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THE PRE-D.S.R. YEARS (PARTS 1– 4):
THE EARLY HISTORY OF DETROIT PUBLIC TRANSIT (1862-1890) (revised 6/04/10)
THE STREETCAR COMPANIES vs MAYOR PINGREE (1890-1900) (revised 12/12/10)
THE DETROIT UNITED RAILWAY YEARS (1900--1922) (added 8/13/06)
THE MUNICIPAL TAKE-OVER OF THE CITY LINES (1921--1922) (added 8/21/06)
THE D.S.R. YEARS:
THE "MISS DSR" CAMPAIGN (added 9/14/06)
D.S.R. ROUTES & NUMBERS -- 1966-1974 (added 1/22/07)
D.S.R. RAIL LINE ABANDONMENTS (1937-1956) (added 4/25/07)
D.S.R. ROUTE MAP: STREETCAR LINES - 1941 (added 4/25/07) (Map incorporated into its own web-page 3/12/11)
D.S.R "STOP-FINDER" SIGN MAP (added 11/02/07)
D.S.R.'s FIRST BUS STOP SHELTER (added 5/24/08)
FORMER D.S.R. CARBARNS & BUS GARAGES (added 11/10/08)
THE D.S.R. "ARTICULATED" 3-PART STREETCAR (added 12/16/08)
THE D.S.R. MOD-MOBILE (added 12/20/08/)
THE D.S.R. WYOMING TERMINAL (added 1/29/09)
THE P.C.C. ERA:
Part 1 - THE NEED FOR A MODERN STREETCAR (added 3/13/07)
Part 2 - THE PCC ERA IN DETROIT (added 4/15/07)
Part 3 - THE PCC SERVICE YEARS IN DETROIT (added 5/28/07)
Part 4 - FIXED RAIL VERSUS FLEXIBILITY (added 7/22/07)
Part 5 - THE ENDING OF AN ERA IN DETROIT (added April 8, 2009)
A PEEK INSIDE DETROIT'S PCC CARS (added 11/22/07)
Video Clip – THE END OF THE LINE PCC PARADE (added 7/12/09)
THE DDOT YEARS:
THE FORMATION OF THE DETROIT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (D-DOT) (added 7/24/06)
CITY CHARTER CODE REFERENCES ESTABLISHING THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (added 7/24/06)
D-DOT TRIVIA & STUFF (added 7/30/06)
DDOT #3200's: THOSE FORMER SMART "RTS" COACHES (added 8/31/06)
DDOT 2006 "ON-LINE" SYSTEM MAP (added 1/08/07—revised 2/03/07)
D-DOT ROUTES & NUMBERS (1975 & TODAY) (added 1/22/07)
D-DOT'S FIRST FLEET OF SMALL "MINI" BUSES (added 2/24/07)
D-DOT PHOTOS — PAGES: 1 2 3 (added 3/29/07)
D-DOT NEW BUSES FOR ONE-DOLLAR (added 6/12/07)
D-DOT SUBURBAN BUS ROUTES - 1994 (added 10/13/07)
D-DOT SYSTEM ROUTE MAP (added 3/08/08—revised 8/26/08—revised 10/22/09)
COOLIDGE TERMINAL (added 2/26/09)
SHOEMAKER TERMINAL & FORMER ADMINISTRATION BLDG (added 1/17/12)
BUS ROUTE HISTORY: (To access Route History Listings click "HERE")
[CURRENT ROUTES AVAILABLE]
BAKER-OAKLAND (added 9/05/06)
BASSETT (SHUTTLE) (added 12/28/09)
BELLE ISLE (Including Brief History of Island) (added 5-14-07)
BROADSTREET-W. CHICAGO (added 9/06/06)
CADIEUX (added 1/10/10)
DAVISON SHUTTLE (added 10/06/07)
DICKERSON (added 1/16/10)
DOWNTOWN LUNCH TIME EXP (added 10/13/07)
EIGHT MILE WEST (added 9/09/06)
FIVE POINTS (added 9/10/06)
FORD MEADOWS SHUTTLE (added 9/24/07)
GRAND BELT (STREETCAR) (added 6/10/07)
GRAND BELT (added 6/16/07)
