Vol
1, No. 1
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- Cover Photo: Nose shot
of #388
- Back Cover Photo: TSBY
#389 working at Clare
- Major Articles: Aboard
the City of Milwaukee
by Steve Elve
- Modeler's Column: AA
#303, TSBY #466 and MN #2037 based on the Atlas RS3
- Photos: AA train #52,
Durand, 1942 (2 pictures)
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Vol. 1, No. 2
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- Cover Photo: FAs with
freight at Boon
- Major Articles:
"Rails Across Lake Michigan" (Reprint of article from 1952 Railway
Age
- Photos: S3 #7 unloading
the AKA, 1981; RS2s #301 and #303, Durand Depot, 1981; #393 with freight
at Dundee and Milan, undated pictures
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Vol. 1, No. 3
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- Cover Photo: GP38 #7802
in Michigan Interstate paint scheme, undated
- Major Articles: Twelve Years Ago
Along the Ann Arbor, part 1, by Jim Sinclair
- News Items: TSBY Cars from AA Cars
(most are boxcars)
- Modeler's Column: AA Freight Cars: Airslide Hopper, Cement
Hopper and Gondola
- Photos: AARRT&HA excursion, 8/24/85; AA #7791 in Michigan
Interstate paint scheme
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Vol. 1, No. 4
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- Cover Photo: AA 4-6-0
#120, Owosso, 10/47
- Back Cover Photo: AA 4-6-0 #130, Owosso , 7/36
- Major Articles: Twelve Years Ago
Along the Ann Arbor, part 2, by Jim Sinclair
- News Items: Ann Arbor Equipment
Auctioned Off
- Modeler's Column: Decal sets available
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Vol. 2, No. 1 Spring 1986
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- Cover
Photo: AA #10, Ann Arbor, 6/80
- Back Cover Photo: RS2 #301, Owosso, 1978
- Major Articles: Twelve
Years Ago Along the Ann Arbor, part 3, by Jim Sinclair
- News Items: Railroad Museum Receives State (AA) Equipment
- Modeler's Column: Mt. Pleasant Depot
(with HO plans)
- Miscellaneous:
NMRA/AAMRC offers HO and O scale sand hoppers for sale
- Photos: AA 4-6-0
#121, Owosso, 1934; AA 2-8-0 #2180, Toledo, 1936; AA 4-6-0 #1614, Owosso, 1939
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Vol 2, No. 2 Undated
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- Cover Photo:
RS1 #21 (Wabash style paint scheme), Ann Arbor,
1951
- Back Cover Photo: RS1s #20 and #21,
Owosso, 12/85
- Major Articles: The Alco RS-1
- News Items: Toledo area activity
- Modeler's Column: The
Great RS1 Kitbash
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Vol.. 2, No. 3 Summer 1986
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- Cover
Photo: M&LS #1, Steuben, 10/5/68
- Back Cover Photo: Caboose 2836
- Major Articles: The Day Coal Car
Ran Wild Through TC, 9/8/48, by Larry Wakefield
- News Items: Boxcar #1270 at Muskegon ; AA Equipment
Dispositions
- Modeler's Column: AA models available
- Photos:Wabash FA2 #821
(ex-AA #55A); caboose #2834
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Vol.
2, No. 4 Fall1986
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- Cover Photo:
The Milan Interlock Tower
- Back Cover Photo: The Milan Interlock Tower
- Major
Articles: Muskegon Car Ferry Proposal (using the Viking)
- News Items:
MDOT re Boat Landing property; Muskegon to
Acquire Viking
- Modeler's Column: Milan Tower
(HO Plans)
- Photos: LS&I and PC units on the AA
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Vol.
3, No. 1 Winter 1987
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- Cover
Photo: AA boxcar #1217
- Back Cover
Photo: AA boxcar #349
- Major
Articles: The Pullman Standard Box Car
by Craig Wilson
- Red Board West by Jim Sinclair:
Ferry Yard
- News Items: Viking project at Muskegon is dead
- Ex-AA
#303 repainted
- Modeler's Column:
Modeling the PS-1 Boxcar
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Vol. 3, No. 2 Spring 1987
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- Cover
Photo: AA GP35 with freight, Boon,
10/1/77
- Back Cover Photo: Steamer #1614,
Whitmore Lake, 5/5/50
- Major Articles: AA
Freight Car Fleet, Part 2: Other Steel
Boxcars, series 250, 1000 and 68000, by Craig Wilson
- Ann Arbor passenger
timetable, 5/1/39
- Red Board West by Jim Sinclair: 1968 Operations
- News Items: Muskegon voters reject car ferry proposal
- Frankfort
doesn't want the City of Milwaukee
- Modeler's Column: More Ann Arbor Boxcars
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Vol.
