This following is an account, by train, of the 99 cars and 16 road engines present. (all consists front to rear)
This following is an account, by train, of the 99 cars and 16 road
engines present, ready for departure after U of M amd MSU game
(all consists front to rear) by Jerry Pinkepank, October 3, 1959
A. Grand Trunk Western Bay City special, engines 4138—4901.
| 1. office car |
Detroit & Mackinac |
2 |
| 2. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
5308 |
| 3. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
5329 |
| 4. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
5331 |
| 5. Railway Exp. |
Grand Trunk Western |
8801 |
| 6. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
5333 |
| 7. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
5321 |
| 8. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4857 |
| 9. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
5313 |
| 10. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4859 |
| 11. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4863 |
| 12. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
8800 |
| 13. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4869 |
| 14. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4868 |
| 15. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4867 |
B. Grand Trunk Western Grand Rapids Special engines 4139 - 4900
| 16. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4856 |
| 17. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4864 |
| 18. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4850 |
| 19. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4866 |
| 20. Railway Exp. |
Grand Trunk Western |
8804 |
| 21. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4872 |
| 23. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4865 |
| 24. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4875 |
| 25. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4855 |
C. Wabash Detroit special engines 484 - 493
| 26. Pullman |
Texas Special |
Mc Callsburg |
| 27. Pullman |
(unmarked, brown, yellow, orange) |
Groseillera |
| 28. Pullman |
unmarked (green) |
Cementon |
| 29. Pullman |
unmarked (gray) |
Field |
| 30. Pullman |
Pennsylvania |
Rittenhouse Square |
| 31. Pullman |
unmarked (gray) |
Glen Sannox |
| 32. Pullman |
unmarked (gray) |
Glen Massan |
| 33. Pullman |
unmarked (gray) |
Glen Falls |
| 34. Pullman |
Southern Pacific |
Prior Lake |
| 35. Pullman |
unmarked (gray—red) |
Clover Brook |
| 36. Pullman |
Union Pacific |
Villa Ada |
| 37. Pullman |
Chi. St. P. Minn. & Omaha |
Villa Hermosa |
| 38. Pullman |
Pennsylvania |
Water Oak |
| 39. Pullman |
unmarked (green) |
Milner Pass |
| 40. coach |
Wabash |
1229
|
| 41. coach |
Wabash |
1412 |
| 42. coach |
Wabash |
1409 |
| 43. coach |
Wabash |
1237 |
D. Wabash Detroit special engines 485—486
| 44. Pullman |
unmarked (gray) |
Lake George |
| 45. Pullman |
Norfolk &Western |
Sunstar Rose |
| 46. Pullman |
unmarked (gray) |
Wittenburg College |
| 47. Pullman |
Southern |
Lake Harney |
| 48. Pullman |
unmarked (gray) |
Rockford College |
| 49. Pullman |
Southern Pacific |
Lake Henderson |
| 50. Pullman |
unmarked (green) |
Park Road |
| 51. Pullman |
Pennsylvania |
Principio |
| 52. Pullman |
unmarked (green) |
Island Vale |
| 53. Pullman |
unmarked (gray) |
Lake Verret |
| 54. Pullman |
unmarked (green) |
Star Finch |
| 55. Pullman |
Pennsylvania |
Lake Girard |
| 56. Pullman |
unmarked (green) |
Praire Trail |
| 57. Pullman |
unmarked (green) |
New Trial |
| 58. Pullman |
unmarked (green) |
Lake Zurich |
| 59. Pullman |
unmarked (green) |
Buchanan |
E. Chesapeake & Ohio Grand Rapids special engines 101 - 108
| 60. coach |
Pere Marquette |
135 |
| 61. coach |
Pere Marquette |
134 |
| 62. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
1654 |
| 63. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
1630 |
| 64. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
1652 |
| 65. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
1620 |
| 66. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
1645 |
| 67. Club Car |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
Chessie Club 1903 |
| 68, coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
1615 |
| 69. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
1649 |
| 70. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
1655 |
F. Grand Trunk Western Saginaw special engine 4915
| 71. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4874 |
| 72. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4852 |
| 73. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4860 |
| 74. Railway Express |
Grand Trunk Western |
8525 |
| 75. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4873 |
| 76. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4851 |
| 77. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4861 |
| 78. coach |
Grand Trunk Western |
4853 |
G. Chesapeake & Ohio Grand Rapids special engines 4520—103
| 79. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
865 |
| 80. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
872 |
| 81. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
868 |
| 82. Railway Express |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
329 |
| 83. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
864 |
| 84. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
834 |
| 85. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
705 |
| 86. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
703 |
| 87. Railway Express |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
338 |
| 88. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
715 |
| 89. coach |
Chesapeake & Ohio |
709 |
H. Ann Arbor Toledo special engine Wabash 481
| 90. coach |
Baltimore & Ohio |
5270 |
| 91. Railway Express |
Baltimore & Ohio |
493 |
| 92. coach |
Baltimore & Ohio |
5320 |
| 93. coach |
Baltimore & Ohio |
5274 |
| 94. coach |
Baltimore & Ohio |
5271 |
| 95. coach |
Baltimore & Ohio |
5200 |
| 96. coach |
Baltimore & Ohio |
5428 |
I. Cars for Detroit to go on either Wabash special
| 97. Pullman |
Chicago & Northwestern |
Villa Road |
| 98. Pullman |
unmarked (gray) |
Garden Valley |
| 99. Pullman |
unmarked (green) |
Robert Hoyle |
Add Ann Arbor yard engine No. 6, Ann Arbor road switcher No. 20, and the
three Ann Arbor OCS cars that brought supplies, and you have 102 cars, 16
locomotives, a grand total of 118 pieces of rolling stock, quite an assemblage.
