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IN's locomotive paint scheme is reminiscent of the Detroit and Toledo Shore Line's (DTSL) Nickel Plate Road influenced scheme from the 1950s. This was also the original paint scheme on IN's predecessor Pigeon River Railroad's only locomotive, former DTSL GP7 number 47.
D&LN logo old DT&I Railroad map. In 1901, the merger of the Detroit and Lima Northern Railway and the Ohio Southern Railway formed the Detroit Southern Railroad. [1] This company was purchased at foreclosure on May 1, 1905, by Harry B. Hollins & Company of New York, which reincorporated it in the state of Michigan under the name of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway.
The Detroit and Mackinac Railway (reporting marks D&M, DM), informally known as the "Turtle Line", was a railroad in the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The railroad had its main offices and shops in Tawas City with its main line running from Bay City north to Cheboygan , and operated from 1894 to 1992.
The first locomotive in Grand Trunk Western's Battle Creek locomotive shops. c. 1908. Over its history, Grand Trunk Western has had rail yards and engine terminals located in Detroit, Battle Creek, Durand, Flat Rock, Flint, Grand Rapids, Pontiac, Port Huron, Blue Island, Illinois and Chicago. In each of these cities, GTW had engine terminals ...
The Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad (reporting mark DTS) is a historic railroad that operated in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan. The Pleasant Bay Railway was incorporated in Michigan in March 1898 and purchased the Toledo and Ottawa Beach Railway , an Ohio company incorporated in January 1898, in March 1899.
In 1919 new freight and locomotive terminals were constructed in Niles, Michigan. However, the primary locomotive and car repair shops during the steam era were located in Jackson, Michigan, established in 1871. They closed in 1949 during a coal strike and never reopened due to the conversion of motive power to diesel engines.
The Phase paint schemes have been used on most passengers equipment – locomotives, passenger cars, and trainsets – as well as some non-passenger cars and non-revenue equipment. Phase schemes generally have red, white, and blue on the sides of equipment, with black or gray sections around the wheels and roof to hide grime.
The first of the Midland Railway 990 Class locomotives painted in photographic grey in 1908 Side-view builder's photo of a South Australian Railways narrow-gauge T class locomotive painted photographic grey in 1903 A 94 class locomotive of the Cambrian Railways painted in two shades of photographic grey to further pick out detail and with a variation on the company's livery.