- Details
- Hits: 16079
Part 3 - Books
Compiled by historian Don Meints.
Abbey, Wallace W. The Little Jewel. Pueblo, Colo.: Pinon, 1984. (SOO Line)
Anderson, George E. and Taylor, Richard E. Copper Country Rail. Mt. Pleasant, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. (Mineral Range; Copper Range; Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic)
Baer, Christopher T., and John Dzlobko, Jr. The Pennsy in the 1960s: The Final Decade. Altoona, Pa.: Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society, 2008. (Pennsylvania)
Bagley, Les. Michigan State Ferries. Mount Pleasant, S. C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2007. (Straits of Mackinac auto ferries)
Bajema, Carl and Kindem, Dave and Budzynski, Jim. The Lake Line: The Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon Railway. Chicago: Central Electric Railfans’ Association, 2011.
Bajema, Carl and Maas, Tom. The Street Railways of Grand Rapids. Chicago: Central Electric Railfan’s Association, 2017.
[Baker, Hollis]. A Brief History and Description of the Boyne City Railroad Company, formerly the Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena R.R., formerly the Boyne City and Southeastern R.R. [Grand Rapids MI, n. p., 1977.]
Berndt, Clarence Frederick. Michigan Railroads, 1837-1846. East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State University Department of History, 1967. (Internal improvement program)
Biographical Publishing Co. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway System and Representative Employees. Philadelphia: n. p., 1900.
Borkin, Joseph. Robert R. Young, the Populist of Wall Street. New York: Harper & Row, 1969.
Bradley, George K. Northern Indiana Railway. Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Assn., 1998. (Southern Michigan, interurban).
Brown, Grant, Jr. Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan: The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries. Ann: University of Michigan Press, 2008.
Brown, Dr. James. A History of the Cincinnati Northern. Cataract, Wisc.: Little Falls Press, 2003.
Burch, N. H. and Hamilton, J. H. O. Burch & Hamilton's Gazeteer of the Detroit & Milwaukee and Flint & Pere Marquette Railroads, 1870-1871. Detroit: Tribune Book and Job Office, 1871?
Burg, Thomas E., ed. South Shore Steam: Locomotives of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway and the Mineral Range Railroad.” Merrill, Wis.: Merrill Publishing Associates, 2011.
Burgess, George H. and Kennedy, Miles C. Centennial History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Philadelphia, n. p., 1949.
Burgtorf, Frances D. Chief Wawatam: The Story of a Hand-Bomber. Cheboygan, Mich.: author, 1976. (Mackinac Transit Co. car ferry)
Burkhardt, D. C. Jesse. Images of Rail – the Ann Arbor Railroad. Mount Pleasant, S. C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2005.
Casey, Robert J. and Douglas, W. A. S. Pioneer Railroad. New York: Whittlesey House, 1948. (Chicago & North Western)
Ceasar, Ford Stevens. The Great Northern Ghost. Lansing: Wellman, 1980 (Lansing-St. Johns interurban)
---- The Lamp Road: A History of the Lansing, Alma, Mt. Pleasant & Northern Railroad. Lansing: Rapid Printing, 1974.
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. List of Officers, Agents, Stations, Etc. No. 82, August 1948. Reprint. Clifton Forge, Va.: Chesapeake & Ohio Hisgtorical Society, no date. (Pere Marquette)
Church, Samuel H., compiler. Corporate History of the Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh .... 5 vols. (Baltimore, Md.: Friedenwald Co., 1899). (Vol. 5 has the Grand Rapids & Indiana)
Churella, Albert J. The Pennsylvania Railroad, Vol. 1: Building an Empire 1846-1917. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012.
Convis, Orville. Railroad Rumors. Battle Creek, Mich.: author, 1997. (Battle Creek newspaper items, 1884-1885)
Cook, Richard J., Sr. New York Central's Mercury. Lynchburg Va.: TLC Publishing, 1991.