3, No. 3 Summer 1987
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- Cover
Photo: 2-8-2s in roundhouse, Boat
Landing, 1940
- Major Articles: AA Freight
Car Fleet, Part 3: Detroit,
Toledo and
Ironton Cars by Craig Wilson
- Red Board West by Jim Sinclair: Ferry Yard Personnel
- News Items: Car ferry news; 1972 Freight Car Roster
- Modeler's
Column: Modeling DT&I cars
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Vol.
3, No. 4 Fall 1987
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- Cover
Photo: Line drawings of 2 GACX Covered
Hoppers
- Back Cover Photo: Ann Arbor ,5, 1939
- Major Articles: Ann Arbor Freight Car Fleet, part 4: Leased Cars by Craig Wilson
- Red Board West by
Jim Sinclair: Ferry Yard Personnel,
continued
- News Items: RS1 update; Frankfort ferry proposal Central Michigan
takes over GTW line to Muskegon
- Modeler's Column: Dundee Depot in HO scale
- Modeling the Leased
Freight Cars
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Vol
4, No. 1 Winter 1988
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- Cover
Photo: Ann Arbor No. 3 leaving
Boat Landing, early 1900s
- Major Articles:
Ann Arbor Railroad Marine Operations by Don G. Wilson The Burning of the
Frontenac (Frankfort resort hotel, 1912) by Pete Sandman
- News
Items: Frankfort Car ferry referendum
fails
- Modeler's Column: Ann Arbor decal sets
available
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Vol.
4, No. 2 Spring 1988
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- Cover
Photo: FA2s, Owosso water tower, 1950s,
drawing by Craig Wilson
- Back Cover Photo:
4-6-0 #121 with passenger train #51 departing Owosso, undated
- Major
Articles: Ann Arbor Freight Car Consists
by Mark E. Vaughn
- Red Board West by Jim Sinclair: Ann Arbor 1968 Noteworthy Events
- M&LS
Superintendent's letter (5/22/68) to Jim Sinclair
- News Items: TSBY operations
- Modeler's
Column: Applying Train Consist Data
- Miscellaneous: HO and N scale TSBY Grain Hoppers for sale
- Photos:;4-6-0
#121 with passenger train #51 departing Owosso, undated
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Vol.
4, No. 3 Summer 1988
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- Cover
Photo: Atlantic #1614 taking on water,
undated
- Back Cover Photo: RS2s #301 and
#303 at Byron with freight TO-3, 1981
- Major Articles: Reflections on the Ann Arbor Railroad, with
map of Ashley, by Don Pertner
- Red Board West by Jim Sinclair: Ann Arbor 1969 Noteworthy Events
- Modeler's
Column: Byron Depot plans
- Photos: TSBY
RS1 #2394, Vassar, 1978; S-3 #10 with
cabooses, Owosso, undated
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Vol.
4, No. 4 Fall 1988
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- Cover
Photo: Ann Arbor No. 6, entering
Frankfort harbor, 1939
- Back Cover Photo:
TSBY #385 with AARRT&HA excursion, Mt. Pleasant, Fall 1984
- Major
Articles: Toledo, Ann Arbor and North
Michigan Railway, Seventh Annual Report, 1887 Car Ferry Pilot House name plates
by Craig Wilson and H. Arnt Gerritsen
- Red Board West by Jim Sinclair: Communications changes; acquiring PCs Ypsilanti branch
- News
Items: Last Train to Boat Landing; Car ferries for sale
- Modeler's Column: ex DT&I wood cabooses; Santa's caboose
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Vol. 5, No. 1 Winter 1989
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- Cover
Photo: GP-35 #390, Owosso, 1974
- Back
Cover Photo: AARR Alco #10 with caboose
#2831, Owosso, 1/70
- Major Articles: AARR
Alco S-1 and S-3 Switchers, by Craig Wilson (with drawings and photos of
various paint schemes)
- Red Board West by Jim Sinclair: Alco S-1s and S-3s
- News Items: Pere Marquette #1225; City of Milwaukee
to remain at Frankfort; Chief Wawatam to be cut down to a barge
- Modeler's
Column: Modeling the SHPX Malt cars
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Vol.
