Time Line - 1970's - Decade Overview

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• 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 Junction when the DOD Bomarc base at Raco closes. [IT-5/81]

Time line Key:

• Railroad event in Michigan
• Event relating to mining
• Event related to car ferries
• Event outside of Michigan
• Improvement in Technology
• Railroad built or extended
• Railroad abandoned and/or removed
• Economic panic or depression