Cross Reference

Most recent update, 5 February 2018.  Last prior update, 30 December 2017. 

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This cross-index does not list each individual reference to every railroad in the bibliography.  The compiler relies on the user having some familiarity with corporate history and will be able to refer to related companies.

The entry designates the section of the compilation where found and the author's name or first word of the title.

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RAILROADS

Amboy, Lansing & Traverse Bay - 5/Carlson 

Amtrak - 2/Sanders, 2/Wilner, 4/Johnson(3), 4/McKinney; 4/Michigan 

Ann Arbor - 3/Brown, 3/Elve, 3/Frederickson, 3/Hannum(2), 3/Riggs, 4/Adams, 4/Burger, 4/Cowles, 4/Garrett(2), 4/Harding, 4/Ingles, 4/Jordan, 4/Keenan(3), 4/Maddock(4), 4/McLaren, 4/Meints, 4/Morgan(2), 4/Mueller(2), 4/Nelson, 4/Rapp, 4/Shedd, 4/Uckley, 4/Warrick 

Arcadia & Betsey River 4/Simmons 

Bear Lake & Eastern - 4/Meints 

Blaney & Southern - 4/Earle 

Boyne City - 3/Baker, 4/Briggs 

Cadillac & Lake City - 4/Cadillac, 4/Hart, 4/Noble, 4/Viekman 

Cadillac & Northeastern - 4/McGovern 

Canada Southern - 3/Smith, 3/Tennant 

Canadian National - 1/Andresen, 1/Gilda, 3/Stevens, 4/Glischinski, 4/Murray 

Central Michigan - 4/Gaydek 

Chesapeake & Ohio - 3/Dorin, 3/Shaver, 3/Shuster, 4/Dolinger, 4/Holland, 4/Lyon, 4/Pere Marquette, 4/Shuster(see also Pere Marquette) 

Chicago & Grand Trunk - 4/Larmour 

Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore – 4/Chicago, 4/Meints 

Chicago & North Western - 3/Casey, 3/Dorin, 3/Grant, 3/Hirsimaki, 3/Stennett, 4/Barnett, 4/Blaszak(3), 4/Bourke(4), 4/Cleary, 4/Donovan, 4/Kaminen, 4/Leffler, 4/"Slices", 4/VanCleve, 4/Wright, 4/Zimmerman 

Chicago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw - 4/Harthy 

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific - 3/Derleth, 3/Johnson, 4/Blasak, 4/Hardie 

Chicago, Saginaw & Canada - 3/Kleiman 

Cincinnati Northern - 3/Brown, 4/Brown 

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis - 4/Anon., 4/Murphy 

Conrail - 3/ Grant, 3/Loving, 4/Burt, 4/DeYoung, 4/Loving, 4/Smith, 4/Stephens 

Conrail Shared Assets - 4/Frailey 

Copper Range - 2/Fields, 3/Anderson, 3/Monette, 4/Anderson 

CSX Transportation – 4/Blaszak, 4/"CSXT", 4/Murray 

Delray Connecting – 4/Geletzke 

Detroit & Mackinac - 3/Thornton, 4/Allie, 4/Cady(3), 4/Garrison, 4/"Michigan," 4/McLaren, 4/Parker 

Detroit & Milwaukee - 3/Burch, 4/Barnett, 4/Olds 

Detroit & Pontiac - 4/Stevens(2), 4/Trap 

Detroit & Toledo Shore Line - 3/ Geletzke, 3/Poupark, 4/Geletzke 

Detroit, Bay City & Western - 4/Miller 

Detroit, Caro & Sandusky - 3/Grant 

Detroit, Hillsdale & South Western – 4/Maddock(2) 

Detroit, Jackson & Chicago - 3/Schramm 

Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette - 4/Barnett(2) 

Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Short Line - 3/Hague 

Detroit Street Rys - 3/O'Geran, 3/J.Schramm, 3/K.Schramm, 5/O'Geran 

Detroit, Toledo & Ironton - 3/Trostel, 4/Cosgrove, 4/Crowther, 4/Henry, 4/Hodges, 4/Ingles, 4/Lewis, 4/Lisman, 4/Malone, 4/Middleton, 4/Pletz(2), 4/Terry 