5, No. 2 Spring 1989
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- Cover
Photo: AA GP38, Ann Arbor, 6/87
- Back
Cover Photo: DT&I #350, Alma,
8/22/68
- Major Articles: Reprint of the first half of AA Timetable #113
(10/11/64; last one issued) WHAT IF:
Wabash paint scheme on newer AA power
- Red Board West by Jim
Sinclair: Reading Operating Timetable
#113
- News Items: Owosso news
- Modeler's
Column: Does Anyone Really Model the Ann
Arbor?
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Vol
5, No. 3 Summer 1989
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- Cover
Photo: Atlantic #1612 with RPO and
coach, Train #52, 1940s
- Major Articles:
Reprint of the second half of AA Timetable #113 (10/11/64; last one
issued) The Evolution of a Herald
- Red Board West by Jim Sinclair: More on reading Operating Timetable #113
- News
Items: Car Ferry News; AA boxcar #1351 for sale
- Modeler's
Column: Details, Details, Details (Mile
Post, Whistle Post and Flanger Warning Post
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Vol.
5, No. 4 Fall 1989
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- Cover Photo: M&LS 2-8-0 #2380, Manistique, c. 1950
- Major
Articles: M&LS by Hugh
Hornstein: Introduction and Chapter 1, The
Manistique and Northwestern
- Red Board West by Jim Sinclair: A Mother's Day Ride, Part 1
- News Items: GTW Car Ferries sold, AA Boats Next?; TSBY Business Car #1 Sold
- Modeler's
Column: Car ferry billboard revisited
(reprinted from issue #24, 82-3)
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Vol.
6, No. 1 Winter 1990
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- Cover
Photo: GP35 #390 with freight on former
Michigan Northern trackage, 12/89
- Back Cover Photo: TSBY GP35 #391, 12/22/89
- Major Articles: M&LS by Hugh Hornstein: Chapter 2, Boom
and Bust: MM&N and M&N
- Red Board West by Jim Sinclair: A Mother's Day Ride, Part 2, including Map of
Toledo as of 1/15/72
- News Items: KLS&C Business car "The
Solomon" (Ex TSBY); TSBY's new
paint scheme; Will City of Milwaukee Promote Development?: Opposing
Views
- Modeler's Column: Frankfort Hoist
Houses
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Vol.
6, No. 2 Spring 1990
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- Cover
Photo: AnnPere Tower, undated
- Back Cover
Photo: Nose view of AA RS1 #21 in Owosso
Shops, 10/15/71
- Major Articles: M&LS
by Hugh Hornstein: Chapter 3, M&LS
(1909-1968) an overview
- Red Board West by Jim Sinclair: A Mother's Day Ride, Part 3
- News Items: More Locomotive Repaints; Rail Removal Begins at Boat Landing
- Modeler's
Column: The Elusive "Frog Eye"
(On RS1s); CDS AA Dry Transfers
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Vol.
6, No. 3 Summer 1990
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- Cover Photo: AA 4-4-2 #1611 leaving Cherry Street station
with #51, 7/19/50
- Back Cover Photo: TSBY
#388 with Passenger Special, Howell, 5/90
- Major Articles: The End of Passenger Trains on the Ann Arbor
(Special issue) Summer Railroading: Where Are the Trains by Don Maddock and
Craig Wilson
- Modeler's Column: The
Challenge of Modeling Ann Arbor Passenger Trains
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Vol.
6, No. 4 Fall1990
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- Cover
Photo: City of Milwaukee,
Frankfort, 9/90
- Back Cover Photo: Milwaukee
(ex-M. M. & N. ,1) off Grand Haven, undated
- Major Articles: M&LS by Hugh Hornstein: Chapter 4, Railroad Car Ferry Operations RS1
#20 Returns to Owosso
- Photos: Pere
Marquette caboose A909
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Vol.
7, No. 1 Winter 1991
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- Cover
Photo: GP-35 #393 and Snowplow #4502,
Boat Landing, 1981
- Back Cover Photo: Ann
Arbor outside braced boxcars #74108 and #41012
- Major Articles: M&LS by Hugh Hornstein: Chapter 6, Storms, Wrecks and Accidents
- News
Items: RS1 #20 to go to Shepherd; Huron and Eastern Takes Over TSBY's Vassar
Operation; More Harsh Economic News for Frankfort
- Modeler's Column: Of Paper and Pulpwood
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Vol.
7, No. 2 Spring 1991
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- Cover
Photo: FA2 #54 with freight, Ashley,
1953
- Major Articles: Ashley Depot (with
drawings) M&LS by Hugh Hornstein: Chapter 5, Railroad Operations
- News Items: Transfer of Vassar Line Becomes Official TSBY's
25 ton GE Switcher
- Modeler's Column: Of
Paper and Pulpwood-2: GBW Paper cars of the 1970s
- Photos:Soo Line gondola
#67559 with pulpwood, Boat Landing, 8/60
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Vol.
