Byron Babbish
Railroad Photographer - Author - Historian
His published books, articles and photographs span a wide array of topics including trains, historical events & locations, field guides, automobiles, infrastructure, memoirs, and railfanning. Byron lives in Metro Detroit, Michigan with his wife Elaine.
The Great Lakes Railway
Historical Collection
The Great Lakes Railway Historical Collection consists of photographs, negatives, videos, books, maps, track diagrams, timetables and other historical documents and materials related to past and present railroads of the Great Lakes Region.
The purpose of the Collection is to preserve these materials for use by others both now and in the future for research, book writing, lectures and general information.
The scope of the Collection includes all railroads, currently in operation or historical, operating in the States surrounding the Great Lakes and the Province of Ontario.