Chesapeake & Ohio Train Wreck near Walnut Street in Howell, Michigan - March 10, 1953
Thirty-eight cars of west bound Toledo-Grand Rapids freight train were wrecked at 7:25am. Cost around $250,000. A broken wheel on a car about 30 back from the head end is believed to have caused the wreck.
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.
