Location: Durban, MI

Durban was a location on the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton railroad east of Dundee, MI. During Henry Ford ownership, the railroad constructed a straight line cut off from this point going to Malinta, OH, which saved the railroad considerable time and money. Durban, which was in Monroe County, was likely named after F. A. Durban, president of the DT&I and Ann Arbor railroads prior to Ford ownership. [RG-1905-0728]


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Time Line

1928. US&S installs a remote power switch at Durban for the DT&I with one desk lever. [RSC-1929]. It does not note where the desk lever was located.

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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