7, No. 3 Summer 1991
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- Cover
Photo: Mesick Depot, undated
- Back Cover
Photos: Cohoctah, Shepherd and Mesick
depots
- Major Articles: Motive Power
Swapping on the Ann Arbor: 1966-1968 DT&I Power on the Ann Arbor; More
Depots: Similar to the one at Ashley (Hamburg and Bannister)
- Milan Area
Observations: March-May 1991
- News
Items: Clare Interlock Dismantled; RS1 Project Update
- Modeler's Column: DT&I GP-38s and GP-7s
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Vol.
7, No. 4 Fall 1991
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- Cover
Photo: AA Whitcomb 44 tonner #1, Owosso,
9/47
- Back Cover Photo: TSBY #394 and
#390 with freight, Clare, 8/24/91
- Major Articles: M&LS by Hugh Hornstein: Chapter 7, "Sities" and Stations,
Sidings and Spurs
- News Items: TSBY RS2
#466 Sold, Goes to Michigan Southern at White Pigeon; Ann Arbor Equipment on
the Move (RS1); Milan Tower is Finally Closed
- Modeler's Column: GBW Paper cars update; New Models
- Photos:;Ludington and Northern #16
on TSBY, Owosso, 8/23/91
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Vol.
8, No. 1 Winter 1992
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- Cover
Photo: Russell Plow #4502, c. 1982
- Major
Articles: M&LS by Hugh
Hornstein: Chapter 8, Railroad Equipment
My Association with M&LS #1 by Nick Modders
- News Items: New Ownership for TSBY; Central Michigan
sells Muskegon Rail Operation to Railtex (Michigan Shore RR)
- Modeler's
Column: New Products
- Miscellaneous: Viking manifest lists, May 28-29, 1976
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Vol.
8, No. 2 Spring 1992
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- Cover
Photo: AA 2-6-0 #28 loading Ann Arbor
,3, Elberta, c. 1900
- Major Articles: 1889 Rule Book of the Toledo, Ann Arbor and
North Michigan Railway
- Milan Area Observations:
December 1991 to February 1992
- News Items: RS1 #20 and caboose #2845 in Shepherd
- Modeler's Column: Model Update
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Vol.
8, No. 3 Summer 1992
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- Cover
Photo: TSBY #393 and #391 with freight
on trestle over Manistee River, 1992
- Back Cover Photo: AA RS1 #20 with caboose (at Shepherd ?),
undated
- Major Articles: M&LS by Hugh
Hornstein: Chapter 9, The End; RS1s on
the Manistique and Lake Superior by Ralph Matthies
- Milan Area Observations: March-May 1992
- News Items: Milan Tower Demolished; Car Ferries Moving Off Lakes?
- Modeler's
Column: GP35s Galore
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Vol.
8, No. 4 Fall 1992
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- Cover Photo: Ann Arbor No. 1, Toledo, 1892
- Back Cover
Photo: Michigan Interstate Rwy #394, #391 and #386, near Boon, 10/1/77
- Major
Articles: 100 Years Ago: Car Ferry
Service Begins; M&LS by Hugh Hornstein:
Chapter 10, The Remains, Twenty Years Later and the Epilogue
- Milan Area
Observations: June-August 1992
- News Items:
Restoring AA Whitcomb #1
- Modeler's Column: GP35 Details and Decals
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Vol.
9, No. 1 Winter 1993
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- Cover
Photo: AA GP-38s #7771 and #7802, Milan, 2/20/93
Major Articles: The Sinking of Ann Arbor
No. 4, February 14, 1923
- Milan Area Observations: September 1992 through February 1993
- Equipment
Profile: Ann Arbor 40' single-sheathed
box cars, series 11400/73750
- News Items:
TSBY acquires ex-Southern GP35s
- Modeler's Column: Decal Update
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Vol.
9, No. 2 Spring 1993
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- Cover Photo: 2-8-0 #2181;
- Major Articles: Steam Locomotives at Boat Landing, May 1945
(Also see: Winter 1995)
- Milan Area Observations: March through May 1993
- Equipment
Profile: Ann Arbor 40' single-sheathed box cars,
series 10300/41000, 10550/41250 and 74000
- News Items:
TSBY's 25 tonner Receives New Paint
- Modeler's Column: Industry Database
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Vol.
