Rails Around the Thumb

Discover how important railroads once were to Michigan's Thumb region in this wonderful collection of images. Although the area is best known for its agrarian roots, the railroad operations were involved in so much more, from light industries that fed the auto industry to shipments of fish from Saginaw Bay into eastern markets.Return to a time when everyone knew the route of the Polly-Ann, local citizens identified the time of day by the sound of a train whistle, and the arrival of a train ...