Postcard

Electric Engine Used for Hauling Trains through Tunnel under Detroit River, Detroit

One postcard of an electric locomotive on the tracks near the Canadian entrance to the railroad tunnel crossing beneath the Detroit River between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario. The postcard shows a color image of front of the locomotive. Many visitors/guests are standing on the front and side platforms of the locomotive as it pulls a line of railroad cars. Concrete retaining walls are visible on either side of the two sets of railroad tunnel tracks. Small black printed text near the upper left edge of the postcard reads "Electric Engine Used for Hauling Trains through Tunnel under Detroit River, Detroit." Small green printed text on the verso reads "Electric Engine, Detroit, Mich. The Detroit River Tunnel was built for the M.C.R.R. at a cost of $8,500,000. It is 1 3/8 miles in length. Electricity, the third rail system, furnishes the motive power for the engines."