Cosgrove, Robert. “Detroit River Tunnel Centennial.” Central Headlight, 40:4 (2010), 14-24. (Michigan Central)
Coverdale and Colpitts. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: The Corporate, Financial and Construction History of Lines Owned, Operated and Controlled To December 31, 1945, Volume III Lines West of Pittsburgh. New York: Pennsylvania Railroad, c. 1946. (Grand Rapids & Indiana)
Cupper, Dan, ed. The Pennsylvania Railroad: Its Place in History 1846-1996. Wayne Pa.: Philadelphia Chap., Pennsylvania RR. Technical & Historical Socy., 1996.
Currie, A. W. The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1957.
Derleth, August. The Milwaukee Road. New York: Creative Age, 1947?.
Dickens, Laurie C. Wreck on the Wabash. Blissfield, Mich.: Made for Ewe, 2001.
Dixon, Thomas W., Jr. Chesapeake & Ohio’s Pere Marquettes. St. Paul, Minn.: MBI Publishing, 2005.
---- and Million, Art. Pere Marquette Power. Alderson W. Va.: C&O Historical Society, 1984.
Dobnick, Otto P. and Glischinski, Steve. Wisconsin Central: Railroad Success Story. Waukesha Wisc.: Kalmbach, 1997.
Dobson, Robert D. The Railroad that Never Ran. Negaunee, Mich.: Dobson Publications, 2004. (Iron Range & Huron Bay)
---- The Plank Road and the First Railroad: 1845-1857. Negaunee, Mich.: Dobson Publications, 2008. (predecessor of Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic)
Dorin, Patrick. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. Burbank, Calif.: Superior,
1981.
---- The Grand Trunk Western Railroad. Seattle: Pruett, 1977.
---- The Lake Superior Iron Ore Railroads. Seattle: Superior, 1989.
---- The Soo Line. Seattle: Superior, 1978.
Doughty, Geoffrey H. Michigan Central Trackside with Emery Gulash. Scotch Plains NJ: Morning Sun Books, 2001.
---- New York Central and the Trains of the Future. Lynchburg, Va.: TLC Publishing, 1997.
Dunbar, Willis F. All Aboard! A History of Railroads in Michigan. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1969.
Edson, William D., and Vail, H. L., Jr. Steam Locomotives of the New York Central Lines. 2 vols. Cleveland: New York Central System Historical Socy., 1997, 2002.
Elliott, Frank N. When the Railroad was King: The Nineteenth Century Railroad Era in Michigan. Lansing: Mich. Dept. of State, 1977.
Keefe, Kevin P. Twelve Twenty-Five: The Life and Times of a Steam Locomotive. East Lansing Mich.: Michigan State University Press, 2015. (PM locomotive)
Elve, Steven D. Rails Across the Water: The Story of the Ann Arbor Carferries Lowell, Mich.: author, 1984.
Finkelman, Paul and Hershock, Martin J. “Blood on the Tracks: Law, Railroad Accidents, The Economy, and the Michigan Frontier” in The History of Michigan Law. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2006. (Michigan Central)
Forbes, John Murray. Letters and Recollections. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1899.
Foss, Charles R. Evening Before the Diesel: A Pictorial History of Steam and First Generation Diesel Motive Power on the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, 1938-1991. Boulder CO: Pruett, 1980.
Frederickson, Arthur C. and Lucy F. Early History of the Ann Arbor Carferries. Frankfort, Mich.: Patriot Publ., 1949.
---- Pictorial History of the C&O Train and Auto Ferries and Pere Marquette Line Steamers. Rev. ed. Frankfort, Mich.: Lakeside Printing, 1965.
Gaertner, John. The Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway: A History of the Lake Superior District’s Pioneer Iron Ore Hauler. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2009.
Gaffney, T. J. Rails Around the Thumb. Mt. Pleasant, S. C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.
---- and Dean Pyers. Pere Marquette 1225. Mt. Pleasant, S.C., 2014.
Garasha, Robert W. The Mason & Oceana Railroad. Ludington, Mich.: Lakeside, 1967.
Garrett, Evan. Trackside in Southern Michigan: A Railfan's View in Drawings and Commentary. Ann Arbor, Mich.: author, 1980.
Geletzke, Charles H., Jr. and Hague, Wilbur E. The Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad: Expressway for Industry. Kutztown, Pa.: Kutztown Publishing Co., 2011.
Gjevre, John A. Saga of the Soo. Moorhead Minn.: n. p., 1973.
