Name :   3979 EVCOLLIER
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Date: :   8 30 09
Comments Regarding the Site :   GOOD JOB I LOVE OLD SCHOOL
Suggestions for Improvments :   RIDE DETROIT TRANSIT
Name :   Henry Chantre
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Date: :   20 Aug 2009
Comments Regarding the Site :   I use to work for SEMTA.
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Name :   Norm Walters
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Date: :   August 2, 2009
Comments Regarding the Site :   Fantastic site I love it. Probably the best I have ever seen on this kind of subject! Keep up the outstanding work. I really appreciate the color shots. I am a Twin Coach fan, and your coverage is outstanding.
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Name :   Pat Tutak
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Date: :   6-30-09
Comments Regarding the Site :   WOW! It,s great. I,ve put it my favorites. Im going to pass this on. Thank you. P S My grandfather was a mechanic for the DSR. He retired in the early 50s.
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Name :   Michael Main
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Date: :   16Jun09
Comments Regarding the Site :   This site brought back some good old times (I worked from 1976 to 1985, the Main, Gilbert, and Coolidge garages).
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Name :   Patti Fons
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Date: :   5-13-2009
Comments Regarding the Site :   Thank you for this website! My great grandfather, August B. Oberhausen, worked for the DSR and genealogy research is the reason I googled it and found your website. Will you have more info about the DSR and perhaps photos?
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Name :   martha
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Date: :   04-19-2009
Comments Regarding the Site :   Very informative site. When will you be posting the earliest photos of transit in and around Detroit?
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Name :   Jerry Fretto
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Date: :   4-9-09
Comments Regarding the Site :   I love those Twin Coach buses ! I own two here in Rochester,N.Y. You do a great job on your site along with your contributors ! GOD bless you ! When are you going to publish a book about this ? ! Jerry Fretto the Fageol FANatic !
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Name :   Larry Victorson
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Date: :   3-10-2009
Comments Regarding the Site :   I left Detroit in 1965. It was on its way out by then. I know of the DUR from my Dad; the DSR from my youth. Took the Second Avenue bus downtown (although, I got it on Six Mile Rd. and Greenlawn.)
Suggestions for Improvments :   If ONLY they had built the Subway....
Name :   Glen Bottoms
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Date: :   March 9, 2009
Comments Regarding the Site :   Great site. Gives great insights about what happened in Detroit transit-wise after WWII.
Suggestions for Improvments :   What happened to Mayor Van Antwerp? He seemed to drop out of the picture after hiring Nowicki. Explaining what happened to him might shed light on subsequest events.
Name :   Jim Husing
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Date: :   03/07/2009
Comments Regarding the Site :   Great site. I am a DSR/DDOT bus fan. Although I am a native Californian my former in-laws live in the Detroit suburbs and I have visited MI many times since 1967. I am sending some DSR and Great Lakes Transit photos from my collection to the web site admi
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Name :   Rocco Joe
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Date: :   March 7, 2009
Comments Regarding the Site :   I road the streetcar on the Gratiot line, for the first time in 1939. It only coast 6 cents and a penny to transfer to another car.They had safety zones in the middle of the street for boarding the rail cars.Two conductors, one to drive and the other to
Suggestions for Improvments :   If more older Detroiters were interview on the memories of there youth, then the glory of the city will come to light, of the old landmarks.
Name :   clyde hughes
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Date: :   3/5/09
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Name :   Joe Clark
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Date: :   Feb.20,2009
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Name :   brooks
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Date: :   12/20/08
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Name :   jim mueller
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Date: :   12 09 08
Comments Regarding the Site :   a great website on detriot tran sit
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Name :   damien
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Web Address (if applicable) :   www.detroitsg.info
Date: :   10/31/08
Comments Regarding the Site :   I like your layout.
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Name :   Ken Rupert
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Date: :   October 20 2008
Comments Regarding the Site :   Excellent, it took me down memory lane. I love Detroit.
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Name :   HBCraig,II (site-owner)
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Date: :   08-18-08
Comments Regarding the Site :   Michael, you should be able to email me offline at either detbusfan@detroittransithistory.info -or- admin@detroittransithistory.info
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Name :   B. Z. Myndiuk
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Date: :   Aug. 18, 2008
Comments Regarding the Site :   Excellent site.