Detroit United Rys - 3/Hutchins, 3/Schramm, 5/Mussman 

Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic – 33/Anderson, / Burg, 3/Dobson, 3/Dorin, 3/Gaertner, 4/Armstrong, 4/Brogan, 4/Buhrmaster, 4/DSS&A, 4/Durocher, 4/Easton, 4/Gruber, 4/Kaminen, 4/Oom(4), 4/Merritt, 4/Ouillette, 4/Peet, 4/Roth(3), 4/"South Shore", 4/Stevens, 4/Worrall 

East Jordan & Southern - 4/Pinkepank(2), 4/VandeVusse

Electric roads - 3/Bajema (2), 3/Henning, 3/Hilton, 3/Monette, 3/Schramm(6), 3/Sell, 3/Sproule, 3/Zink, 4/Beal, 4/Boelio, 4/Easton, 4/Gierada, 4/Herek, 4/Jones, 4/Krentel, 4/Lee(2), 4/Lenderink, 4/Lotts, 4/Schramm, 4/Treppa, 4/Worthington, 5/Campbell, 5/Holihan, 5/Martin, 5/Nybeck

Epworth League Ry. – 4/Trap 

Erie & Kalamazoo - 4/Dodge, 4/Downes 

Escanaba & Lake Superior - 4/Bourke, 4/Glischinski, 4/Gregory, 4/Zimmerman 

Flint & Pere Marquette - 3/Burch 

Garden Bay - 4/Springer 

Grand Rapids & Indiana – 2/Federspiel, 3/Church, 3/Coverdale, 3/Meints, 4/Couch, 4/Johnston, 4/McLaren, 4/McGovern, 4/Norman, 4/Rothwell, 4/Smith, 4/Wakefield, 4/Winslow

Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon - 3/Bajema 

Grand Trunk Ry. of Canada - 3/Currie, 4/Carlos, 4/Edson, 4/Lavallee (see also Canadian National)

Great Western Ry - 5/Camm 

Hecla & Torch Lake - 2/Benedict, 4/Mailer 

Hermansville & Western - 4/Bourke, 4/Easton 

Hillsdale County - 3/Lewis, 4/Guiding, 4/Keefe 

Houghton Country Traction – 3/Maki, 3/Monette, 3/Sproule

Huron & Eastern - 4/Davey 

Indiana & Ohio - 4/McClelland 

Industrial railroads – 4/Guay

Internal improvements program – 3/Berndt, 3/Parks, 4/Bishop, 4/Comstock, 4/Frantz, 4/Jenks, 4/Keith, 4/Krentel, 4/Scheiber, 4/Strum, 5/Bernot, 5/Hoffenbacher, 5/Parks, 5/Reagan   

Iron Range & Huron Bay - 3/Dobson, 4/Barnett 

Jennings & Northeastern - 4/McGovern, 4/Olds 

Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chicago – 4/Meints, 4/Million 

Keweenaw Central - 3/Monette, 4/McLaren 

Lake George & Muskegon River - 4/Keenan 

Lake Michigan & Superior - 4/Springer 

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern - 3/Biographical, 3/Warrick, 3/Poupark, 4/Baird, 4/Hillebrant, 5/Laning (includes subsidiaries) 

Lake States Transportation - 4/Cady 

Lake Superior & Ishpeming – 2/Reynolds, 3/Dorin, 3/Schauer, 4/Burton, 4/Durocher, 4/Lake Superior, 4/Scribbins, 4/Simonson, 4/Zimmerman 

Lansing, Alma, Mt. Pleasant & Northern - 3/Ceasar 

Ludington & Northern - 4/Lenardson 

Mackinac Transportation - 3/Burgtorf 

Manistee & Luther - 4/McGovern 

Manistee & North Eastern - 3/Stroup, 4/Freestone, 4/Gregory, 4/Milhaupt, 5/Stroup 

Manistique - 4/Springer 

Manistique & Lake Superior - 4/Gregory, 3/Hornstein, 4/Hornstein(2) 