---- Saga of the Soo Volume III, East, West and to the North. Moorhead, Minn.: Agassiz Publications, 2006.
Grant, H. Roger. The NorthWestern: A History of the Chicago & North Western Railway System. DeKalb Ill.: Northern Illinois Univ. Press, 1997.
---- Follow the Flag: A History of the Wabash Railroad. DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois Univ. Press, 2004.
---- Visionary Railroader - Jervis Langdon, Jr. and the Transportation Revolution. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2008.
---- Twilight Rails The Final Era of Railroad Building in the Midwest. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010. (Detroit, Caro & Sandusky and other non-Michigan)
Green, James J. Railroads Come and Go in Allegan County. Allegan, Mich.: Allegan Co. Hist. Socy., 1976.
Guay, David R. P. Hiram Walker’s Railway: Lake Erie & Detroit River Railroad. Windsor, Ont.: Walkerville Publishing, 2015. (PM subsidiary)
Hager, David C. Next Stop Kalamazoo! Kalamazoo, Mich.: Kalamazoo Public Museum, 1976.
Hague, Wilbur E. and Hise, Kirk F. The Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Short Line Railway. Forty Fort Pa.: Cox, 1986.
Hannum, James S. The Ann Arbor Railroad: Abandoned Early Lines. Olympia, Wash.: Hannum House Publications, 2013.
---- Cut and Run! Railroad Logging in Clare County, Michigan. Olympia, Wash.: Hannum House Publications, 2014. (AA, PM)
---- In the Pines; An Atlas of Michigan Logging Railroads. Olympia, Wash.: Hannum House Publications, 2017.
Harlow, Alvin F. The Road of the Century. New York: Creative Age, 1947. (New York Central, Michigan Central, Big Four)
Harrison, Frederick G. Fading Glory. Indian Rocks Fla.: Books Unlimited, 1971. (Upper Peninsula roads)
Hedrick, Wilbur O. The History of Railroad Taxation in Michigan. Lansing: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford, 1912.
Henning, William H., ed. Detroit: Its Trolleys and Interurbans. Fraser, Mich.: Mich. Transit Museum, 1976.
Hill, May Davis. Telltale Photographs: The Stoner Railroad Collection, The Michigan Historical Collections. Ann Arbor: Bentley Hist. Library, 1981.
Hilton, George W. The Great Lakes Carferries. Berkeley, Calif.: Howell-North, 1962.
---- and Due, Joseph F. The Electric Interurban Railway in America. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ., 1960.
---- American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ., 1990.
Hirschfield, Charles. The Great Railroad Conspiracy: The Social History of a Railroad War. East Lansing, Mich.: Mich. State College, 1953.
Hirsimaki, Eric. Chicago and North Western: The Michigan Ore Lines. North Olmstead OH: Milesposts Publishing, 2002.
Hodges, Michael H. Michigan’s Historic Railroad Stations. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2012.
Hofsommer, Don L. Grand Trunk Corporation: Canadian National Railways in the United States. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1995.
Holton, F. J., Bedford, D. H., and Cleary, Francis. History of the Windsor and Detroit Ferries. Windsor, Ont.: Windsor Evening Record, 23 May 1917.
Hornstein, Hugh A. The Haywire: A Brief History of the Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad. East Lansing: Mich. State Univ. Press, 2004.
Hutchins, Jere C. Jere C. Hutchins: A Personal Story. Grosse Pointe Farms MI: author, 1938. (Detroit United Ry.)
Inglis, James G. Northern Michigan: Handbook for Travelers. Petoskey, Mich.: Sprang, 1898. Repr. Grand Rapids: Black Letter Press, 1974.
Ivey, Paul Wesley. The Pere Marquette Railroad Company: An Historical Study of the Growth and Development of One of Michigan's Most Important Railway Systems. Lansing: Mich. Historical Comm., 1919. Repr. Grand Rapids: Black Letter Press, 1970.
Johnson, F. H. Brief Record of the Development of the Milwaukee Road. Chicago: Milwaukee Road, 1939. (Copy at U. of Mich. Transportation Library)
Kavanaugh, Kelli B. Detroit's Michigan Central Station. Chicago: Arcadia Publ., 2001?
