Story - Nicknames (Official) of Michigan Railroads

Compiled by Le Roy Barnett

OFFICIAL NICKNAMES OF MICHIGAN RAILROADS (Appellation, moniker, designation, slogan, cognomen, byname)

  • Detroit & Mackinac

    • Turtle Route

    • Huron Route

    • Sugar Beet Belt Route

  • Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic

    • South Shore Route

    • Marquette Route

  • Grand Rapids & Indiana

    • Fishing Line

  • Grand Trunk Western

    • Good Track Road

  • Lake Shore & Michigan Southern

    • Water Level Route

  • Michigan Central

    • The Niagara Falls Route

  • Minneapolis, Saint Paul & Sault Saint Marie

    • Soo Line

  • Port Huron & Detroit

    • St. Clair Blue Water Route

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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