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The Detroit Downtown Trolley, also known as the Washington Boulevard Trolley and Detroit Citizens Railway, was a heritage trolley line in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. The narrow-gauge system opened September 20, 1976, as a United States Bicentennial project, and was closed on June 21, 2003.
The 1933 Rockne line was reduced to one line, the "10". The Rockne "10" was an update of the "65". When Studebaker went into receivership on March 18, 1933, it was decided to move production of the Rockne to the Studebaker plant in South Bend. The Rockne "10" was built in South Bend from April through July, 1933.
Detroit (first era) Horse August 3, 1863 November 9, 1895 Electric September 1, 1886 April 8, 1956 [104] [105] See also: Detroit United Railway (1900-1922). Detroit had a heritage streetcar line, 1976–2003; see Detroit Downtown Trolley. QLine: Detroit (second era) Electric May 12, 2017 Reintroduction; see QLine. Escanaba: Electric 1892 1932
SOUTH BEND — It was a deep, emotional hurt. Like an aging prizefighter whose strength weakens, the payroll of the city’s largest employer shrunk from more than 22,000 employees in 1950 to ...
The first Brookville-built streetcar was delivered in September 2016, [49] with the last two of the six cars delivered in March 2017. [63] The last car of Detroit's previous streetcar system was numbered 286, so it was decided to number the new cars 287-292 , to pick up where the old number series had left off.
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The Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad was chartered in 1831 with a capital of $1,500,000. [4] The railroad actually began construction on May 18, 1836, starting at "King's Corner" in Detroit, which was the name by which the southeast corner of Jefferson and Woodward Avenue was then known.
Map of Detroit United Railway c 1907 First interurban cars on the Detroit, Almont and Northern Railroad, Almont, Michigan, July 1, 1914. The Detroit United Railway was a transport company which operated numerous streetcar and interurban lines in southeast Michigan. Although many of the lines were originally built by different companies, they ...