This
is a look at the Detroit Toledo & Ironton RR. Includes a look at
the predecessor lines the Springfield Jackson & Pomeroy RR, the
Ohio Southern, the Lima Northern and the Detroit Southern RR, the
formation of the Detroit Toledo & Ironton Ry, it's Reorginization
into the Detroit Toledo & Ironton Railroad, operations, Jackson
Wellston Coal operations, Summit Hill, control of the line in the
early 1900's by Henry Ford, wages and employment under ford, the
Fordson Shops, experimental Steam engines developed by the company,
the Jackson Shops, improvements to the tracks and grade, Henry Ford
and the ICC, Electrification, construction of the overhead and the
end of electric operations, Passenger service, Flat Rock Yards,
Toledo Yards, the sale of the line to the Pennroad Corporation, new
steam engines from Lima, operations in world war 2, dieselization,
changes and improvements in the 1950s, the Springfield Suburban RR,
the impact of Penn Central, the Royersville Tunnel, and the sale of
the line to the Grand Trunk. Includes a locomotive roster and many
photos.
