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. 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.

This is a color photography book about the railroads of Detroit between the years 1975 and 2000. Few cities in the United States changed as much as Detroit during this 25-year period. During that quarter century Detroit went from being an industrial powerhouse to practically nothing. The loss of industries also shuttered many of the factories and industries in Detroit that the railroads once served. Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan Volume 1 captures the last of the glory days of Detroit railroading at the end of the 20th Century in words and color photographs. Volume 1 of this series of books on Detroit's Railroads introduces us to all the railroads serving the metropolitan Detroit area in the years 1975 to 2000. Class 1 railroads such as Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, Detroit & Toledo Shore Line, Grand Trunk Western, Chesapeake & Ohio, Conrail and Norfolk & Western before they were merged into larger railroads are covered. Also covered in Volume 1 are Detroit's shortline railroads including Detroit Terminal, Wyandotte Terminal, Detroit Connecting, Delray Connecting and, further north a bit, Port Huron & Detroit Railroad. Industrial railroads serving the many individual factories and business in Detroit are also included. Most of these railroads are gone now, either as a result of mergers and consolidations of the railroads after deregulation of the industry or because of the loss of industry in the Detroit metropolitan area. Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan Volume 1 brings back to life the many fascinating railroads serving a great city in the last quarter of the 20th Century.