Keenan, Hudson. Through the Years at Mt. Pleasant’s Historic Ann Arbor RR Depot. Mt. Pleasant, Mich.: Print Tech, 1997.
Kleiman, Jeff. The Rise and Fall of the CSCRR: A Short History of a Short-Lived Railroad. Grand Rapids: Friends of Public Museum, 1992. (Chicago, Saginaw & Canada)
Koch, Michael. The Shay Locomotive: Titan of the Timber. Denver: World Press, 1971.
---- Steam and Thunder: Saga of Forest Railroads. Denver: World Press, 1979.
Kovl, David R. Michigan Rail Preservation. Southfield, Mich.: author, 1990.
Larkin, F. Daniel. John B. Jervis: Am American Engineering Pioneer. Ames IA: Iowa State Univ. Press, 1990.
Larson, John L. Bonds of Enterprise: John Murray Forbes and Western Development in America's Railway Age. Cambridge: Harvard Univ., 1984.
Loving, Rush, Jr. The Men Who Loved Trains: The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2006. (Conrail)
Lydeksen, Gordon L. When Steam Ruled the Rails in Muskegon County: Volume 1, 1928-1958. Muskegon, Mich.: Muskegon RR Hist. Socy., n. d.
Marsh, Nicholas A. The Michigan Central Railroad: History of the Main Line, 1846-1901. N. p., 2007.
Marshall, Albert P. The "Real McCoy" of Ypsilanti. Ypsilanti, Mich.: Marlan Publishers, 1989. (Elijah McCoy biography)
Massie, Larry B. “The Train-Boy from Michigan.” In Copper Trails and Iron Rails: More Voyages into Michigan’s Past. Au Train, Mich.: Avery Color Studios, 1989. (Thomas Edison)
---- “The Man Who Hated to Walk.” In Copper Trails and Iron Rails: More Voyages into Michigan’s Past. Au Train, Mich.: Avery Color Studios, 1989. (George Sheffield, velocipede)
---- “Depot Dreams & Jerkwater Schemes: Railroad Place-Names in Michigan.” In Michigan Memories. Allegan Forest, Mich.: Priscilla Press, 1994.
McMacken, David. Built on Pine: The Story of Ammi Willard Wright. Alma: Alma Public Library, 2004.
Meek, Forrest B. Michigan’s Logging Railroad Era, 1850-1963: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography. Edgewood Press, 1992.
Meints, Graydon M. Along the Tracks: A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads. Mt. Pleasant, Mich.: Clarke Historical Library, 1987.
---- Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1992.
---- Michigan Railroad Lines. 2 vol. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2005.
---- Railroads for Michigan. East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State University Press, 2013. (General history)
---- Biographical Directory of Michigan Railway Officials, 1830-1917. 2 vols. East Lansing: Michigan State University Libraries, 2013.
---- Michigan Railroad Atlas. 5 vols. East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State University Libraries, 2017.
Maki, Wilbert B. Reminiscences of the Streetcar: 1900-1932. No place: author, c. 1980. (Houghton County Traction)
Meints, Graydon M. The Fishing Line: A History of the Grand Rapids & Indiana. East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State University Press, 2018.
Michigan, Auditor General. Compilations by the Auditor General of the Annual Reports of the Railroad Corporations in the State of Michigan for the Year[s] 1867-[1871]. Lansing: various, 1868-[1871]. Annual.
Michigan, Department of Transportation. Michigan’s Railroad History, 1825 - 2014. Lansing: Dept. of Transp., 2015. On-line document available only at: http://michigan.gov/documents/mdot/Michigan_Railroad_History_506899_7.pdf
Michigan, Railroad Commission. Aids, Gifts, Grants, and Donations to Railroads, including Outlines of Development and Successions in Titles to Railroads in Michigan. Lansing: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford, 1919.
---- Annual Report of the Michigan Railroad Commission, 1871-[1918]. Lansing: various, 1874-[1919]. Annual.
Million, Arthur B. Pere Marquette Passenger Car Pictorial. Grand Haven: Pere Marquette Historical Socy., 2002.
---- and Paton, John. Revenue Freight Cars of the Pere Marquette. ?????????
