Yeah David, I'm glad I could bring back a few memories for you. I too remember those natural gas reservoirs during my childhood years. There were numerous...
ATTENTION MEMBERS: The third in our series of video news-clips focusing on those problems faced by the city of Detroit's transit system (D-DOT), as it...
I well remember those humongous gas tanks scattered all over Detroit,such as shown in the pix of a CLAIRMOUNT streetcar on Epworth. Correct me if I'm wrong,...
*Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. "Hell, no. We're not going to do this," said Henry Gaffney, president of Amalgamated Transit...
Hi pinestumpjct, I couldn't tell you for certain on the type of gas the tanks stored, although I was led to believe it was natural gas. BTW, there was a very...
Reminder from: DSR-2-DOT Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSR-2-DOT/cal DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS THIS SUNDAY! Sunday March 8, 2009 2:00 am - 2:00...
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*Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. The proposed "privately funded" light-rail system on Woodward Avenue has a new name — M1-RAIL...
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From Crain's Detroit Business... Public hearings set on Detroit bus route elimination By Mark Lewis The Detroit Department of Transportation wants public...
*Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. A proposed light-rail transit system on Woodward Avenue got a major financial boost today when...
*Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. After decades of missed chances, southeast Michigan appears closer than ever to getting what...
Detroit News photo       In case you've wondered what this yellow RTS riding around downtown or parked around Campus Martius Park is all about, then...
*Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. The city of Detroit wants to eliminate a number of DDOT express bus routes as it moves the bus...
The following excerpt was posted on today's, Thursday, March 28, 2009, online edition of The Detroit News...  Detroit mayor says $59M in stimulus funds...
Good Morning, Everyone: Â The story on Detroit's last PCC car sent south to Mexico City came from ERA Headlights, November, 1956, page 2. Â And here's a DSR...
Thanks Ken for responding to the test photo. Frankly, I'm disappointed in this new feature Yahoo! added to the group's website this past Tuesday. When this...
IÂ wish I could tell you for sure. It looks like the route sign (although hard to make out in that photo) could read "Clairmount."Â IF that's the case, then...
Oops! my bad. The photo used in my last email was from the Stephen M. Scalzo collection, not the Volkmer collection as stated. ________________________________...
Hello group members! Check out this video clip I recently posted on YouTube. It first aired on WXYZ-TV Channel 7 back in October of 1979, during a segment...
ATTENTION GROUP MEMBERS AND ALL OTHERS: A two-minute "silent" black-and-white film clip, taken on Sunday, April 8, 1956 - the last day of streetcar operation...
As a passenger and former employee of D DOT i am amazed at the lack of intrest the road supervisors show on 8 mile runs. Recently a driver experienced some...
as a road supervisor, i have to disagree with you.the road supervisor is unware of the operator having a problem unless the operator flag him/her down or they...
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ATTENTION MEMBERS AND ALL OTHERS: Today marks the 53rd Anniversary of the ending of street railway service in the city of Detroit. It was on this day,...
HELLO MEMBERS: I'm pleased to announce that the Detroit Transit History website has been recently granted permission to use photos from both the Jim...
Good Morning, Everyone:  Now, here are my first 2 new photographs. These are of all-electric PCCs 102 and 177. Both were built by St. Louis Car Company in...
PCC 102 was the FIRST of the DSR's allelectric PCC fleet (above and beyond the 100 & 101/141 airelectric two car samples). Also, I'd be curious as to WHERE...