AUGUST 2 ISSUE ANSWERS: Last week’s photo of the GTW hat shows that the wearer was a conductor on the Grand Trunk and Western Rail Road. The hat is in the Capac Historical Society Museum. The Grand Trunk engine in the photo is passing the Washington Township station that was located on West Road. The first Romeo railroad was the Michigan Air Line. This was purchased in 1879 by the Grand Trunk Railroad. That railroad started in Montreal, Canada. Ocean ships arriving in Montreal could unload their cargoes and the goods could be carried west through Sarnia, Port Huron, Detroit and arrive in Chicago. A train ferry moved the train cars across the St. Clair River in Port Huron. These tracks included Romeo as a stop. Railroad companies continued buying each other until the CN, Canadian National Railroad was the last to use the line. The Macomb Orchard Trail bought the right-of-way that we bike on today. A railroad enabled merchants in Romeo to travel to New York, through Detroit, to purchase the latest fashions for Romeo folks. Below is the message on the back of one of our RHS archives post cards: “May 18, 1910 I expect to come on the night train Friday. I will get off at the crossing. Will you or someone else meet me if convenient? Your sister, J. Woodburn” R. Beringer, Romeo Historical Society staff