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| Author: | Dave Sutter [ Thu Jan 09, 2003 10:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Detroit and Mackinac Rwy |
I am curious to learn what equipment survives from the old Detroit and Mackinac Rwy. What is preserved and what is off forgotten in a field. Michigan Transit Museum sutterd@hotmail.com |
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| Author: | T.J. Gaffney [ Sun Jan 12, 2003 4:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Detroit and Mackinac Rwy |
> I am curious to learn what equipment > survives from the old Detroit and Mackinac > Rwy. What is preserved and what is off > forgotten in a field. Dave- This is what I know of, and its far from complete. Henry Ford Museum: D&M 0-6-0 (To my knowledge, only D&M Steamer preserved) D&M Wooden Combine, I believe #203. D&M Wooden Caboose W-52 (looks much like a PM A500 or A600 car) Grayling- D&M (Ex-PRR N5C I believe) caboose #207, possibly 40 foot boxcar as well. Cheboygen or Alpena- A troop sleeper that was converted into an office. Still labeled Detroit & Mackinac on the side. I think the D&MHS has a picture of it on their website, which has made leaps and bounds since it began. Peck or Sandusky- D&M wood caboose, no cupola. She was sold by the D&M to the Detroit, Caro & Sandusky and became their #1 around 1935 or so. She was in REALLY rough shape, and was sitting in a farmer's field as a shed. Its been at least 10 years since I last saw it, so it may have finally fallen in. You could still read "1" above the door the last time I saw it. This does raise one VERY important point, I might add-- never think that a piece of abandoned rail equipment is mundane, or too ordinary to photograph. There have been a couple of opportunities that I really blew in the past because I didn't record them when I had the chance. A couple of cars and structures I should have taken pictures of in my Ohio days come to mind. For instance, I took (and video-ed!) the old Heath tower on the PRR-Panhandle, but I never thought to take a shot of the little building kitty-corner from it, because I assumed it was nothing. Later I learned it was NYC station at the junction, just in really bad shape. Now there both gone. **sigh*** Port Huron, Michigan tjgaffney@phmuseum.org |
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