Monette, Clarence J. The Copper Range Railroad. Lake Linden, Mich.: author, 1989.
---- The Mineral Range Railroad. Lake Linden, Mich.: author, 1993.
---- Keweenaw Central Railroad and the Crestview Resort. Calumet, Mich.: Greenlee Publishing, 1997.
---- Houghton County's Streetcars and Electric Park. Calumet: Greenlee Publishing, 2003.
Mrozek, David J. Railroad Depots of Michigan, 1910-1920. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2008.
Murray, Tom. Canadian National Railway. St. Paul: MBI Publishing Co., 2004.
Myers, Robert C. Locomotives Along the Lakeshore: Railroads of Berrien County, Michigan. Berrien Springs, Mich.: Berrien County Historical Assn., 2010.
---- Autotram: Clark Equipment Company’s Aluminum Railcar. Berrien Springs, Mich.: Berrien County Historical Assn., 2013.
Neu, Irene. Erastus Corning: Merchant and Financier, 1794-1872. Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell Univ. Press, 1960.
Northern Michigan Univ. Transcript of the First Annual Midwest Rail Confer-ence, Tracks to the Future, September 20-21, 1979. [Marquette, 1979]
O'Geran, Graeme. A History of the Detroit Street Railways. N. p.: Conover Press, 1931.
Parks, Robert J. Democracy's Railroads: Public Enterprise in Jacksonian Michigan. Port Washington, N. Y.: Kennikat, 1972.
Pearson, Henry Greenleaf. An American Railroad Builder: John Murray Forbes. Boston: n. p., 1911. (Michigan Central)
The Pere Marquette in 1945. Alderson, W. Va.: C&O Hist. Socy., 1990. (Reprint of 1945 company publication) (Second printing of reprint, 2008)
Pere Marquette List of Stations, Officers, & Agents. Clifton Forge, Va., C&O Hist. Socy., 2018. (Reprint of1942 company publication)
Poupark, Marcell. Railroad Articles from Monroe County, Michigan: 1836 to 1965. Monroe, Mich.: author, 2007. (D&TSL, LS&MS MC, NYC)
Quastler, I. E. Where the Rails Cross: A Railroad History of Durand, Michigan. Coronado, Calif.: R&I Enterprises, 2005. (GTW)
---- Grand Trunk Western Railroad: An Illustrated History. 2009.
Reed, Eben. Railroad Nostalgia and Related Historical Facts of the Clio Area. [Clio, Mich.: author], 1981.
Reniger, Henry J., Jr. A Sesquicentennial Guide Book of the Railroads of Lansing and Ingham County from 1862 to 1987. Lansing: Lansing-North Lansing Electric RR Museum, 1987.
Riggs, Henry R. The Ann Arbor Railroad Fifty Years Ago. Toledo: n. p., 1947.
Rutherford, R. Craig and Sabo, Raymond. Michigan's Railroad Scene (A Rail Fan's Guide). Sterling Heights, Mich.: Michigan Railroad Scene, 1973.
Salsbury, Stephen. No Way to Run a Railroad: The Untold Story of the Penn Central. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982.
Schramm, Jack E., Henning, William H. Detroit's Street Railways: Volume I: City Lines 1863-1922. Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Assoc., 1978.
---- When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails: Book II. The Rapid Railway and Detroit-Port Huron by Rail-Ship-Bus. Glendale, Calif.: Interurban Press,
1986.
---- and Andrews, Richard R. When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails: Book I. Glendale, Calif.: Interurban Press, 1984.
---- When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails: Book III: Detroit to Jackson and Across the State. Glendale, Calif.: Interurban Press, 1988.
---- When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails, Book 4. Polo, Ill.: Transportation Trails, 1994.
---- and Dworman, Thomas J. Detroit Street Railways: Volume II: City Lines 1922-1956. Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Assoc., 1980.
Schramm, Kenneth. Detroit’s Street Railways. Charleston, S. C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006.
Schultz, Robert E. Twin City Trolleys. Berrien Springs, Mich.: Berrien County Historical Assn., 2004. (Streetcars, Benton Harbor-St. Joseph)
Sell, Bob and Findlay, Jim. The Teeter & Wobble. Blissfield, Mich.: authors, 1993.