GRATIOT-MICHIGAN (added 8/25/07)
GREENFIELD SPINNER (added 12/26/09)
HOLBROOK (added 2/28/10)
IMPERIAL EXPRESS (added 9/12/06)
IMPERIAL & BUS EXPRESSWAY HISTORY (added 9/08/06) (page moved to "Miscellaneous" on 1/28/07)
JOHN R. LIMITED (added 9/11/07)
JOHN R. NORTH (added 9/09/07)
JOHN R.-OAKLAND (added 9/15/07)
JOY-VERNOR (added 9/05/06)
MEYERS (added 3/30/08)
MEYERS-NORTHLAWN (added 3/08/08)
MICHIGAN-GRATIOT (added 2/08/08)
MICHIGAN SHUTTLE (added 1/19/08)
MIDDLEBELT (added 2/22/08)
NORTHLAWN (added 2/24/08)
TWELVE MILE ROAD (added 2/22/08)
VA PARK & RIDE (added 12/26/09)
WEST CHICAGO (added 10/06/07--revised 10/28/07)
WOODROW WILSON (added 9/5/06)
WOODWARD-JEFFERSON (added 9/05/06)
WOODWARD-JOHN R. (added 8/30/07)
FLEET ROSTERS:
DSR "TRACKLESS" TROLLEY-COACH ROSTER (added 12/01/07)
DSR P.C.C. STREETCAR ROSTER (added 12/02/07)
D-DOT COACH ROSTER (ACTIVE FLEET) (added 12/03/07)
D-DOT COACH ROSTER (RETIRED FLEET) (added 4/26/10)
FLEET PHOTO GALLERIES:
THE 1930's PHOTOS [3 pages] (added 8/26/11–9/22/11)
THE 1940's PHOTOS [5 pages] (added 5/16/08)
THE 1950's PHOTOS [3 pages] (added 7/22/06)
THE 1960's PHOTOS [3 pages] (added 7/30/06)
THE 1970's PHOTOS [3 pages] (added 7/31/09)
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS:
DETROIT MOTORBUS COMPANY (added 7/31/06) [updated 8/8/06]
DETROIT'S CONTROVERSIAL FLEET OF FLXIBLE BUSES (added 8/04/06) [updated 6/14/09]
SEMTA HISTORY:
PART 1: THE MOVE TOWARD REGIONAL MASS TRANSIT (added 8/05/06) [updated 2/28/11]
PART 2: THE MOVE AWAY FROM REGIONAL TRANSIT (added 8/06/06)
DETROIT'S GRAY LINE SIGHTSEEING TOURS (added 8/27/06) [updated 1/11/11]
DSR "SCHOOL-RUN" MYSTERY PHOTO (added 10/08/06) [updated 5/11/10]
HISTORY OF EXPRESSWAY BUS SERVICE IN DETROIT -- THE IMPERIAL EXPRESS (added 1/28/07) (page moved to "Around Old Detroit" on 8/16/07)
THE OLD D.S.R CAPITOL PARK BUS STATION (added 1/31/07)
DETROIT'S DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES (added 2/25/07)
ED DAVIS: FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO HEAD DETROIT'S AILING BUS SYSTEM (added 2/27/07) (page moved to "Around Old Detroit" on 11/18/07)
AROUND OLD DETROIT:
THE OLD BELLE ISLE COACH STATION (added 7/08/07)
THE HISTORY OF EXPRESSWAY BUS SERVICE IN DETROIT (added 8/12/07)
THOSE FORD EXPRESSWAY BUS STOPS (added 8/14/07)
ED DAVIS: FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO HEAD CITY'S AILING BUS SYSTEM (added 11/18/07)
GRAND RIVER AVENUE: THE PUSH TOWARD RUBBER-TIRED TRANSIT (added 1/04/08)
TRANSIT VIDEO CLIPS: (To access Transit Video Clips click "HERE")
[CURRENT VIDEOS AVAILABLE]
FIRST D-DOT RTS-II COACHES PUT INTO SERVICE (added 6/28/08)
FIRST GMC RTS-II COACH DELIVERED (added 7/12/08)
D-DOT SERVICE PROBLEMS [Video-1] (added 7/12/08)
