Detroit Street Railways (DSR)--Big score today

Our local hobby shop [[and these are rapidly going out of business) had a large sale of older merchandise.

I found the two volume set of the DUR/DSR history of Detroit city lines on sale half off getting both volumes for a total of $25.

These are the CERA bulletins 117 and 120. 117 covers the years of private ownership [[1863-1922) and 120 covers the city owned operations from 1922 to 1956 and also covers transit developments up to 1978 when the book was printed.

I am just starting to read them, but the initial leaf-through had some interesting stuff about some of the rationale for abandonment and busification.

By all means, please post the information here. If you have a scanner, it would be interesting to see the original stuff.

Nice score,Hermod! I'd bet there's a number of DetYESsers here who would glady give you triple for what you paid!

A buddy of mine recently acquired an old yellow DSR streetcar fare-box, next time I'm over there I"ll snap some pictures.