![]() And the attendant was like, “You are only going from Birmingham to Royal Oak?” It’s a good example of how extensive train service used to be, where you could go to every small town. We bought tickets for a very short ride, from Birmingham to Royal Oak. So when I was like 9 or 10, we went to a train near my home. When I got older I begged my parents to take me on a train. The iconic children’s book that ignited Michael’s So, I guess I’d say a mix of the book and train sets. And I had a few train sets when I was a kid-my parents and grandmother took me to the local Lionel Train dealership. It’s a little rough to pin my train passion on a particular thing, but the earliest thing I remember is that my favorite book when I was little was a picture book about trains, Freight Train, by Donald Crews. ![]() Can you recall how your fascination with trains started? Michael, let’s start at the beginning, with your own train story. Here we ask Michael to share a few thoughts about his love of trains and his work with Groundwork. For extra assistance, we invited college senior and train devotée Michael Goldman Brown, Jr., to pitch in as a contractor to help spread word of the project and to re-awaken connections with community leaders in the 10 potential train-stop towns along the route. As the pandemic ebbs and people around the planet resurrect their back-burnered travel plans, our transportation team at Groundwork is putting fresh energy into the Ann Arbor to Traverse City passenger rail project.
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