D-DOT SERVICE PROBLEMS [Video-2] (added 10/26/08)
DETROIT'S FIRST WHEEL-CHAIR LIFT "RTS" COACHES (added 12/22/08)
D-DOT SERVICE PROBLEMS [Video-3] (added 3/01/09)
THE END OF THE LINE PCC PARADE (added 4/04/09) (video clip moved to its own web-page under "The P.C.C. Era" on 7/12/09)
FIRST SEMTA/DDOT RTS UNVEILED AT GM TRUCK & COACH (added 9/06/09)
A D-DOT DIRECTOR GRILLED OVER REHABBED BUSES (added 9/09/10)
DDOT DIRECTOR UNVEILS FIRST OF NEW REHABBED BUSES (added 3/09/11)
THE EARLY HISTORY OF DETROIT PUBLIC TRANSIT (1862-1890) (revised 6/04/10)
THE STREETCAR COMPANIES vs MAYOR PINGREE (1890-1900) (revised 12/12/10)
THE DETROIT UNITED RAILWAY YEARS (1900--1922) (added 8/13/06)
THE MUNICIPAL TAKE-OVER OF THE CITY LINES (1921--1922) (added 8/21/06)
THE D.S.R. YEARS:
THE "MISS DSR" CAMPAIGN (added 9/14/06)
D.S.R. ROUTES & NUMBERS -- 1966-1974 (added 1/22/07)
D.S.R. RAIL LINE ABANDONMENTS (1937-1956) (added 4/25/07)
D.S.R. ROUTE MAP: STREETCAR LINES - 1941 (added 4/25/07) (Map incorporated into its own web-page 3/12/11)
D.S.R "STOP-FINDER" SIGN MAP (added 11/02/07)
D.S.R.'s FIRST BUS STOP SHELTER (added 5/24/08)
FORMER D.S.R. CARBARNS & BUS GARAGES (added 11/10/08)
THE D.S.R. "ARTICULATED" 3-PART STREETCAR (added 12/16/08)
THE D.S.R. MOD-MOBILE (added 12/20/08/)
THE D.S.R. WYOMING TERMINAL (added 1/29/09)
THE P.C.C. ERA:
Part 1 - THE NEED FOR A MODERN STREETCAR (added 3/13/07)
Part 2 - THE PCC ERA IN DETROIT (added 4/15/07)
Part 3 - THE PCC SERVICE YEARS IN DETROIT (added 5/28/07)
Part 4 - FIXED RAIL VERSUS FLEXIBILITY (added 7/22/07)
Part 5 - THE ENDING OF AN ERA IN DETROIT (added April 8, 2009)
A PEEK INSIDE DETROIT'S PCC CARS (added 11/22/07)
Video Clip – THE END OF THE LINE PCC PARADE (added 7/12/09)
THE DDOT YEARS:
THE FORMATION OF THE DETROIT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (D-DOT) (added 7/24/06)
CITY CHARTER CODE REFERENCES ESTABLISHING THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (added 7/24/06)
D-DOT TRIVIA & STUFF (added 7/30/06)
DDOT #3200's: THOSE FORMER SMART "RTS" COACHES (added 8/31/06)
DDOT 2006 "ON-LINE" SYSTEM MAP (added 1/08/07—revised 2/03/07)
D-DOT ROUTES & NUMBERS (1975 & TODAY) (added 1/22/07)
D-DOT'S FIRST FLEET OF SMALL "MINI" BUSES (added 2/24/07)
D-DOT PHOTOS — PAGES: 1 2 3 (added 3/29/07)
D-DOT NEW BUSES FOR ONE-DOLLAR (added 6/12/07)
D-DOT SUBURBAN BUS ROUTES - 1994 (added 10/13/07)
D-DOT SYSTEM ROUTE MAP (added 3/08/08—revised 8/26/08—revised 10/22/09)
COOLIDGE TERMINAL (added 2/26/09)
SHOEMAKER TERMINAL & FORMER ADMINISTRATION BLDG (added 1/17/12)
BUS ROUTE HISTORY: (To access Route History Listings click "HERE")
[CURRENT ROUTES AVAILABLE]
BAKER-OAKLAND (added 9/05/06)
BASSETT (SHUTTLE) (added 12/28/09)
