Railroad: Detroit Street Railway Trolley

Detroit Trolley Detroit Trolley Ma The Detroit Street Railway owned street car and bus lines in the City of Detroit, By the 1950's most street cars had disappeared.

In the 1980's, the city installed a short trolley line from Grand Circus Park to Cobo Center, along Washington Boulevard. 

Image info: Top, a view of the trolley near Larned Avenue. 2nd image, a street map of the trolley route.


Notes

The Trolley had a car house at the north end of the line which housed two trolley cars.


Time Line

 

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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