Duluth South Shore and Atlantic Train #1 is waiting for the arrival of NYC #207 from Detroit. After eating breakfast in the depot's restaurant, passengers wishing to head north to points in the U... (more)
After a group of people had gathered for their annual celebration in Cheboygan there were so many folks wanting to go home that an extra coach was required to handle all the passengers. Since the... (more)
When NYC night trains #202 and #207 between Detroit and Mackinaw City were discontinued they were replaced by Budd RDC 3 cars which ran in the daytime. Here we see the morning Bee Liner about to ... (more)
In checking through my collection of Mackinaw City slides I came across this photo of a weed sprayer. Unfortunately, I did not date the slide. It probably is some time in the 1960's. As you can... (more)
The night train from Detroit is ending its run in Mackinaw City behind a Lima Mohawk. As you can tell by the cars visible in the photo, train 207 carried a large amount of Mail and Express to the ... (more)
With Bangor & Aroostook #80 and an unknown NYC Diesel on the head end this rather short northbound freight is about 6 miles from the terminus of the former Pennsy line from Fort Wayne to Mackinaw ... (more)
The Pennsy's summer train, THE NORTHERN ARROW, has just arrived at its destination, Mackinaw City. Michigan with sections from St. Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago. It is 1961, the last year of PRR p... (more)
it is late afternoon and the Pennsy's summer time NORTHERN ARROW with sections headed for Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago via Fort Wayne has backed out onto the railroad dock to pick up passenge... (more)
This shows the TIMBERLINER, a summer weekend train which would leave Detroit late on Friday afternoon, arriving at Mackinaw City around midnight. It would return to Detroit late Sunday afternoon.... (more)
The NORTHERN ARROW was made up of sections from Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago. It operated during the summer months to bring tourists and cottage owners to northern Michigan resorts. Its dest... (more)