Marquette City & Presque Isle - 4/Easton 

Marquette Rail - 4/Cady 

Mason & Oceana - 4/Garasha 

Menominee & St. Paul – 4/Kuhl 

Michigan Central (includes subsidiaries and predecessors) - 2/Conot, 3/Cook, 3/Doughty, 3/Finkelman & Hershock, 3/Forbes, 3/Harlow, 3/Hirschfield, 3/Larson, 3/Marsh, 3/Poupark, 4/Ariemma, 4/Ashdown, 4/Baggerly & Robinson, 4/Bailey & Leffler, 4/Bailey, 4/Bohi, 4/Borsos(4), 4/Cosgrove 4/Cousins(2), 4/Dain, 4/Dodd, 4/Fisher, 4/Garrett, 4/Gilbert, 4/Hagman, 4/Harthy, 4/Hill, 4/Hirschfield, 4/Johnson, 4/Keefe, 4/Laarson, 4/Leffler, 4/Leonard, 4/Loomis, 4/Marsh, 4/McLaren, 4/Meints(4), 4/Michigan(2), 4/Olds, 4/Robinson, 4/Rothwell, 4/Sears, 5/Teal 

Michigan Northern - 4/Baumgartner, 4/Cady, 4/Higdon, 4/Keefe, 4/Loving, 4/Baumgartner(2), 4/Saillard, 4/Volgenau 

Michigan Southern - 3/Warrick, 4/Meints(2) 

Milwaukee & Northern - 4/Specht 

Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western - 4/Specht 

Milwaukee (Road) – 3/ Johnson, 4/Olsen 

Mineral Range – 3/Anderson, 3/ Burg, 3/Monette, 4/Rupley 

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie - see Soo Line 

Nahma & Northern - 4/Duchaine, 4/Springer`

New York Central - 2/Borntrager, 3/Cook, 3/Doughty, 3/Edson, 3/Harlow, 3/Poupark, 4/Bailey, 4/DeWolfe, 4/Hassett, 4/Leonard, 4/Meehan, 4/Meints, 4/Stegmeier(2), 4/Uckley(2) (see also Michigan Central and other subsidiaries) 

Norfolk & Western - 4/Lyon 

Norfolk Southern - 4/Frailey - see also Norfolk & Western, Wabash 

Ohio & Morenci - 4/Abandonment, 4/Leffler 

Ontonagon & Brule River - 4/Barnett 

Penn Central - 3/Daughen, 3/Salsbury, 4/Holzsweiss, 4/Swanberg 

Pennsylvania - 3/Baer, 3/Burgess, 3/Churella, 3/Cupper 

Port Huron & Northwestern – 3/Wallace 

Quincy & Torch Lake - 2/Lankton, 4/Gregory, 3/Pomazal 

Rapid Ry - 3/Schramm 

Saginaw, Tuscola & Huron - 4/Kirkpatrick 

St. Joseph Valley - 4/Myers 

Soo Line - 3/Abbey, 3/Dorin, 3/Gjevre(2), 4/Bourke(2), 4/Glischinski, 4/Hammer, 4/Lake States, 4/Olsen, 4/Welton, 4/Wilder 

Southern Michigan - 3/Bradley 

Terre Haute & Indianapolis - 3/Wallis 

Toledo & Saginaw Bay - 4/Countryman 

Toledo & Western - 3/Sell 

Traverse City, Leelanau & Manistique - 4/Burton 

Tuscola & Saginaw Bay - 4/Cowles, 4/Ingles, 4/Maddock, 4/Wise 

Wabash - 3/Dickens, 3/Grant, 4/Fisher, 4/Ingles, 4/Stephens, 4/Swartz 

Wisconsin & Michigan - 4/McLaren, 4/McLeod 

Wisconsin Central - 3/Dobnick, 4/Blaszak, 4/Dobnick(2), 4/Ed Burkhardt, 4/Fromm, 4/Gallegos, 4/Glischinski, 4/Martin, 4/WC

