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  • McKeen Motor Car, at the Cohoctah Station Depot, Livingston, Michigan

    This is a photograph of a McKeen Motor Car stopped at the Cohoctah Depot, Livingston Michigan.   This gas train ran between Toledo, Ohio, and Frankfort Michigan from 1910 to 1912.  The home base was in Howell, Michigan.  This picture is in Cohoctah.

    The Ann Arbor Railroad owned five of these cars which were gasoline powered.  They were also called "doodlebugs".

    Date unknown
  • Coal Cars at the Ann Arbor Railroad Coal Dock

    Coal Cars at the Ann Arbor Railroad Coal Dock

    This image, along with other smaller and limited injury/loss accidents and abandonments where this statement is included, are believed to have combined over the years into the myth of a "Locomotive" in the swamp adjacent to the 1886 TAA&NM depot. likely, only pieces of rolling stock such as wood frame cars that were too costly to retrieve as opposed to replace, if any, remain. Some of these pieces are said to be visible during extreme dry spells.
  • Steam Train #2493 at the Ann Arbor Railroad Depot , 123 Wetmore Street, Howell, Michigan
  • Ann Arbor Railroad Depot, 126 Wetmore, Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Railroad, Howell, Michigan

    This is a photograph captioned "Depot with Ed Beach", and was included in David Finney's book, "Images of America, Howell', and it notes that this brick depot was built on the north side of Howell by the Ann Arbor Railroad in 1885-1886.  To the right, there is a partial view of an omnibus from the Whipple House which was owned by Henry Whipple.   In the background is the Michigan Avenue Bridge.

    The date of the photograph is unknown.
  • Pere Marquette Depot, Brighton, Michigan

    This is a photograph of the Pere Marquette Depot in Brighton, Michigan.  It was located on West Main Street and was razed in the 1960's.   According to the "Old Brighton Village" Book, 1974, the first train came to Brighton on July 4, 1871 and gave free rides to all the townspeople.
  • Control Room at the Ann Pere Crossing, Livingston County, Michigan

    Control Room at the Ann Pere Crossing, Livingston County, Michigan

    Crossing of Ann Arbor Railroad and Pere Marquette Railroad.

    unknown year

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  • Pere Marquette Depot, Fowlerville, Michigan

    Pere Marquette Depot, Fowlerville, Michigan.

    Because the year is unknown this could be Chesapeake & Ohio if it is after June 6, 1947.

    The building on the left is most likely the Rounsville Elevator.

    For more information view the Mastodons to Manufacturers: A History of Fowlerville, Michigan in the Local History Room.
  • Chesapeake & Ohio Depot, Fowlerville, Michigan - 1954
  • Pere Marquette Depot, Fowlerville, Michigan

    Looking west at Pere Marquette Depot, Fowlerville, Michigan.

    Because the year is unknown this could be Chesapeake & Ohio if it is after June 6, 1947.

    The building sign says Farm Supplies. The building is most likely the Rounsville Elevator.

    For more information view the Mastodons to Manufacturers: A History of Fowlerville, Michigan in the Local History Room.
  • Viewing East Near Pere Marquette Depot, Fowlerville, Michigan

    Viewing East Near Pere Marquette Depot, Fowlerville, Michigan.

    Because the year is unknown this could be Chesapeake & Ohio if it is after June 6, 1947.

    For more information view the Mastodons to Manufacturers: A History of Fowlerville, Michigan in the Local History Room.
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