Rails Around the Thumb by T J Gaffney

Rails Around the Thumb by T J Gaffney

Discover how important railroads once were to Michigan's Thumb region in this wonderful collection of images. Although the area is best known for its agrarian roots, the railroad operations were involved in so much more, from light industries that fed the auto industry to shipments of fish from Saginaw Bay into eastern markets. Return to a time when everyone knew the route of the Polly-Ann, local citizens identified the time of day by the sound of a train whistle, and the arrival of a train crew nearly doubled a town's population. Many of the images in this book have never been seen before, or, if so, only in a family's living room, soon to be returned to grandpa's trunk in the attic. These images surfaced to introduce future generations to what railroading in the Thumb once was. In an age when many of
these railroad lines have disappeared, it can be hard to believe how many once crisscrossed this area.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9780738592169
ISBN 10	0738592161
Titel	Rails Around the Thumb
Autor	T J Gaffney
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Arcadia Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2012-03-26
Seitenanzahl	128
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.