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GENERAL TOPICS, Michigan

Abandonments - 2/Schwieterman

Atlas of maps – 3/Hannum, 3/Meints 

Bridges - 2/Hyde(2), 4/Gaffney, 4/Schultz 

Car ferries - 1/Trap, 3/Bagley, 3/Brown, 3/Elve, 3/Frederickson(2), 3/Hilton, 3/Holton, 3/Zimmerman, 4/Adams, 4/Anderson, 4/Anon., 4/Ashdown, 4/Ballert, 4/Barnett, 4/Burton, 4/Chavez(4), 4/CSXT, 4/Dancy, 4/Farrant, 4/Fay, 4/Ferry, 4/Hanna, 4/Hilton(2), 4/Hornstein, 4/Hubbard, 4/LeLievre, 4/McDonnell, 4/Mohowski, 4/Morrison, 4/Rails, 4/Schneider, 4/Simonaitis, 4/Threkeld, 4/Trap, 4/Uckley, 4/VandeVusse(2), 4/Wilson, 4/Zimmerman(4), 5/Scott 

Car restoration – 4/Buhrmaster 

Circus trains - 4/Drager 

Commuter trains, Detroit - 4/Babbish, 4/Dobek, 4/Uckley 

Corporations - 3/Meints 

Electric roads - 3/Bajema, 3/Henning, 3/Hilton, 3/Monette, 3/Schramm(6), 3/Sell, 3/Sproule, 3/Zink, 4/Beal, 4/Boelio, 4/Easton, 4/Gierada, 4/Herek, 4/Jones, 4/Krentel, 4/Lee(2), 4/Lenderink, 4/Lotts, 4/Schramm, 4/Treppa, 4/Worthington, 5/Campbell, 5/Holihan, 5/Martin, 5/Nybeck 

Employees - 4/Fisher, 4/Rich 

Equipment, cars - 2/White(2), 3/Massie, 3/Myers, 4/Barnett (2), 4/Kujovich, 4/Million, 4/Myers, 4/White 

Equipment, track - 4/Meints 

Farm demonstration trains - 4/Barnett 

Financing - 2/McGrane, 2/Scott, 2/Veenendaal, 4/Carlos, 5/Morgan 

Fort St. Union Depot – 4/Keefe 

Internal improvements program – 3/Berndt, 3/Parks, 4/Bishop, 4/Comstock, 4/Frantz, 4/Jenks, 4/Keith, 4/Krentel, 4/Scheiber, 4/Strum, 5/Bernot, 5/Hoffenbacher, 5/Parks, 5/Reagan

Interlocking towers – 4/Ingles 

Interurbans - see Electric roads 

Iron ore trains - 3/Hirsimaki, 4/Bourke 

Land grants - 4/Barnett, 4/Bliss 

Legislation - 1/Alward, 4/Seavoy, 4/Shade(2) 

Locomotives – 3/Gaffney, 3/Keefe, 3/Koch, 4/Barnett, 4/Edson, 4/Frobom(2), 4/Keefe(3), 4/Million, 4/Terry, 4/Trap(2) 

Logging roads - 2/Karamanski, 2/Maybee, 3/Klumpp, 3/Koch, 4/Bajema(2), 4/Despres, 4/Olds(2), 4/Rector, 4/Springer(3), 4/Takis 

Management, officials – 3/Meints 

Mass transit - 4/Carter, 4/McKee, 4/Woodford 

Mergers - 4/Grant 

Mining roads - 4/Terry 

Narrow gauge roads - 3/Hilton 

Presidential campaign trains - 4/Clark, 4/Ingles, 4/Smith 

Private cars - 4/Carter, 4/Lewis 

Railroad car building - 4/Meints 

Rails to trails - 4/McHaney 

Railway Mail Service - 2/Kay, 4/Rothwell 

Reorganizations - 5/Burns 

Regulation - 4/Kilbourn, 5/Barton, 5/McClintock 

Summer trains - 4/Hauck(2), 4/Olds(2) 

Stations - 2/Hyde(2), 2/Potter, 3/Hodges, 3/Kavanaugh, 3/Massie, 3/Mrozek, 3/Uhelski, 4/Barnett, 4/Boggs, 4/Cousins(2), 4/Easton, 4/Eckert, 4/Kaufman, 4/Kovl, 4/Neuhaus, 4/Scott, 4/Sloan, 4/Tamlin, 4/Uckley, 4/VandeVusse, 4/Vrooman 