9, No. 3 Summer 1993
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- Cover
Photo: Pomona Wreck, July 4, 1929
- Back
Cover Photo: AA outside braced boxcar
#73839, 1946
- Major Articles: The Wreck of 185: Pomona, Michigan, July 4, 1929
(Also see: Winter 1994) The Northern Reaches of the Ann Arbor, July 18-22, 1989 (A summary of all stations north of Owosso)
- Milan
Area Observations: May and June 1993
- Equipment
Profile: Ann Arbor 40' single-sheathed
box cars, series 11400/73750: revisited
- News Items: Changes Ahead for Boat Landing
- Modeler's
Column: Modeling the 73750 series box
cars in HO scale
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Vol.
9, No. 4 Fall 1993
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- Cover
Photo: AA Boxcar #4635 (ex-1113), Ann
Arbor, 6/75
- Back Cover Photos: AA Boxcar
#X4642 (ex-1133), Boat Landing, 6/75 AA
Boxcar #4635 (ex-1113), Ferry Yard, 4/17/76;
- Major Articles: The Wabash Acquired the Ann Arbor
- Milan Area
Observations: June - October 1993
- Equipment Profile: Ann Arbor 1100-1149 series box cars
- News
Items: Summer NRHS Highlander Special at
Alma
- Modeler's Column: Alco S1/S3 Hood
Conversion Project
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Vol.
10, No. 1 Winter 1994
|
- Cover Photo: Mike #185 derailed, Pomona,
7/4/29
- Major Articles: Wreck of 185, Pomona, July 4, 1929: Revisited (Also see: Summer 93)
- Milan
Area Observations: 15 October 1993 - 27
January 1994
- News Items: City of Milwaukee and Elberta area update
- Modeler's
Column: Superwood cars: Ann Arbor 900 series, bulkhead flatcars
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Vol.
10, No. 2 Spring 1994
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- Cover
Photo: FA2 #51, Toledo, 5/28/61
- Back
Cover Photo: Ross and White tower, Boat
Landing, 8/88
- Major Articles: Shepherd's
Bizarre Log Train Calamity: May 9, 1891
- Structure Profile: Diesel Era Sanding
Facilities, part 1: Toledo, Owosso and
Elberta (with HO scale plans)
- News
Items: Elberta Submits Plan for
Development of Boat Landing
- Modeler's Column:
Ideas for Modeling the Boat Landing Sand House
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Vol.
10, No. 3 Summer 1994
|
- Cover Photo:
AA S-3 #7, Ferry Yard, 5/26/70
- Back Cover Photo: Ferry Yard Office, 5/28/87
- Major
Articles: Survival on the Pilot and
Death in the Cab of Engine #19, October 20-21, 1905 A Summer's Day Cab Ride in Ann Arbor
- Milan
Area Observations: 28 January through 2
August 1994
- News Items: AKA and
Viking To Begin New Career?
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Vol.
10, No. 4 Fall 1994
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- Cover Photo: Ann Arbor
No. 3
- Back Cover Photo: Frankfort harbor map,
1904
- Major Articles: Boat Landing, Part 1, The Early Years; AARRT&HA Membership: Geographical
Distribution, by Don Wilson
- Milan Area
Observations: 2 August through 30
November 1994
- News Items: Ann Arbor Car Ferries in
Ludington
- Modeler's Column: Potential
Decal Projects
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Vol. 11, No. 1 Winter 1995
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- Cover Photo: Wabash outbound from Boat
Landing, undated
- Back Cover Photo: Boat
Landing, 1939;Major Articles: Boat
Landing, Part 2, 1920-1950
- Locomotives
at Boat Landing, May 1945: Revisited (Also see: Spring 1993)
- News Items: Former AA Tracks Thompsonville to Elberta
Removed
- Modeler's Column: Modeling the
Ann Arbor Ross and White sand towers in HO scale
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Vol.
11, No. 2 Spring / Summer 1995
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- Cover Photo: AKA
being loaded by #7, 7/25/81
- Back Cover Photo:
Coaling tower, Boat Landing, 8/60
- Major Articles: Head on in the Smoke and Fog (Mt. Pleasant), September 17, 1908 Boat Landing, Part 3, Special Equipment]
- Milan Area
Observations: February 1, 1995 through
June 30, 1995
- Modeler's Column: Ross and
White sand tower: the tower and ladder assemblies
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Vol.
11, No. 3 Fall 1995
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- Cover
Photo: CRDX Malt Car 4828 at Elberta
- Back
Cover Photo: Model of CRDX 4848 by Craig
Wilson
- Major Articles: Arrival Notices
from the Marion, Michigan agency, 1962 with track maps of Marion, McBain and
Lucas by Craig Wilson; Northward on the
Fall Picnicker by Jim Sinclair
- Milan Area Observations (July 1, 1995 through
November 9, 1995
- Modeler's Column:
Modeling the Ann Arbor (CRDX) Malt Cars in HO Scale by Craig Wilson
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Vol.