Shaver, Carl W., editor. Chesapeake and Ohio Diesel Review. Alderson, W. Va.: C&O Hist. Socy., 1982.
Shuster, Philip, Huddleston, Eugene L. and Staufer, Alvin. C&O Power: Steam and Diesel Locomotives of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1900-1965. N. p.: Staufer, 1965.
Smith, Douglas N. W. New York Central's Canadian Streamliners. Ottawa: Trackside Canada, 2002.
Sproule, William J. Copper Country Streetcars. Mt. Pleasant, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2013. (Houghton County Traction)
Sproule, William J. Copper Country Streetcars. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2013. (Houghton County Traction)
Stennett, William H. Yesterday and Today: A History of the Chicago and North Western Railway System. Chicago: n. p., 1900. Reprint Chicago: Ry. & Loco. Hist. Socy., 1981.
Stevens, G. R. Canadian National Railways. 2 vols. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1960, 1962.
---- History of the Canadian National Railways. New York: MacMillan,
1973.
Stroup, Donald. The Manistee & Northeastern: The Life and Death of a Railroad. Lansing: Historical Society Of Michigan, 1964.
Taylor, William, Jr. An American Colossus: A Small Town, A River And A Railroad Yard. Niles, Mich.: Niles Railroad Historical Assn., 1996. (Michigan Central)
Tennant, Robert D., Jr. Canada Southern Country. Erin, Ont., Canada: Boston Mills Press, 1991.
Thornton, W. Neil. High Iron along the Huron Shore. Tawas City, Mich.: Printer's Devil Press, 1982. (Detroit & Mackinac)
Trap, Paul. Grand Haven's Railroads. Grand Haven, Mich.: G. H. Public Schools, n. d.
Trostel, Scott D. Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad: Henry Ford's Railroad. Fletcher, Ohio: Cam-Tech Publishing, 1988.
---- Henry Ford: When I Ran the Railroads. Fletcher, Ohio: Cam-Tech Publishing, 1989. (Detroit, Toledo & Ironton)
Uhelski, John M. and Robert M. An Inventory of the Railroad Depots in the State of Michigan. Crete, Neb.: RR Station Hist. Socy., 1979.
Vander Yacht, Clifford J., compiler. The Pere Marquette in 1945. Clifton Forge, W. Va.: Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, 2008.
VanReken, Donald L. The Interurban Era in Holland, Michigan. Holland, Mich.: author, 1981.
---- Ottawa Beach and Waukazoo: A History. Holland, Mich.: author, 1988. (Pere Marquette)
---- The Railroads of Holland, Michigan; The Nineteenth Century. Holland, Mich.: author, 1997.
---- The Railroads of Holland, Michigan; The Twentieth Century. Holland, Mich.: author, 1998.
vonGerstner, Franz Anton Ritter. Early American Railroads. Ed. Frederick C. Gamst; translated by David J. Diephouse and John C. Decker. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press, 1997.
Wakefield, Lawrence and Lucille. Rail and Sail: A Narrative History of Transportation in the Traverse City Region. Traverse City, Mich.: Wakefield, 1980.
---- Sail & Rail: A Narrative History of Transportation in Western Michigan. Holt, Mich.: Thunder Bay Press, 1996. (Reprint of Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980)
Wallace Janet. Sanilac County Railroads. Carsonville, Mich.: Wallace Publishing Co., 2006.
Wallis, Richard T. The Pennsylvania Railroad at Bay: William Riley McKeen and the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana Univ. Press, 2001.
Warrick, William and McLellan, David. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. Polo, Ill.: Transportation Trails, 1989.
Wolmar, Christian The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America. New York: Public Affairs Books, 2012.
Worrall, Mark and Bernhart, Benjamin L. Michigan Rail Disasters, 1900-1940. Dauberville, Pa.: Outer Station Project, 2007.
Zimmerman, Karl. Lake Michigan's Railroad Car Ferries. Andover, N. J.: Andover Junction Publications, 1993.
Zink, Maximillian A., Krambles, George, et al. Electric Railways of Michigan. Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Assoc., 1959.