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Locomotive Build date Model Disposition Location Notes References 75316 Delaware and Hudson 1205: December 1951 RF-16: Stored Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad at Wells, Michigan [39] 75372 Delaware and Hudson 1216: January 1952 RF-16 Stored Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad at Wells, Michigan [39] 75707 US Navy 65-00367 November 1952 S-12 ...
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.
The stone depot in Standish, Michigan is also a museum, with rolling stock. The railroad's GE 44-ton locomotive, #10, has been preserved by the Southern Michigan Railroad Society. 0-6-0 Locomotive #8 (Baldwin Locomotive Works #41228) is preserved and awaiting restoration in storage at The Henry Ford (Greenfield Village) in Dearborn, Michigan.
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.
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 ...
The first steam locomotives operated in early 1837, with an average speed of 10 miles per hour (16 km/h). [3] [4] Further north, the Detroit and Pontiac Railroad had completed a 12.3-mile (19.8 km) line from Detroit north to Royal Oak. Operations began in 1838 but would be horse-drawn until the following year.