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

 

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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