DT&I - "We Have the Connections"
The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad (reporting mark DTI) operated from 1905 to 1983 between its namesake cities of Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio, via Toledo. At the end of 1970, it operated 478 miles of road on 762 miles of track; that year it carried 1,244 million ton-miles of revenue freight.
When Henry Ford was building his huge River Rouge Complex, he bought the DT&I on July 9, 1920 and added the Dearborn, MI branch. The DT&I route connected his plant to all of the major east/west railroads and allowed him to choose which railroads handled which shipments, hence the slogan.
After the Interstate Commerce Commission took all the fun out of playing with railroads, Ford sold the DT&I to Pennsy on June 27, 1929. The route ended up as part of Grand Trunk Western in 1978 instead of becoming part of Conrail. Remnants of the route are now part of the G&W's Indiana & Ohio Railway.
DT&I - "We Have the Connections"
The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad (reporting mark DTI) operated from 1905 to 1983 between its namesake cities of Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio, via Toledo. At the end of 1970, it operated 478 miles of road on 762 miles of track; that year it carried 1,244 million ton-miles of revenue freight.
When Henry Ford was building his huge River Rouge Complex, he bought the DT&I on July 9, 1920 and added the Dearborn, MI branch. The DT&I route connected his plant to all of the major east/west railroads and allowed him to choose which railroads handled which shipments, hence the slogan.
After the Interstate Commerce Commission took all the fun out of playing with railroads, Ford sold the DT&I to Pennsy on June 27, 1929. The route ended up as part of Grand Trunk Western in 1978 instead of becoming part of Conrail. Remnants of the route are now part of the G&W's Indiana & Ohio Railway.