BELLE ISLE (Including Brief History of Island) (added 5-14-07)
BROADSTREET-W. CHICAGO (added 9/06/06)
CADIEUX (added 1/10/10)
DAVISON SHUTTLE (added 10/06/07)
DICKERSON (added 1/16/10)
DOWNTOWN LUNCH TIME EXP (added 10/13/07)
EIGHT MILE WEST (added 9/09/06)
FIVE POINTS (added 9/10/06)
FORD MEADOWS SHUTTLE (added 9/24/07)
GRAND BELT (STREETCAR) (added 6/10/07)
GRAND BELT (added 6/16/07)
GRATIOT-MICHIGAN (added 8/25/07)
GREENFIELD SPINNER (added 12/26/09)
HOLBROOK (added 2/28/10)
IMPERIAL EXPRESS (added 9/12/06)
IMPERIAL & BUS EXPRESSWAY HISTORY (added 9/08/06) (page moved to "Miscellaneous" on 1/28/07)
JOHN R. LIMITED (added 9/11/07)
JOHN R. NORTH (added 9/09/07)
JOHN R.-OAKLAND (added 9/15/07)
JOY-VERNOR (added 9/05/06)
MEYERS (added 3/30/08)
MEYERS-NORTHLAWN (added 3/08/08)
MICHIGAN-GRATIOT (added 2/08/08)
MICHIGAN SHUTTLE (added 1/19/08)
MIDDLEBELT (added 2/22/08)
NORTHLAWN (added 2/24/08)
TWELVE MILE ROAD (added 2/22/08)
VA PARK & RIDE (added 12/26/09)
WEST CHICAGO (added 10/06/07--revised 10/28/07)
WOODROW WILSON (added 9/5/06)
WOODWARD-JEFFERSON (added 9/05/06)
WOODWARD-JOHN R. (added 8/30/07)
FLEET ROSTERS:
DSR "TRACKLESS" TROLLEY-COACH ROSTER (added 12/01/07)
DSR P.C.C. STREETCAR ROSTER (added 12/02/07)
D-DOT COACH ROSTER (ACTIVE FLEET) (added 12/03/07)
D-DOT COACH ROSTER (RETIRED FLEET) (added 4/26/10)
FLEET PHOTO GALLERIES:
THE 1930's PHOTOS [3 pages] (added 8/26/11–9/22/11)
THE 1940's PHOTOS [5 pages] (added 5/16/08)
THE 1950's PHOTOS [3 pages] (added 7/22/06)
THE 1960's PHOTOS [3 pages] (added 7/30/06)
THE 1970's PHOTOS [3 pages] (added 7/31/09)
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS:
DETROIT MOTORBUS COMPANY (added 7/31/06) [updated 8/8/06]
DETROIT'S CONTROVERSIAL FLEET OF FLXIBLE BUSES (added 8/04/06) [updated 6/14/09]
SEMTA HISTORY:
PART 1: THE MOVE TOWARD REGIONAL MASS TRANSIT (added 8/05/06) [updated 2/28/11]
PART 2: THE MOVE AWAY FROM REGIONAL TRANSIT (added 8/06/06)
DETROIT'S GRAY LINE SIGHTSEEING TOURS (added 8/27/06) [updated 1/11/11]
DSR "SCHOOL-RUN" MYSTERY PHOTO (added 10/08/06) [updated 5/11/10]
HISTORY OF EXPRESSWAY BUS SERVICE IN DETROIT -- THE IMPERIAL EXPRESS (added 1/28/07) (page moved to "Around Old Detroit" on 8/16/07)
THE OLD D.S.R CAPITOL PARK BUS STATION (added 1/31/07)
DETROIT'S DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES (added 2/25/07)
ED DAVIS: FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO HEAD DETROIT'S AILING BUS SYSTEM (added 2/27/07) (page moved to "Around Old Detroit" on 11/18/07)
AROUND OLD DETROIT:
THE OLD BELLE ISLE COACH STATION (added 7/08/07)
THE HISTORY OF EXPRESSWAY BUS SERVICE IN DETROIT (added 8/12/07)
THOSE FORD EXPRESSWAY BUS STOPS (added 8/14/07)
