Michigan Railroads & Railroad Companies
by Meints, Graydon M
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine book./In fine dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0870133187
- ISBN 13
- 9780870133183
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About This Item
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1992. First Edition. 4to. 11-1/4" x 8-13?16". Beige cloth covered boards stamped in silver. Fine book./In fine dust jacket.. Illustrated with 10 maps and photographs. An invaluable reference manual for everyone interested in regional transportation history, the history of railroading, and Michigan history in general. This book contains complete, cross-referenced listings of 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 guide also contains information on the so called "paper railroads," companies that were projected but never laid a foot of track.
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- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1081
- Title
- Michigan Railroads & Railroad Companies
- Author
- Meints, Graydon M
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with 10 maps and photographs
- Format/Binding
- 4to. 11-1/4" x 8-13?16". Beige cloth covered boards stamped in silver
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine book.
- Jacket Condition
- In fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0870133187
- ISBN 13
- 9780870133183
- Publisher
- Michigan State University Press
- Place of Publication
- East Lansing
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Railroads Michigan
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