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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 Century
until 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.
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.
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