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Book Synopsis The Railfan Chronicles, Passenger Trains by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book The Railfan Chronicles, Passenger Trains written by Byron Babbish and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railfan Chronicles is a series of books about different railroads during the last quarter of the 20th Century. This was a period of great change in the railroad industry, with mergers of large railroads and creation of regional and short line railroads to operate unwanted lines of the Class One railroads. These books will cover this period in photographs taken by the author. Passenger trains is the topic in this second series of books of The Railfan Chronicles and Book 1 is about Amtrak in Southeastern Michigan from 1974 to 2000.
Book Synopsis Detroit & Mackinac Railway, 1988 to 2000 by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book Detroit & Mackinac Railway, 1988 to 2000 written by Byron Babbish and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railfan Chronicles is a series of books about different railroads during the last quarter of the 20th Century. This was a period of great change in the railroad industry, with mergers of large railroads and creation of regional and short line railroads to operate unwanted lines of the Class One railroads. These books will cover this period in photographs taken by the author.Detroit & Mackinac Railway is the subject of this next book in The Railfan Chronicles. This is Volume 2 of our coverage of this unique Michigan railroad, continuing where Volume 1 left off by looking at its operations in northern Michigan between the years 1988 and 2000. Not only did D&M travel through beautiful and sometimes harsh countryside on its two routes from Bay City to the tip of Michigan's lower peninsula, but also its locomotive roster consisted entirely of rare ALCO locomotives during this time frame. Both its original route that followed the Lake Huron shoreline and its newer, former Penn Central, route that ran up the middle of the State are covered. Also covered is D&M's affiliate, Central Michigan Railway, and its 1992 successor, Lake State Railway.
Book Synopsis The Railfan Chronicles by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book The Railfan Chronicles written by Byron Babbish and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railfan Chronicles is a series of books about different railroads during the period from 1975 to 2000. This was a period of great change in the railroad industry, with mergers of large railroads and creation of regional and short line railroads to operate unwanted lines of the Class One railroads. These books will cover this period in photographs taken by the author.The first railroad being covered is Grand Trunk Western Railroad. This is Book 4 of our coverage of this unique Michigan railroad, looking at its Holly Subdivision between the years 1975 and 2000. Book 4 covers the mainline action on GTW's in the Holly Subdivision starting in 1975 when GTW was still an independent railroad, after its merger with the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad and the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad in the early 1980's, through when GTW itself was being absorbed by its parent, Canadian National Railways, starting in 1992.
Book Synopsis The Railfan Chronicles, Railroads of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, 1975 To 2013 by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book The Railfan Chronicles, Railroads of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, 1975 To 2013 written by Byron Babbish and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railfan Chronicles is a series of books about different railroads during the last quarter of the 20th Century. This was a period of great change in the railroad industry, with mergers of large railroads and creation of regional and short line railroads to operate unwanted lines of the Class 1 railroads. These books cover this period in photographs taken by the author. The railroads of Michigan's Upper Peninsula were traditionally "western" ones versus the "eastern" ones in the Lower Peninsula. Soo Line, The Milwuakee Road and Chicago & North Western Railroad operated in the "UP" along with shortlines Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad and Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad. The isolated and often hostile environment of the UP made the railroads up there work hard to earn their keep and survive. This book chronicles the UP railroads during the years from 1975, when things were still pretty much as they had been for years, to 2013 when most everything had changed since 1975. The evolution of the UP's railroads during this period are shown in both color and black and white photographs.
Book Synopsis The Railfan Chronicles, Passenger Trains, Book 2 by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book The Railfan Chronicles, Passenger Trains, Book 2 written by Byron Babbish and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railfan Chronicles is a series of books about different railroads during the last quarter of the 20th Century. This was a period of great change in the railroad industry, with mergers of large railroads and creation of regional and short line railroads to operate unwanted lines of the Class One railroads. These books will cover this period in photographs taken by the author. This is Book 2 of our coverage of Passengers Trains and it is about tourist, dinner and special passenger trains in Michigan from 1975 to 2000. Included are long-gone tourist trains that operated throughout the state, four different dinner trains, special trains organized by railroad historical societies, trains that the author chartered for special occasions, presidential campaign trains and steam-powered excursion trains.
