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Junction II - Ann Arbor Revisited
N Scale layout article as featured in the August 2008
Railroad Model Craftsman,
with bonus photos added
Just
a few years before bankruptcy relegated the
Ann Arbor Railroad to a sequence of takeovers and reorganization in the
mid-1970s, Railroad Model Craftsman featured a great story about this
classic Midwestern short line. In
the 1973 article, author Jim Boyd boarded the Ann Arbor Railroad’s car
ferry Viking in
Manitowoc,
Wisconsin, and journeyed across Lake Michigan to the
Ann Arbor
’s port facilities in Elberta,
Michigan. He then followed the route
all the way to the railroad’s terminal at Toledo,
Ohio.
The story chronicled Jim’s experiences
along the line as he observed and recorded the railroad’s operations.
From the loading and unloading of freight cars on and off the
boats, to the daily trains that moved cargo across the system in
coordination with the cross-lake service, Jim did a great job describing
the Ann Arbor’s daily operations in the mid-1970s.
Best of all, the article featured a lot of good photos and detailed
information about the railroad’s fleet of motive power and rolling
stock. It was a virtual
snapshot in time, allowing modelers of both then and now to gain valuable
insight on the railroad.
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