11, No. 4 calendar issue
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- (Although assigned a volume and number
identification, this is not really the case.
The editor and board determined to issue this calendar in lieu of a
regular issue due, in part, to the lack of material)
- The 1996 Ann Arbor Railroad Calendar with pictures for
each month.
- Cover: GP35s #389, #390 and #385 with freight,
Elberta, 1973
- January: AA GP38 #7771
with freight, Milan, 2/12/94
- February:
AA 0-6-0 #1, Toledo, c. 1900 AA 4-6-0 #45, Owosso , c. 1902
- March: AA FA2s #50 and #50A with freight, Pontiac
Trail, 1956
- April: AA 2-8-2 #2492
(ex-#185) with freight, undated
- May: AA S-3 #6, Boat Landing, 1975
- June: AA 2-8-0 #2352 (ex-#172), Toledo, undated
- July:
AA RS1 #20 (in Wabash style paint scheme), 2/17/68
- August: AA 4-4-2 #1611, Ann Arbor, late 1940s
- September: AA RS2s #303 and #301 with freight, Byron,
8/9/81
- October: AA 0-8-0 #1520, Toledo,
undated
- November: TSBY GP35s #394 and
#393 with freight, Howell, 12/2/94
- December:
AA GP35 #390, Owosso, 1974
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Vol.
12 ,No. 1 Winter 1996
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- Cover
Photo: GO 35 389 on turntable at Frankfort
- Back
Cover: Map of Engine Terminal Area at
Boat Landing (Elberta) c. 1945-1950
- Back Cover Photo (Small): Class I-6 (2-8-0)
#2352 at Boat Landing in 1940
- Major Articles:
Recollections of Icing Refrigerator Cars at the Boat Landing, circa
1950's by Daryl Holmes
- Boat Landing: A Look Back: Part IV - Images
from the Diesel Years by Rob Adams with
photos including one of RS-1 #21 in "Wabash" paint and one of FA-2
#56 and #56A
- Minor Articles: Viking to Ply Lake Erie
- Walt Disney
and the Ann Arbor Railroad
- Photos: Four
early views of Boat Landing, three of which show boats, and one an excellent picture
of a variety of box cars in yard at Boat Landing
- Milan Area Observations
(November 1995 through March 1996) includes map of Milan tracks
- Modeler's
Column: Superwood Loads - Revisited by Craig Wilson
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Vol.
12, No. 2 1996
|
- Front
Cover: Four views of the car ferry City
of Green Bay at Manistique
- Back Cover: Prototype Ann Arbor
consists, Boon, Michigan, July 1951.
- Major
Articles: Proceedings of the American
Railway Bridge and Buildings Association from 1929
- Ann Arbor and M&LS Car
Ferry Slips: Part 1, M&LS Slip at Manistique with maps and photographs and detailed drawings
and photos of counterbalance framework
- Milan Area Observations (April through
June 1996) including large map of Diann, 11/'93
- Photos: Mt. Pleasant Deport
- Miscellaneous: AARRT&HA Company Store merchandise list
- Modeler's
Column: An Update on Models for the Ann
Arbor (Intermountain PS-1 boxcars, Kato's 2-bay covered hopper, Westerfield's
USRA single-sheathed boxcar, Atlas 3-bay
ACF cylindrical hopper and "S" scale GP35
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Vol.
12, No. 3 1966
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- Front
Cover: Viking docked at West
Slip, Elberta.
- Back Cover: Prototype Ann Arbor Consists,
Ann Arbor ,
1950.
- Major Articles: What ever happened
to T&SB RS-2 #466? (With 3 pictures of unit in Michigan Southern paint.)
- Ann Arbor Car Ferry Slips II: Boat Landing (Elberta, Mi) Slips. With
pictures and diagrams.
- Milan Area Observations (July through
December 1966)
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Vol.