Suggestions for Improvments :   I have not read everything on the site. Is there a proposed map of planned light-rail lines? If you need a contact to buy new light-rail cars that are not too expensive please e-mail me at the above address.
Name :   Michael Carmichael
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Web Address (if applicable) :   www.bloomfieldhistoricalsociety.org
Date: :   17 August 2008
Comments Regarding the Site :   The e-mail address doesn;t seem to work for me -- and I have an offline question for you. Could you please send me an address where I can reach you? Thanks! michael.
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Name :   Allen Phillips
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Date: :   August 12, 2008
Comments Regarding the Site :   Excellent site! Found it through a helpful lady at Detroit Historical Society.Grew up in Detroit and loved the streetcars.
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Name :   Greg Karlow
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Date: :   06-30-08
Comments Regarding the Site :   Very well done site.
Suggestions for Improvments :   Photos, photos, photos!!!!!
Name :   Tom Cabanaw
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Date: :   6-27-2008
Comments Regarding the Site :   Good looking site. I love the history of Detroit and I have approx. 20 different DSR tickets and all 3 tokens. I was born in 1956 so I dont remember the Trolley but the history will live on.
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Name :   James Alain
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Date: :   May 26, 2008
Comments Regarding the Site :   Ive already signed once...but the site continues to expand and get better, so I thought Id send another Best Wishes and Thanks! The Peter Witts, the PCCs, the trolleybuses are getting attention, more would be nice. Too, the DSRs gas and diesel nonGM coach
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Name :   HBCraig,II (site-owner)
Email Address (optional) :   admin@detroittransithistory.info
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Date: :   May 3, 2008
Comments Regarding the Site :   good news john, Im currently working on a new photo gallery displaying DSR vehicles purchased during the 1940s—many of which survived well into the 1960s
Suggestions for Improvments :   The new 1940 photo gallery (with 5 pages of photos) should be online within the coming week.
Name :   John Mielke
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Date: :   04/30/2008
Comments Regarding the Site :   Cool site. My grandfather was a conductor on the Mack Ave. streetcar until having a stroke in 1943.
Suggestions for Improvments :   More pictures, please...
Name :   erving v collier
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Comments Regarding the Site :   excellent site
Suggestions for Improvments :   keep up the good work
Name :   Sean_Of_Detroit
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Date: :   4/6/8
Comments Regarding the Site :   Great Site! I really like the pictures. Electiric Park looks really kewl next to the old coach stand.
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Name :   Mel Erdos
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Date: :   03/20/08
Comments Regarding the Site :   A treasure of memories of my father--we lived just off 8 Mile RD. He drove the Conant Jefferson run also on the swing shift. When I was lucky hed pick me up on the corner and take me into the Coolidge terminal at the end of his run. If I was real lucky I
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Name :   Howard W.
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Date: :   1/19/08
Comments Regarding the Site :   Thanks for the Great site. My Dad was a DSR driver for 30 years. I would catch his bus at Eastland and ride the Gratiot line with him on my days off. He worked the swing shift and would leave for work ar 4am. Its hard to believe that he raise 6 kids on hi
Suggestions for Improvments :   Dont forget about the Drivers and the Shoemaker Terminal. I realll many times Mom and I dropping dad off for work there.
Name :   bryant moore
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Date: :   1-17-2008
Comments Regarding the Site :   the site is impressive. i live in philadelphia and still use the trolley.
Suggestions for Improvments :   please show more pictures of abandoned trolley poles and tracks on the street.