ED DAVIS: FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO HEAD CITY'S AILING BUS SYSTEM (added 11/18/07)
GRAND RIVER AVENUE: THE PUSH TOWARD RUBBER-TIRED TRANSIT (added 1/04/08)
TRANSIT VIDEO CLIPS: (To access Transit Video Clips click "HERE")
[CURRENT VIDEOS AVAILABLE]
FIRST D-DOT RTS-II COACHES PUT INTO SERVICE (added 6/28/08)
FIRST GMC RTS-II COACH DELIVERED (added 7/12/08)
D-DOT SERVICE PROBLEMS [Video-1] (added 7/12/08)
D-DOT SERVICE PROBLEMS [Video-2] (added 10/26/08)
DETROIT'S FIRST WHEEL-CHAIR LIFT "RTS" COACHES (added 12/22/08)
D-DOT SERVICE PROBLEMS [Video-3] (added 3/01/09)
THE END OF THE LINE PCC PARADE (added 4/04/09) (video clip moved to its own web-page under "The P.C.C. Era" on 7/12/09)
FIRST SEMTA/DDOT RTS UNVEILED AT GM TRUCK & COACH (added 9/06/09)
A D-DOT DIRECTOR GRILLED OVER REHABBED BUSES (added 9/09/10)
DDOT DIRECTOR UNVEILS FIRST OF NEW REHABBED BUSES (added 3/09/11)
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| (1900–1922) |
| DETROIT MOTORBUS COMPANY |
| (1920–1931) |
| MUNICIPAL OPERATION |
| (1921–1922) |
| DEPARTMENT OF STREET RAILWAYS |
| (1922–1974) |
| DETROIT UNITED RAILWAY |
| DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
| (1974–PRESENT) |
| VIDEO CLIP ADDED 7-26-08 |
| VIDEO CLIP ADDED 7-22-08 |
2011:
10/22/11 — The "1970's FLEET PHOTOS" section "Page 3" (GMC RTS buses) has been revised with new updated captions and GMC experimental
RTX coach video clip and interior photo.
10/06/11–10/11/11 — Seven new photos and revised photo captions added to "FLEET PHOTOS GALLERIES" section under the following decade
pages: 1940's Page 2 (1), Page 3 (1); 1950's Page 1 (1-set), Page 2 (2), and 1960's Page 1 (2).
10/02/11 — The "1950's FLEET PHOTOS" section "Page 3" has been revised with new GM Old-Look coach photos added and updated captions.
09/25/11 — Updated photo captions and new information added to the "1940's FLEET PHOTOS" section "Page 1."
08/26/11–08/29/11 — "Page 1" and "Page 2" added to the new three-page "1930's FLEET PHOTO GALLERY" section.
07/07/11–07/08/11 — The "D-DOT ROUTES & NUMBERS" and "D-DOT SYSTEM ROUTE MAP" pages updated to reflect recent route eliminations.
06/16/11 — New photo (courtesy of Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University) added to "WYOMING TERMINAL" web-page under "THE DSR YEARS."
03/12/11 — The previous stand-alone "1941 DSR STREETCAR MAP" has now been incorporated into its own web-page under "THE DSR Years."
03/04/11–03/05/11 — Printer-friendly (mostly text-only) pages now linked to "The Early Years (1862-1890)," "The Pingree Years (1890-1900)," and
eventually to other pages to assist visitors with page lay-out distortion issues experienced by some browsers and operating systems.