12, No. 4
|
(Although assigned a
volume and number identification, this is not really the case. The editor and board determined to issue this
calendar in lieu of a regular issue due, in part, to the lack of material)
- The 1997 Calendar Cover: S-2 #6 at Boat Landing Inside Front
Cover: June 26, 1931, Ann Arbor Railroad
System map
- January: Derailment at Elsie,
January 28, 1911
- February: AA RR GP-38s
#7771 and #7802, Milan, February 20, 1993
- March: Durand Deport sometime in the 1940s
- April: A group of Section Hands at Sherman during
the very early years
- May: Alco S-1 #2 in
Toledo, January 22, 1964
- June: Passenger
Train 52 taking on water at Ann Arbor, undated
- July: GP35 #360, in DT&I type paint, Boat
Landing, July 17, 1973
- August: TSBY
Gp-35s #393 and #385 near Cadillac, August 1, 1990
- September: Steamer Class H-2 #130 (4-6-0), Owosso
roundhouse, July 1936
- October: M-O-W
ditcher #3723, Toledo, 1938
- November:
Caboose #2835, "Ferry in Fog" paint scheme, Owosso, November
3, 1979
- December: AA Russell snowplow
#4502, Boat Landing, July 17, 1973
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Vol.
13, No. 1 Winter 1997
|
- Front
Cover: AA GP-35 #388 w/ Steam Derrick 3187, Whitmore Lake ,
December 13, 1972.
- Back Cover: Three
pictures of Crane Tender 4105 and Tool Car 3295, Owosso , May 1968.
- Major Articles: The Coal Train Wreck at Whitmore Lake
(December 13, 1972) and Other Derailments
by Jim Sinclair, photos by Henry Burger.
- A Chronology of Major
Derailments on the Ann Arbor Railroad:
1969-1975.
- Equipment Profile: The Ann Arbor Railroad's
Bucyrus Company Steam Wrecking Crane and Support Equipment by Rob Adams.
- Milan Area
Observations: January through July 1997
- Modeler's Column: Ideas for Modeling Wreck Train Equipment in
HO Scale by Rob Adams
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Vol.
13, No. 2 Spring - Summer 1997
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- Front
Cover: AA Carferry sign at Elberta
- Back
Cover: Prototype Ann Arbor Consists:
mid-1960's at Elberta, Michigan
- Major Articles:
Changes Ahead for the Ann Arbor by Robert Lorenzo Ann Arbor Car Ferry
Slips III: The East Slip at Boat Landing by Rob Adams and Dave Zelisse
- Equipment Profile: Business Car Babbling Brook
- Modeler's
Column: Update on Models Available: "N" and "O" scale 68000
series boxcars Atlas releases HO scale
ALCO S-1/S-3 Atlas announces re-release of their HO scale RS-1 C&BT Shops
Ann Arbor steel boxcar Bachmann HO scale
2-8-0 ... starting point for AA consolidated Bowser releases new 70 ton, 2 bay
HO scale hopper (w/ 4 prototype pictures,
including AA 8 by H. A. Hornstein)
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Vol.
13, No. 3 Fall 1997
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- Front
Cover: 2-8-0 # 42 at Howell c. 1893
- Back
Cover: Line drawing of 40' wood OB box
car, 12000-12199 series
- Major Articles:
Building the Ann Arbor Railroad by Graydon Meints (with maps of
Washtenaw and Oakland Counties, Gratiot County, Livingston and Washtenaw
Counties, and Clare County.)
- Equipment Profile:
AA RR 12000/90000 Series USRA Single Sheathed Box Cars;Modeler's
Column: Modeling AA USRA Single Sheathed
Box Cars in HO Scale
- Milan Area Observations:
July 1997 through January 1998
- Prototype Consists: Early 1950s near Ann Arbor
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Vol.
13, No. 4 1998 Calendar
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(Although assigned a
volume and number identification, this is not really the case. The editor and board determined to issue this
calendar in lieu of a regular issue due, in part, to the lack of material)
- The 1998 Calendar
- Front Cover:
Ann Arbor Hand Derrick #3179
- Inside Front Cover: An unused AA baggage tag from USRA era
- January: Caboose #2837 in DT&I paint scheme, Owosso , January 17, 1968.
- February: Builders photo of wooden gon
#2091 with "key" paint scheme and line drawing.
- March: Bryon,
Michigan station and Grain
Elevator, early 1950's. (No trains in view).
- April: AA GP35's 393, 389 and 392 on Huron River
bridge, Ann Arbor ,
early 1970's.
- May: AA RS1 #20 w/ compass
herald paint scheme, Owosso ,
May 24, 1970.
- June: AA wooden caboose
#2805, Ann Arbor ,
summer 1950.
- July: AA Mikado (2-8-2)
#2480, Boat Landing, July 1939.
- August:
M&LS #1, Manistique, August 1955.
- September: AA GP35's 7802 and 7771, Milan , August 26, 1996.
- October: T&SB GP35's 389 and 390, Owosso , August 28, 1996.
- November: AA Consolidated #2176 w/ 2 other steamers, Ann Arbor , c. 1940.
