{"product_id":"traces-of-the-ann-arbor-railroad-america-through-time-1634992970","title":"Traces of the Ann Arbor Railroad (America Through Time)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1634992970\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Burkhardt, D. C. Jesse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing 150 photographs, maps, and postcards, Traces of the Ann Arbor Railroad chronicles vital aspects of this unique railroad's history, with a primary focus on what has transpired from the 1960s to 2020.The book's pages reflect on the years (1963-1973) the Detroit, Toledo \u0026amp; Ironton controlled the Ann Arbor Railroad, which served shippers along a 292-mile mainline almost entirely in Michigan (the AA operated several miles in northern Ohio); the demise of the AA's Lake Michigan car ferries; the new carriers that have sprung up to handle operations on the former Ann Arbor line in the wake of the company's bankruptcy in 1973; the disposition of the fleet of ten new GP35s that were delivered to the Ann Arbor \"direct from the factory\" in 1964; and the \"new\" Ann Arbor, a shortline operating between Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio, that was created out of the remains of the old \"Annie.\" The final chapter highlights the 22-mile Betsie Valley Trail between Elberta-Frankfort and Thompsonville, a \"rails-to-trails\" corridor that opened in 2005 along an abandoned segment of the historic Ann Arbor Railroad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51971896967456,"sku":"NEW1634992970","price":24.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81G9KHXt1SL.jpg?v=1783784832","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/traces-of-the-ann-arbor-railroad-america-through-time-1634992970","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}