGaffneyColl].jpg
GTWSBPassengerTrainAtEmergencyMI(Durand).jpg
PMEdmoreDepot[MarkWorrallCollection].jpg
PM298atBayCityMI-1938[DanMeinhardColl].jpg
PM-C&O106atAldenMI1952-3[DougLefflerColl].jpg
NYCWashingLocomotiveAtJackson1949[DougLefflerColl].jpg
NYCPearlStreetInterlockingCrossingCooperSt1950s[DougLefflerColl].jpg
NYCLivernoisRoundhouse072554[ELNovakCharlieWhippColl].jpg
NYCBD-2atVassar011060[ErnieNovak-CharlieWhippColl].jpg
MershonTower1974-4[RobertSmith].jpg
MILWDepotAtIronRiverRestored2005[RonWeyher].jpg
GTW-TrowbridgeInterlocking.jpg
MICentralTunnelDetroitApproachPostcard.jpg
MIGN1216AndPowerAtBCG&AOverpass100378MarkAndersen].jpg
MCTopinabeeDepot[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
MCSectionCrewWithHandcarInTheGraylingGaylordArea[MarkWorrallColl].jpg
MCRRWenonaRoundhouse021056[ELNovak-CharlieWhippCollection].jpg
BoyneCityRRNo70NearBoyneCity07-1976[PaulCahpoton].jpg
MCGaylordDepot[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
M&LSModifiedAutoForMailDelivery1934NearSteuben[MarkWorrallColl].jpg
LSMSHudsonDepotPostcardView[AlanLoftisCollection].jpg
InterurbanStationIndianLakeNearDowagiac[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
BCG&A-05[BillDunhamColl].jpg
GTWPlowExtraTurnsOnTheCasevilleWye.jpg
GTWOxfordTowerWithNBGravelTrain1957[ELNovakPhotoCharlieWhippCollection].jpg
AAAzaliaDepot[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
AARRNorthStarDepotPostcard[AlanLoftisColl].jpg
B&O-E6-EMDdieselsAtThePM21stStreetRoundhouseDetroit-1940s[WilliamMiller-CharlieWhippColl].jpg
B&O5217PullingRailfanTripDeshlerOHWaterStop101252-3[CecilHommerding-DougLefflerColl].jpg
B&ODeshlerTower5-88Inside[CharlieWhipp].jpg
BCG&A-12[BillDunhamColl].jpg
C&NWTeschInterlockingTowerDateUnk[MarkWorrallColl].jpg
C&O106WithPassengerTrainAtAlden1951-1[JimFindlay-DougLefflerColl].jpg
C&OFullerCrossing1981WithTrain[PeterFord].jpg
CK&STrainAtDeltonMIDepot[LarryGibson].jpg
LocomotiveHouseGaylordMI1910.jpg
C&O2103(GP30)atGrandRapidsMI07-1973[DougLeffler].jpg
PMatHollandWithBanjoSignal.jpg
previous arrow
next arrow
 

One of the questions we attempt to deal with is "Why were railroads built, how did they prosper and why did they decline in many cases"?

Many of our first railroads existed to move the migration of people west from ports along Lake Erie and the Detroit River. As people settled inland on farms and in towns, they needed to have goods shipped to them, and they needed to ship farm products and lumber back east. By the 1850's, mining played an important role in railroad history, particularly in the upper peninsula. Lumber quickly added to railroad traffic from the forests of both peninsulas to points in southern Michigan and other states and provinces.

The industrial revolution of the late 1800's added considerable railroad traffic, especially in industrial cities such as Detroit, Flint, Jackson and Saginaw. Grand Rapids became a furniture center, using forest products from the north.

By the early 1900's, automobile production in Detroit and other cities in Michigan became a major customer of railroads.

The RRHX history section of MichiganRailroads.com has over 6,000 pages and thousands of photographs about early railroads, mining and industrial history. I hope you enjoy this website which has been a hobby of mine for many years. Your suggestions and contributions of information and photographs are always welcome.

Sincerely,

Dale Berry

Editor - MichiganRailroads.com | RRHX

Welcome to RRHX - Michigan's Railroad History Resource on the Web

RRHX primarily covers the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan. But it is difficult to understand the history of railroads in this state without considering counties, provinces and cities which border our state. For the states of Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, the Province of Ontario, and the Algoma District north of Sault Ste. Marie, RRHX includes coverage of counties along the Michigan border.


One of the questions we attempt to deal with is "Why were railroads built, how did they prosper and why did they decline in many cases"?

Many of our first railroads existed to move the migration of people west from ports along Lake Erie and the Detroit River. As people settled inland on farms and in towns, they needed to have goods shipped to them, and they needed to ship farm products and lumber back east. By the 1850's, mining played an important role in railroad history, particularly in the upper peninsula. Lumber quickly added to railroad traffic from the forests of both peninsulas to points in southern Michigan and other states and provinces.

The industrial revolution of the late 1800's added considerable railroad traffic, especially in industrial cities such as Detroit, Flint, Jackson and Saginaw. Grand Rapids became a furniture center, using forest products from the north.

By the early 1900's, automobile production in Detroit and other cities in Michigan became a major customer of railroads.

The RRHX history section of MichiganRailroads.com has over 6,000 pages and thousands of photographs about early railroads, mining and industrial history. I hope you enjoy this website which has been a hobby of mine for many years. Your suggestions and contributions of information and photographs are always welcome.

Sincerely,

Dale Berry

Editor - MichiganRailroads.com | RRHX

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