Name :   Lauren
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Date: :   December 24, 2007
Comments Regarding the Site :   Great site! Ive been riding the bus since 02. My favorite parts of the site are the pictures of the streetcars and buses from the DSR years and the early DOT years. I remember hearing my late mother talking about The ol DSR from back in the 60s and early
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Name :   Beamon
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Date: :   27 Aug 2007
Comments Regarding the Site :   Ive ridden all DSR and DOT coaches from 1954. I recall sitting on my moms lap after boarding a street car. I held a tiny white bag of jelly beans which I was not permitted to eat from until we returned to our home; ladies did not pass food between their l
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Name :   James Alain
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Date: :   062807
Comments Regarding the Site :   Hello from the UPs biggest DSR fan.I was raised in the Deroit area and was very familiar with the PeterWitts,the PCCs, and the postwar Twin and StLouis electric trolleybuses in thelatter 1940s, and throughout the 1950s. CONTINUE TO AMASS AS MUCH INFO AND
Suggestions for Improvments :   The DSRs few streetcar charter/fan farewell trips(end of trollyservice years); the last and only trollev bus farewell fan tripin 1962; the last regular service trips on the PCC and tb lines.Also the dubuious use of a small fleet of Flxibles in the 1960s w
Name :   Doug F
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Date: :   June 28, 2007
Comments Regarding the Site :   What a great find! I grew up with the DSR & it made a bus freak out of me. Cant wait to see whats coming. Id offer my transfer collection, but it looks as though you have plenty.
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Name :   P T
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Date: :   May 10,2007
Comments Regarding the Site :   Mr.Craig, Im so glad to see someone keeping up the D-Dot history. I have learned so much from it and looking forward to more Detroit and D-Dot history
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Name :   David Harris
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Date: :   3/13/07
Comments Regarding the Site :   You have a great site.I have been a DSR afficianado since riding the rails and rubber since the 1950s. Your site brings back pleasant memories. I had the pleasure of meeting Jack Schramm while he was still working for the DSR/DDOT. He shared many inside s
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Name :   Dave Scott
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Date: :   February 12, 2007
Comments Regarding the Site :   I was just amazed to see photos of the DSR busses I remember well as a child in Detroit in the 50s on this web site. I would draw pictures of them constantly. I even liked one of the picturres that showed SCHOOL in the roll sign. Remember when The Detroit
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Name :   Jim Stephens
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Date: :   1-22-07
Comments Regarding the Site :   Good work.
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Name :   June
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Date: :   12/14/06
Comments Regarding the Site :   Great
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Name :   Patrick Furlong
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Date: :   10/25/06
Comments Regarding the Site :   Great site. Grew up on the east side (alas too late to see the street cars in action) and Im very interested in Detroits history. Loved reading about the inter urban system. Looking forward to further updates!
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Name :   Michael Koprowicz
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Date: :   September 26th 2006
Comments Regarding the Site :   Mr. Craig, Im am very glad that you have found a real permanent domain for Detroits Transit History. This site is absolutely excellent thus far! The Yahoo group has also remained a great source of info. Detroit has a fascenating history of transit that
Suggestions for Improvments :   Cant wait for more photos and the videos!
Name :   D.R.
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Web Address (if applicable) :   dsr-2-dot group member
Date: :   9/14/2006
Comments Regarding the Site :   hey dude, although it took me over 40 mins to digest it all, i finally sat down and read your four messages on detroits early transit years. great job, great information!! like reading a story.
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Name :   HBCraig,II
Email Address (optional) :   admin@detroittransithistory.info
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Date: :   9/12/06
Comments Regarding the Site :   I want to thank those whove taken the time to sign my guest-book. I appreciate your comments and Im glad you were able to get something out of the site. Of course, its still a work in progress.
Suggestions for Improvments :   Regarding the comments that some of the page layouts are difficult to view on smaller screen monitors, I do appreciate you bringing this to our attention. It appears to me that the problem seems to be more of an issue on the web-sites older pages, includi
Name :   Katherine
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Date: :   9/6/06
Comments Regarding the Site :   Great DSR-DOT History! You need to write a book :-)
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Name :   Carl Carlson
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Date: :   09/05/2006
Comments Regarding the Site :   Very interesting trip back to my childhood in Detroit, during the 40s and 50s
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Name :   DeJuan McIntosh
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Date: :   08/26/06
Comments Regarding the Site :   sharp!
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Name :   anthony chevalier martin
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Date: :   08-03-2006
Comments Regarding the Site :   AS A HISTORY AND LABOR STUDIES GRAD OF WSU. ALSO CURRENT PRESIDENT OF AFSCME 1786 SMART SUPERVISORY LOCAL AND CENTRAL RADIO DISPATCHER AT SMART. THIS SITE IS VERY IMPORTANT AND USE TO ME AND MY MEMBERS.
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Name :   nathaniel frazier
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Comments Regarding the Site :   nice site give us more
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