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Port Huron & Detroit Railroad

Historical & Modeling Guide

  • Maps
  • History
    • Early History
      • Building the Railroad
    • The Handy Years
      • Expansion
    • Duffy Takeover
    • Valuation and Profits
    • WWII
    • The Post-War Years
    • 1970’s
    • The End of the PH&D
    • Running the Railroad
  • Equipment
  • Modeling the PH&D
    • Buildings
    • Locomotives & Cars
      • N Scale
      • HO Scale
      • O Scale – 2 and 3 Rail
      • S Scale
      • Other Scales
  • About/Contact Us

The Handy Years

The Detroit, Bay City & Western, aka The Handy Lines

  • Purchase agreement between Thomas Handy (representing the Detroit, Bay City & Western) and Joy Morton.
  • Original PH&D Articles of Incorporation (Handy)
  • Entering Port Huron (DBC&W)
    • 1917 Pere Marquette Agreement
  • Connecting the Port Huron Road and the Bay City Road

The purpose of this site is to preserve the history of the Port Huron Southern Railroad, the Port Huron & Detroit Railroad and to a limited extent, the Detroit Bay City & Western Railroad.

Port Huron & Detroit Railroad
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