The Ann Arbor Railroad in 1967

[@thatguest]

If Ferry yard is where I think it is, that is now grown over mostly, only a siding and the main line at the crossing going to The new football complex at Glick Field house, and running being UMPD and DPSS and the transportation maintenance area. All the old tracks are in there, brush growth all over, the lines all end between Hoover and State Street. If the Current Ann Arbor Railroad were to put a couple of renovated cars as a museum and even a coffee house or diner, they could probably make a fortune!

[@steverhodesvideos6244]

Thanks for the post. My dad worked for the DT&I in Dearborn for many years

[@jasonschlaufman7710]

Great video! I was an engineer on the TSBY and ran from Owosso to Ann Arbor nightly. I enjoyed the history of the Annie and hearing the stories from some of the few former Ann Arbor co-workers that were still around then.

[@ThisWorks4Me]

Thank you for this video. While I graduated from Wayne's Med School, I love the U of M Marching Band music in the background. I'm currently working on an H.O. layout of the Annie set in 1950. Your images will be of great value.

[@chriskrazmuski745]

Fantastic time travel!!!

[@toddpro1]

In 1967, I lived at 925 South State Street, in AA. I used to watch the trains closely, as a 6 year-old kid. I later moved to N. Main, near the curved train bridge over the river, and even walked it once. Talk about scared! I heard a train whistle while near the middle, and one could see water between the ties. The Argo Dam was right there, and loomed large in my thinking at that moment. Never again!

[@xzapken]

Thank you so much. I was on that train every Summer with my family Ann Arbor to Byron a Charming Little Town where Grandmother had a home.

[@geoffjohnson7383]

Wow how cool, I grew up living on Traver Blvd and would see the train pass by regularly. I remember putting coins on the tracks and one time when the train for some reason stopped right at the road crossing we climbed up into the caboose for a quick look! Of course that was 45 years ago. Thanks for sharing your movies.

[@bobozo389]

I have some photos and memory from 1975 in Elberta, MI of the ferry boat (Viking), the yard, an ALCO switch engine, and 3 of the GP-35s, the 389, 387, and, 391, with a fairly long train stretched through town ready to depart. Bob...

[@rjshier9188]

Nice video and thanks for posting it. My great grandfather worked for the Ann Arbor RR. Not sure of exact years or what he did though. I have done up some Ann Arbor and DT&I on my O gauge train layout and now I have a good source to do up a switcher!

[@jshannum1667]

Although many of us lament the dismemberment of the original Ann Arbor Railroad, it's ironic that what remains of it now forms the basis for the largest rail network in the northern half of the Lower Peninsula.

[@pj8864]

very cool ty for posting

[@peterandben]

Very nice video! I'm a fan of the Annie, but unfortunately I wasn't around to see their operations.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Nice, vintage film documenting your working on the Ann Arbor RR. I have to laugh at the coupling and "cutting in the air" at 9:55. Reaching over the couplers to "cut in the air" was a definite "no-no" on the Soo Line were I worked in train service. Could easily get you time off if the trainmaster was watching. What's the background music? Sounds like a college football "fight song." Thanks for sharing!

[@jameshannum7274]

I last lived in Milan in 1966. Jim

[@charleswendt4868]

The Elberta switchyard was behind my home.

[@1westproductions]

Was the single GTW Holly Sub. track that crossed the double GTW Flint Sub. tracks, that went by the GTW Durand, MI station originally the AA, or did AA just have trackage rights over that track, but GTW owned it? Or did GTW aquire that line from AA later? Also when AA used that track, how far north and south did they use it?

[@V12mack]

jim where in milan you live at ? i live on wabash on corner of division get to see ann out front door an NS in back yard

[@jdmills4370]

Thank you for sharing. I’m modeling GTW/CN but it’s logical to have AA since Durand is focal point of my layout. Would you say it was not uncommon to have DTI power working alongside the AA locos? I’m trying to remain as true to history as I reasonably can. I just picked up a couple locos that fit my 60s timeline. Thank you

[@robertmcmanus636]

What is the relevance of the march music?

[@edhu700]

Hello- My name is Ed Hubel. My family and I are looking for pictures,videos,or film of our pulpwood loading yard on the Ann Arbor siding property at Lake George, Clare County. All of them we had we lost years ago in a fire. We had the yard there on the siding property we leased from RR and later bought it for a sawmill we had there. The pulpyard was from 1962 to 1970 and the sawmill for 12 years after that..If needed we would pay for copying, etc of any pics, or fim.. my email 585he at cmsinter.net. Ed