Michigan railroads and railroad companies [[electronic resource] /] / Graydon M. Meints

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452840803321
• Autore: Meints Graydon M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 1992
• ISBN: 1-62895-200-8; 0-87013-938-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 385/.09774
• Soggetti: Railroads - Michigan - History; Electronic books.; Michigan History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305).
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction to Michigan Railroads; 2. List of Companies; 3. Corporate Family Trees; 4. Chronology of Corporate Actions; 5. Corporate Actions by Year; 6. County Listing of Companies; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies is an invaluable reference manual for everyone interested in regional transportation history, the history of railroading, and Michigan history in general. It contains complete, cross-referenced listings for every company formed to operate a railroad in the state of Michigan. In addition to the comprehensive entries for major lines, Graydon Meints has included details about the many small, common-carrier steam and electric companies, logging roads, and numerous other primitive and contemporary rail systems. This encyclopedic reference