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1912 map of the railway The Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Railroad , was a 3 ft 2 in ( 965 mm ) narrow gauge [ 2 ] short line operated from Bay City northward to the Lake Huron port of Alpena . The line was converted to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge in 1886 [ 3 ] and was reorganized into the Detroit and Mackinac (D&M) on December ...
Starting in 1945 Detroit Terminal Railroad began replacing its steam locomotives with diesel-electric locomotives. It purchased its first two diesel locomotives from Baldwin Locomotive Company in 1945, numbers 101 and 102, both models VO-1000, followed by #103, a DS44-1000 in 1947.
Pages in category "Preserved steam locomotives of Michigan" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Western Maryland Railway Steam Locomotive No. 202: 1984 NRHP Hagerstown, MD: MI-01 Pere Marquette Railway Locomotive No. 1223: 2000 NRHP Grand Haven, MI: MI-02 Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive No. 5: 2005 NRHP Nahma Township, MI: MI-03 Pere Marquette Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1225: 2004 NRHP Owosso, MI: MN-01 Soo Line Locomotive 2719: 4 ...
Pages in category "Railway locomotives introduced in 1950" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The railroad replaced its steam locomotives with two diesel electric switcher locomotives manufactured by American Locomotive Company, purchased in 1945 (model S-1 #51 and #52) [9] and the third purchased in the early 1950s (model S-2 #60). For a few years, the railroad touted that they were the first completely dieselized railroad in Michigan.
This level of service lasted at least to 1950. By 1955 the only passenger service remaining was a single daily train from Munising to Princeton; Marquette and Big Bay were no longer served. All passenger service had been discontinued by 1960. By 1962, diesel locomotives had replaced steam locomotives on the line.
Motive power was provided by Class A 4-4-2 steam locomotives between Chicago and Milwaukee, and by the Class F3 Pacifics north. Dieselization came in 1950 with Erie-builts from Fairbanks-Morse. Later diesels included EMD E7s, EMD FP7s, and finally EMD GP9s. The train received newer equipment in 1948, including third-generation Beaver Tail parlors.