Book Synopsis The Railfan Chronicles, Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Book 3, Flint Subdivision Towns by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book The Railfan Chronicles, Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Book 3, Flint Subdivision Towns written by Byron Babbish and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railfan Chronicles is a series of books about different railroads during the period from 1975 to 2000. This was a period of great change in the railroad industry, with mergers of large railroads and creation of regional and short line railroads to operate unwanted lines of the Class One railroads. These books will cover this period in photographs taken by the author. The first railroad being covered is Grand Trunk Western Railroad. This is Book 3 of our coverage of this unique Michigan railroad, looking at its Flint Subdivision towns, Port Huron, Flint, Durand and Battle Creek, between the years 1975 and 1992.
Book Synopsis Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan written by Byron Babbish and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-12 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan series of books brings back to life the many fascinating railroads serving a great city in the last quarter of the 20th Century when they were still so very interesting and so many.Detroit Terminal Railroad was a shortline, “terminal” railroad that formed a semicircle around the City of Detroit serving Detroit's industries. Formed in 1905 to extend rail service to the then rural area north of Detroit, the City of Detroit and its industries grew out to it, making Detroit Terminal a very busy and prosperous railroad until the deindustrialization of Detroit starting in the 1960's. Volume 3 of Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan chronicles the last days of the Detroit Terminal Railroad in 1981 before it was merged into Conrail, as witnessed and photographed by the author.
Book Synopsis The Railfan Chronicles: Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Book 2, Pontiac Operations by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book The Railfan Chronicles: Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Book 2, Pontiac Operations written by Byron Babbish and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railfan Chronicles is a series of books about different railroads from 1975 to 2000. This was a period of great change in the railroad industry, with mergers of large railroads and creation of regional and short line railroads to operate unwanted lines of the Class One railroads. These books will cover this period in photographs taken by the author. The first railroad being covered is Grand Trunk Western Railroad. This is Book 2 of our coverage of this unique Michigan railroad, looking at its operations out of Pontiac, Michigan between the years 1975 and 1992. Book 2 covers GTW's freight yard and mainline action in Pontiac, the three branchlines radiating west, north and east out of Pontiac and the locomotive roundhouse located there.
Book Synopsis The Railfan Chronicles, Ann Arbor Railroad, Volume 1, 1975 To 1981 by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book The Railfan Chronicles, Ann Arbor Railroad, Volume 1, 1975 To 1981 written by Byron Babbish and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railfan Chronicles is a series of books about different railroads during the period from 1975 to 2000. This was a period of great change in the railroad industry, with mergers of large railroads and creation of regional and short line railroads to operate unwanted lines of the Class One railroads. Ann Arbor Railroad is the subject of this next book in The Railfan Chronicles. This is Volume 1 of our coverage of this unique Michigan railroad, looking at its operations from Toledo, Ohio across Michigan from 1975 to 1981. The Annie had an interesting mix of operations, including railroad carferries sailing across Lake Michigan and motive power which included three models of Alco locomotives. During this period it went from being a stand-alone railroad to one owned by the State of Michigan and operated by different contractors. All the changes occurring with the Annie during this time are seen in color and black and white photographs taken by the author.
Book Synopsis The Railfan Chronicles, Short Lines of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, 1976 To 2000 by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book The Railfan Chronicles, Short Lines of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, 1976 To 2000 written by Byron Babbish and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-28 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railfan Chronicles is a series of books about different railroads during the period from 1975 to 2000. This was a period of great change in the railroad industry, with mergers of large railroads and creation of regional and short line railroads to operate unwanted lines of the Class One railroads. These books cover this period in photographs taken by the author. Short Line Railroads of Michigan's Lower Peninsula is the topic of this book. Covered are most of the short line railroads formed after the creation of Conrail in 1976 when so many miles of former Penn Central track was abandoned by the new national railroad. Included is coverage on Michigan Northern Railway, Tuscola & Saginaw Bay Railway, Huron & Eastern Railroad, Michigan Shore Railroad, Michigan Southern Railroad, Lenawee County Railroad, Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road, Charlotte Southern Railroad, Lapeer Industrial Railroad, Michigan Limestone and Chemical's railroad and two industrial railroads, Michigan State University's and Checker Motors Corporation's.
