Annotated Bibliography

 

Ann Arbor Railroad

 

General (Specifically Ann Arbor):

 

Henry E. Riggs. The Ann Arbor Railroad 50 Years Ago. (NP: The Ann Arbor Railroad Company, July                 1947.)

                                Riggs served as Chief Engineer of the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan,

                a predecessor of the Ann Arbor.  This is his personal story of the building of the railroad.

 

General (Includes Ann Arbor Information):

 

Donald J. Heimburger.  Wabash. (River Forest IL: Heimburger House Publishing Co., 1984.  ISBN:

                0-911581-02-2)

                                Limited covered of the Ann Arbor while under Wabash control.  Does include

                a roster of Ann Arbor steam and diesel  power (pp. 262-263).

 

Stan Mailer.  Green Bay and Western. (Edmonds WA: Hundman Publishing Co., 1989;  Library

                of Congress No. 88-81184, ISBN No. 0-945434-01-4)

                                Chapter 11 (pp. 154-169), entitled “On The Far Side”, deals with the Ann Arbor;

                emphasis is on the car ferry interchange at Keewaunee but other material on the Annie is

                included.

 

David R. Sweetland.  WABASH in color.  (Edison NJ: Morning Sun Books, Inc., 1991;  ISBN:

                1-878887-04-1)

                                A typical Morning Sun book with a chapter (pp. 36-45) devoted to the Annie which                   includes some excellent color pictures of  Annie diesel power including Whitcomb 44-tonner

                #1.

Lawrence and Lucille Wakefield. Sail & Rail: A Narrative History of Transportation in the Traverse City Region. (Traverse City: By the         Authors, 1980; Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 80-53570.)        A locally produced history of transportation in a broadly defined Traverse City region. Pages 159 to 169 are entitled “Ann Arbor Railroad     and Car Ferries” and contain some different photographs.

H.A. McBride, Trains Rolling. (The MacMillan Company, New York, 1953)

This book has stories on railroads at home and abroad with 237 illustrations. A section on the Ann Arbor titled "Ferryboat Railroading" begins on page 187. This section contains 17 B&W photographs.

 

Equipment:

 

Craig Wilson. Freight Cars of the Ann Arbor Railroad, 1947-1985. (Chesaning MI: The Ann Arbor     Railroad Technical and Historical Association, 1989)

                                A comprehensive of all of the Annie’s freight equipment with many photographs,

                diagrams and much modeling information.  [Still available from the AARRT&HA, P. O. Box

                51, Chesaning MI 48616]

 

 

Car Ferry Operations (Specifically Ann Arbor):

 

Steven D. Elve.  Rails across the Water: The Story of Ann Arbor Car Ferries.  (Rockford MI: By the          author, 1984.)

                                A brief history of each of the Annie’s car ferries with pictures to illustrate each.

 

Arthur C. and Lucy F. Frederickson.  The Early History of the Ann Arbor Carferries.  (Frankfort MI:

                by the authors, 1949)

Captain Frederickson was a captain on the Ann Arbor boats and writes this history from his personal experiences.

 

----------.  Later History of the Ann Arbor Carferries: Boats 6 & 7.  (Frankfort: By the authors, 1951)

                                See comments immediately above.

 

----------.  Frederickson’s History of the Ann Arbor Auto and Train Ferries Complete with Pictures.

                (Frankfort MI: Gulls Nest Publishing, 1994;  ISBN: 0-9641173-0-4)

                                Essentially a compilation of the above two books with some added materials.

 

 

Car Ferries (Includes Ann Arbor information):

 

George W. Hilton.  The Great Lakes Car Ferries.  (Berkeley CA: Howell-North Books, 1962;  Library of                 Congress Catalogue Card No. 62-17073)

                                The definitive book on the car ferries of the Great Lakes.  Chapter 3 (pp. 69-110) is

                devoted entirely to the Ann Arbor operations.

 

The Marine Historical Society of Detroit.  Ahoy and Farewell.  (Detroit: By the author, 1970;  Library

                of Congress Card Catalogue No. 72-138306)

                                As the title implies identifies new boats which have come on the lakes between 1945

                and 1970 as well as those boats which have ceased sailing during this period.  Ann Arbor boats

                Nos. 3, 4, and 5 are discussed.

 

----------. Ahoy and Farewell II.  (Detroit, by the author, 1996;  no ISBN number is identified)

                                A continuation of the above.  This volume covers the arrivals and departures in the

                period between 1969 and 1994.  Ann Arbor boats discussed include Ann Arbor #7,  City                 of Green                 Bay (nee Wabash) and the City of Milwaukee.

 

----------.  Great Lakes Ships We Remember.  (Detroit: By the author, 1979; no Library or Congress                               Catalogue Card number or ISBN number is identified.)

                                The first book in a series which provided brief histories, technical data and pictures

                of boats which have operated on the lakes.  The Ann Arbor No. 4 is the only boat discussed.

 

----------.  Great Lakes Ships We Remember II.  (Cleveland OH: Freshwater Press Inc., 1984;  ISBN

                0-912514-25-6)

                                A sequel to the above volume.  Ann Arbor boats include Ann Arbor No. 1 and  Ann         Arbor No. 2.

 

----------.  Great Lakes Ships We Remember III.   (Cleveland OH: Freshwater Press Inc., 1994;  Library

                of Congress Car Catalogue No. 79-112286)

                                The third volume in this series. Ann Arbor boats discussed include: Ann Arbor No. 2,

                Ann Arbor No. 3,  Ann Arbor No. 4,  and the Ann Arbor No. 5.

               

Karl Zimmermann.  Lake Michigan’s Railroad Car Ferries.  (Andover NJ: Andover Junction                 Publications, 1993;  ISBN: 0-944119-11-5)

Devotes 20 pages to the Annie’s car ferry fleet.  Some of the photographs are in color.

 

 Note:  Although not identified by specific title, the John Greenwood (Freshwater Press Inc.) Namesakes series also deals with the Ann Arbor boats operating in the timeframe of each of the books in this series.  Each boat identified includes a picture and a brief description of the boat often including the origin of its name.

 

Paul G. Wiening, REFLECTIONS: Stories of the Great Lakes  (1990 Stonehouse Publications, Canada. Stories of the Great Lakes.)

Chapter 5 is titled "One Last Ride with Annie" with 9 B&W photographs. A second chapter titled "Lake Michigan's Floating Freight Trains" covers the Ann Arbor RR along with the C&O and the Grand Trunk carferries. More photographs are found in this section.

Misc

 

.Clark Waggoner, History of Toledo and Lucas County, Munsell & Co., New York, NY, 1888 (Facsimile reprint by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1997), p551.  (This is a recent reprint of a local history of Toledo written in the late 19^th century.  It is available for reference in the local history section of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library Main Branch and is probably also available from the publisher.)

 

John M. Killits, Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio 1632-1923, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago and Toledo, 1923, pp418-419.  (This three-volume set is available for reference in the local history section of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library Main Branch in downtown Toledo.)

 

Bob Wise, “The Tuscola & Saginaw Bay,” Railfan and Railroad, Vol. 5, No. 9, March, 1984, pp38-47.

 

Ron Cady, “Michigan Metamorphosis,” Trains, Vol. 47, No. 12, October, 1987, pp29, 33-34

 

Toledo Blade, August 4, 1964.  (Article on the expected dismantling of the Ann Arbor Railroad station on Cherry St. in Toledo)

 

Interstate Commerce Commission, “Valuation Docket No. 127, Ann Arbor Railroad Company and Menominee & St. Paul Railway Company” pp159-226