02/28/11 — The "SEMTA HISTORY, PT.1" page in the "MISCELLANEOUS" section completely revised with updated text and new photos.
01/11/11 — The "DETROIT'S GRAY LINE TOURS" page in the "MISCELLANEOUS" section completely revised with updated text and photos.
01/06/11–1/10/11 — The main index pages for the "MISCELLANEOUS" and "FLEET ROSTERS" sections updated with new photos.
2010:
12/14/10 — Links to available Route History pages added to the "D.S.R. ROUTES & NUMBERS – 1966-1974" page in "THE DSR YEARS" section.
12/12/10 — Additional information, maps and photos added to the completely revised "The Pingree Years (1890-1900)" Pre-DSR Years page.
11/04/10 — New photo added to the "GRAND RIVER AVENUE: THE PUSH TOWARD RUBBER-TIRED TRANSIT" page in the "AROUND OLD
DETROIT" section.
09/16/10 — Both the "ACTIVE" and "RETIRED" DDOT roster pages under the "FLEET ROSTERS" section have been updated to reflect the retirement
of the #3290-series "suburban edition" RTS-II coaches.
07/31/10 — The "D.S.R. RAIL LINE ABANDONMENTS" page revised slightly and the rail-to-bus Conversion Table information updated.
06/22/10–6/24/10 — Three new GM "old-look" and "new-look" bus photos from the C. Dutch and S. Sycko collections added to the 1950's-1960's
"FLEET PHOTOS" section under the following pages: 1950's Page 3 (2) and 1960's Page 1 (1).
06/19/10–6/20/10 — Seven new trackless trolley-coach photos from the Illinois Railway Museum, S. Sycko, and other collections, added to the 1940's-
1950's "FLEET PHOTOS" section under the following pages: 1940's Page 5 (1), 1950's Page 1 (4) and Page 2 (2).
06/10/10 — Link to new 1857-1875 City of Detroit street map page added to "The Early Years (1862-1890)" page.
06/04/10 — Additional information, maps and photos added to the completely revised "The Early Years (1862-1890)" Pre-DSR Years page.
05/14/10 — New photo and updated text added to the "DSR "SCHOOL-RUN" MYSTERY PHOTO" page in the "MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS" section.
05/01/10 — New "SEARCH" feature added to the "WHAT'S NEW" page, and soon to be added to additional website pages.
04/01/10 — New DDOT #1000-series New Flyer D40LF fleet added to "D-DOT COACH ROSTER (ACTIVE FLEET)" page.
03/21/10 — New photo added to the "JOHN R.-OAKLAND" page in the "BUS ROUTE HISTORY" section.
03/08/10–03/18/10 — Ten new photos, courtesy of the C. Dutch, S. Sycko, and other collections added to "PHOTO GALLERIES" section under
1940's (Page 1) and (Page 2).
02/22/10 — New photo added to the "IMPERIAL EXPRESS" page in the "BUS ROUTE HISTORY" section.
01/06/10 — Two new photos from the Krambles-Peterson Collection added to "PHOTO GALLERIES" section under 1940's (Page 3).
01/02/10 — New text information on the Arrow Steel Co. agreement added to the "COOLIDGE TERMINAL" page in "THE DDOT YEARS" section.
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10/22/11 — The "1970's FLEET PHOTOS" section "Page 3" (GMC RTS buses) has been revised with new updated captions and GMC experimental
RTX coach video clip and interior photo.
10/06/11–10/11/11 — Seven new photos and revised photo captions added to "FLEET PHOTOS GALLERIES" section under the following decade
pages: 1940's Page 2 (1), Page 3 (1); 1950's Page 1 (1-set), Page 2 (2), and 1960's Page 1 (2).
10/02/11 — The "1950's FLEET PHOTOS" section "Page 3" has been revised with new GM Old-Look coach photos added and updated captions.
09/25/11 — Updated photo captions and new information added to the "1940's FLEET PHOTOS" section "Page 1."