Steamships - 4/Marsh 

Streetcars – 4/Meints 

Taxation - 4/Friday, 5/Hedrick 

Telegraphy - 4/Schmid 

Timetables - 4/Rothwell, 4/Winslow 

Tourist roads - 4/Boelio 

Tunnels - 2/Hyde, 4/Anderson, 4/Cosgrove (2), 4/Gorenc, 4/Hyde, 4/Keen, 4/Kinnear, 4/Pinkepank, 4/Smith, 4/Uckley 

Valuation - 4/Cooley 

Wrecks - 2/Griswold, 3/Dickens, 3/Worrall, 4/Hassett, 4/Jones, 4/Norman, 4/Riddering, 4/Robinson

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BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES

Alger, Russell A. - 4/Merk 

Ashley, James M. - 4/Ashley, 4/Warnes 

Barriger, John W. III - 4/DeBoer 

Burdakin, John H. – 3/Hofsommer 

Burkhardt, Ed - 4/Kube 

Corning, Erastus - 3/Neu 

Edison, Thomas - 3/Massie, 4/Uckley 

Forbes, John Murray - 3/Forbes, 3/Larson, 3/Pearson 

Ford, Henry - 2/Bryan, 3/Trostel, 4/Bryan, 4/Crowther, 4/Henry 

Gould, Jay - 2/Grodinsky, 2/Renehan 

Harrison, Hunter (CN) - 4/Frailey 

Heineman, Ben W. - 4/Blaszak 

Hutchins, Jere C. - 3/Hutchins 

Jervis, John B. - 3/Larkin 

Kimball, George C. – 4/Meints 

Langdon, Jervis, Jr. - 3/Grant 

McCoy, Elijah - 3/Marshall, 4/Ashlee 

McMillan, James – 4/Druchas(2) 

Morgan, Lewis Henry - 5/Benison 

Perlman, Alfred E. - 4/Bruce 

Pingree, Hazen S. - 4/Staring 

Potter, Henry C. – 4/Meints 

Sears, William B. - 4/Chipman 

Vanderbilt, Cornelius - 2/Lane, 2/Renehan, 2/Stiles 

Van Horne, William C. - 2/Knowles 

Van Sweringen, Oris P. and Mantis J. - 2/Harwood 

White, William - 4/Grant 

Wright, Ammi Willard - 2/McMacken 

Young, Robert R. - 3/Borkin, 4/Agnew, 4/Chamberlain, 4/Meehan, 4/Skidmore

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PLACES, Michigan

Allegan County - 3/Green 

Azalia - 4/Burger 

Battle Creek - 3/Convis, 5/Shim 

Champion - 4/Hedetneimi 

Clio - 3/Reed 

Dearborn - 4/Goebel 

Delta County - 4/VanCleve 

Detroit - 2/Conot, 3/Henning, 4/Babish, 4/Cousins(2), 4/Smith 

Gogebic iron range - 4/Gaertner 

Grand Haven - 3/Trap 

Grand Rapids - 4/Chandler, 5/Hayes 

Greenfield Village - 4/Barnett 

Holland - 3/vanReken(2) 

Jackson - 4/Franzen, 4/Shoemaker 

Kalamazoo - 3/Hager 

Lansing - 3/Reniger, 4/Stimson 

Livingston County - 4/Wilhelm 

Mackinac Island – 4/McLaren 

Marquette - 4/Durocher 

Muskegon County - 3/Lydeksen 

Niles - 4/Niles 

Ottawa County - 4/Percival 

Paw Paw - 4/Brock 

Petoskey - 4/Olds 

Sault Ste. Marie - 4/Wilson 

Traverse City - 3/Wakefield(2), 4/LaMaire 

Trout Lake - 4/Cady 

Upper Peninsula - 3/Harrison, 4/Barnett, 4/Bourke(2) 

Van Buren County - 4/Meints, 5/Kubicki 

Washtenaw County - 4/Telfer