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Station: Ann Arbor, MI - Ann Arbor Railroad Facilities
The Ann Arbor railroad used a rail motor car as a way to save money on passenger service.
Image Info: Top, this photo was taken in 1911 and may be at Ann Arbor but unconfirmed. 2nd photo, the Ann Arbor railroad depot in its namesake city, in 1949 in a postcard view. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1902. January 31. The railroad commission approves a temporary grade crossing of the Detroit, Ypsilanti & Jackson railway with the tracks of the Ann Arbor railroad on Huron Street. [MCR-1902]
1918. The AARR had an operator here at their station around the clock. [TRT]
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