Book Synopsis The Railfan Chronicles, Conrail in Michigan, 1976 to 1999 by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book The Railfan Chronicles, Conrail in Michigan, 1976 to 1999 written by Byron Babbish and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conrail had a major presence in Michigan, in particular in the southeastern part of the State including Detroit. This book chronicles Conrail in Michigan from its beginnings in 1976 (including some Penn Central coverage beforehand), through the transition of creating one railroad out of six bankrupt ones, to its coming of age and ending when it was purchased by two other railroads in 1999. Also covered are trips to Toledo, Ohio in the late 1970's and to Canada to see Conrail's operations out of St. Thomas and Windsor, Ontario. Color and black and white photographs from the author's collection of roster and action shots of Conrail locomotives and trains are used.
Book Synopsis Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan written by Byron Babbish and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan series of books brings back to life the many fascinating railroads serving a great city in the last quarter of the 20th Century when they were still so very interesting and so many. This is Volume 8 of Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan and it is about the commuter trains that ran between Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan. They were operated by the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA) and ran on Grand Trunk Western Railroad's Holly Subdivision tracks. This suburban commuter train operation is extensively covered between 1975 and their end of operations in 1983 in both color and black and white photographs taken by the author.
Book Synopsis Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan Volume 5 by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan Volume 5 written by Byron Babbish and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan series of books brings back to life the many fascinating railroads serving a great city in the last quarter of the 20th Century when they were still so very interesting and so many.This is Volume 5 of Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan and it is about the Detroit Transit Railway. Detroit Transit Railway was a one-mile long urban branchline of Conrail “street running” through the streets of Detroit's Warehouse District. It was 19th Century railroading in the late 20th Centuryuntil Conrail abandoned it in 1981. Volume 5 takes you street-side to witness the Detroit Transit Railway in action in both color and black and white photographs taken by the author.
Book Synopsis The Railfan Chronicles by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book The Railfan Chronicles written by Byron Babbish and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-08 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This books covers in words and photographs by the author the last of the Alco and Baldwin locomotives running on railroads in Michigan from 1975 to 2000.
Book Synopsis Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan Volume 7 by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan Volume 7 written by Byron Babbish and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan series of books brings back to life the many fascinating railroads serving a great city in the last quarter of the 20th Century when they were still so very interesting and so many. This is Volume 7 of Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan and it is about the Detroit River Carferry and Tunnel Railroad Operations during the years 1975 to 2000. The Detroit River was a natural boundary between Detroit and Canada and Detroit's railroads sailed over the River and ran underneath it to reach Windsor, Ontario on the other side. Both the Carferry and Tunnel operations were fascinating and exciting to see and are covered extensively in this book in both color and black and white photographs taken by the author.
Book Synopsis Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan written by Byron Babbish and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan series of books brings back to life the many fascinating railroads serving a great city in the last quarter of the 20th Century when they were still so very interesting and so many. This is Volume 6 of Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan and it is about Detroit's Unusual, Unknown and Obscure Railroad Operations during the years 1975 to 2000. Covered in Volume 6 are Detroit's industrial railroads, belt lines and urban branchlines, towers, both interlocking and crossing types, and railroad bridges. See these unusual, unknown and obscure railroad operations as they were in color and black and white photographs taken by the author.
Book Synopsis The Railfan Chronicles, Trainwatching in Ontario, 1975 To 2005 by : Byron Babbish
Download or read book The Railfan Chronicles, Trainwatching in Ontario, 1975 To 2005 written by Byron Babbish and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Railfan Chronicles is a series of books about different railroads during the period from 1975 to 2000. This was a period of great change in the railroad industry, with mergers of large railroads and creation of regional and short line railroads to operate unwanted lines of the Class One railroads. Trainwatching in Ontario chronicles the author's many trips trainwatching throughout the Province between 1975 and 2005. Trips to Windsor, Toronto, London, Sarnia, Chatham, Sudbury, Capreol, among others, as well as to famous railroad junctions at Bayview and Komoka, showcase Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, VIA Rail Canada and other Canadian railways in all their glory during this period of transition in colour and black and white photographs taken by the author.