- December: Alco FA-2s #56 and #56A, Toledo , undated.
- Back Cover: The 7 major logos used by the AA and the one
T&SB logo.
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Vol.
14, No. 1 Winter 1998
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- Front
Cover: #15 (4-4-0), Toledo,
c. 1896
- Back Cover: Drawing of Lettering Scheme for the 11000-11399 series box
cars.
- Major Articles: Building the Ann
Arbor , Part 2, by Graydon Meints
- Equipment Profile:
Ann Arbor RR 40 Foot Double-Sheathed Box Cars (11000-11499; renumbered to 69600-69675) by Rob Adams.
- Current News: Current status of car ferries: City of Milwaukee, City of Midland ,
AKA and Viking.
- Modeler's Column:
Update on Models Available: (All in HO Scale).
- Miscellaneous
Photos: FA-2s 56 and 56-A at Boat
Landing. AA 40' boxcar # 90028 in 1950
wreck at Wasepi, Michigan while on PRR.
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Vol.
14, No. 2 Spring - Summer 1998
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- Front
Cover: Copemish Diamond (M&NE and AA)
- Back Cover: Manitowoc , Wisc., Ferry Office (Joint C&O
and AA)
- Major Articles: Copemish-A Vanished Junction by Rob Adams
- The Michigan
Northern Railway, 1976-1984 by Paul Baumgartner
- Current News: Another TSBY
Re-paint (#392 repainted c. 4/98 and named "City of Mt. Pleasant"
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Vol.
14, No. 3 Fall 1998
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- [Rcvd
10-8-99];Front Cover: Clare station with AA GP35 #387 about to cross the
diamond
- Back Cover: Clare station with AA Alco FA-2 #51 receiving orders
- Major
article: Clare, Michigan: A Look Back
(many pictures of station, maps of 1893, 1899, 1906, and 1945, and picture of
McKeen motor car #3)
- HO scale plans: AA
Freight Depot, Clare, Michigan (By Craig Wilson); also pix;M-115 AA billboard
(5 different pictures
- Modeling Notes: AA
& C&O structures at Clare
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Vol.
14, No. 4 1999 Calendar
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(Although assigned a volume and number
identification, this is not really the case.
The editor and board determined
to issue this calendar in lieu of a regular issue due, in part, to the lack of
material)
- The
1999 Calendar: Front Cover:
AA collage
- Inside Front Cover:
Reproduction of 1949 train and steamship schedule.
- January: TSBY 390 (GP35) on run to Petoskey, December
20, 1989.
- February: AA 2-8-2 #2490 at
Durand, April 1939.
- March: Arthur K.
Atkinson at Elberta, August 1973.
- April:
AA leased covered hopper GACX 42632, Ann Arbor , April 13, 1964.
- May: AA RS-1 #21, in blue, grey and white Wabash
style scheme, Owosso ,
1956.
- June: McKeen motor car #3.
- July: Sand house and fueling rack, Elberta, with
GP35 #390, undated.
- August: AA GP38
#7802, Milan ,
summer 1990.
- September: AA 4-6-0 #120, Owosso , 1930's.
- October: Thompsonville Depot, undated.
- November: Caboose # 2832, undated.
- December: Boat Landing, c. 1940, with boats #3, 5 and 6
in view.
- Back Cover: The 6 major logos
used by the AA, one Wabash and one T&SB
logo.
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Vol.
15, No. 1 Winter - Spring 1999
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-
[Received 2/1/01];Front Cover: TSB 390
with an excursion train
- Back Cover
“Clare Rewind”, PM 2-8-2 #1017, undated px
- Major Articles: “Fall and
Winter Action on the AA and TSBY”
(Primarily 1999 photoes showing AA and TSBY power as well as foreign
power on AA & TSBY lines)
- TSBY GP35 Locomotive Naming Scheme
- Wabash
Standard Tell-Tale near Dundee, Michigan (w/ drawing)
- AA 1200-1399 Series Box
Cars (w/pix)
- Modeling Notes: Kadee’s HO
scale AA 40’ box car #1234 (w/ pix)
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Vol.
15, No. 2 Summer-Fall 1999
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-
[Rcvd 2/1/01] ;Front Cover: Ann Arbor #3
- Back
Cover: Prototype Ann Arbor Consists: Ferry Yard, Summer 1950
- Major Articles: The
Fates of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries
- Disposition of Other Lake Michigan Fleets City
of Green Bay (Picture article of David Beardsley photographs)
- Ann Arbor
Railroad Time Table # 82 (May 18, 1919) (Reproduced in full including the map
of the AA system as of that date.)
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