08/26/11–08/29/11 — "Page 1" and "Page 2" added to the new three-page "1930's FLEET PHOTO GALLERY" section.
07/07/11–07/08/11 — The "D-DOT ROUTES & NUMBERS" and "D-DOT SYSTEM ROUTE MAP" pages updated to reflect recent route eliminations.
06/16/11 — New photo (courtesy of Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University) added to "WYOMING TERMINAL" web-page under "THE DSR YEARS."
03/12/11 — The previous stand-alone "1941 DSR STREETCAR MAP" has now been incorporated into its own web-page under "THE DSR Years."
03/04/11–03/05/11 — Printer-friendly (mostly text-only) pages now linked to "The Early Years (1862-1890)," "The Pingree Years (1890-1900)," and
eventually to other pages to assist visitors with page lay-out distortion issues experienced by some browsers and operating systems.
02/28/11 — The "SEMTA HISTORY, PT.1" page in the "MISCELLANEOUS" section completely revised with updated text and new photos.
01/11/11 — The "DETROIT'S GRAY LINE TOURS" page in the "MISCELLANEOUS" section completely revised with updated text and photos.
01/06/11–1/10/11 — The main index pages for the "MISCELLANEOUS" and "FLEET ROSTERS" sections updated with new photos.
2010:
12/14/10 — Links to available Route History pages added to the "D.S.R. ROUTES & NUMBERS – 1966-1974" page in "THE DSR YEARS" section.
12/12/10 — Additional information, maps and photos added to the completely revised "The Pingree Years (1890-1900)" Pre-DSR Years page.
11/04/10 — New photo added to the "GRAND RIVER AVENUE: THE PUSH TOWARD RUBBER-TIRED TRANSIT" page in the "AROUND OLD
DETROIT" section.
09/16/10 — Both the "ACTIVE" and "RETIRED" DDOT roster pages under the "FLEET ROSTERS" section have been updated to reflect the retirement
of the #3290-series "suburban edition" RTS-II coaches.
07/31/10 — The "D.S.R. RAIL LINE ABANDONMENTS" page revised slightly and the rail-to-bus Conversion Table information updated.
06/22/10–6/24/10 — Three new GM "old-look" and "new-look" bus photos from the C. Dutch and S. Sycko collections added to the 1950's-1960's
"FLEET PHOTOS" section under the following pages: 1950's Page 3 (2) and 1960's Page 1 (1).
06/19/10–6/20/10 — Seven new trackless trolley-coach photos from the Illinois Railway Museum, S. Sycko, and other collections, added to the 1940's-
1950's "FLEET PHOTOS" section under the following pages: 1940's Page 5 (1), 1950's Page 1 (4) and Page 2 (2).
06/10/10 — Link to new 1857-1875 City of Detroit street map page added to "The Early Years (1862-1890)" page.
06/04/10 — Additional information, maps and photos added to the completely revised "The Early Years (1862-1890)" Pre-DSR Years page.
05/14/10 — New photo and updated text added to the "DSR "SCHOOL-RUN" MYSTERY PHOTO" page in the "MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS" section.
05/01/10 — New "SEARCH" feature added to the "WHAT'S NEW" page, and soon to be added to additional website pages.
04/01/10 — New DDOT #1000-series New Flyer D40LF fleet added to "D-DOT COACH ROSTER (ACTIVE FLEET)" page.
03/21/10 — New photo added to the "JOHN R.-OAKLAND" page in the "BUS ROUTE HISTORY" section.
03/08/10–03/18/10 — Ten new photos, courtesy of the C. Dutch, S. Sycko, and other collections added to "PHOTO GALLERIES" section under
1940's (Page 1) and (Page 2).
02/22/10 — New photo added to the "IMPERIAL EXPRESS" page in the "BUS ROUTE HISTORY" section.
01/06/10 — Two new photos from the Krambles-Peterson Collection added to "PHOTO GALLERIES" section under 1940's (Page 3).
01/02/10 — New text information on the Arrow Steel Co. agreement added to the "COOLIDGE TERMINAL" page in "THE DDOT YEARS" section.
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