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Date
Town Mile
Engine
Description

3/18/1926
Urania 35
193
Broken truck spring

4/10/1926
Wright 143
102
Front tank truck derailed

4/13/1926
Elberta 291
161

4/16/1926
Durand 96
193
Car Derailment

4/17/1926
Clare 177
152
Car derailment

4/20/1926
Pomona 266
185
Broken car beam

4/22/1926
Pomona 266
184

4/30/1926
Junction switch 290
186
Derailment track conditions

5/3/1926
Mesick 254
187
Car derailment

5/6/1926
Carland 117
GT 697
Broken journal N&W 78266 coal

5/8/1926
Ithaca 140
104
Derailment engine tank truck

5/9/1926
Selma 228
126

5/12/1926
Mt. Pleasant 164
184

5/31/1926
Chilson 67
160
Car derailment

6/2/1926
Lucas 222
162
Car Derailment

6/2/1926
Owosso 111
102
Derailment engine tank

6/9/1926
Ann Arbor 45
107

6/13/1926
Ann Arbor 45
109, 182
Extra 182 west had left Ferry yard and while passing Ann Arbor passenger

station, train parted. Yard engine 109 shoving 10 cars of coal, followed this

extra about 15 or 20 minutes and while conductor, who was riding lad car,

saw rear end extra 182 15 or 20 car lengths away, could not signal to yard

engine because on first attempt to give stop signal his lantern went out.

Due to very heavy rain and wind storm, he was unable to get his lantern

lighted again and his efforts to attract the brakemen, riding the cut 5 cars

back of him, by yelling, were unavailable. Accident resulted in serious

damage to caboose and three empty cars, all derailed.

6/15/1926
Milan 31
2219
Wabash engine 2219 was derailed on the Fletcher & Lee elevator track,

owned by the Ann Arbor.

6/17/1926
McBain 218
157
Car derailment

6/26/1926
Elberta 292
161
Derailment C&NW 133212 unloading boat No. 4

6/27/1926
Copemish 267
185
Derailment N&W 80889 brake rigging failure

7/8/1926
Yuma 251
156
Car derailment

7/8/1926
Elsie 120
102
Handling Big Four baggage car

7/12/1926
Howell 74
190
Engine derailment

7/14/1926
Elberta 291
161

7/28/1926
Lake George 194
154
Coal dock

8/2/1926
Owosso 107
153
Car derailment CB&Q 106060 feed, FT-2

8/14/1926
Mesick 245
187
Car derailment

8/14/1926
Farwell 185
183

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