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AUGUST 9 ISSUE ANSWERS: The Detroit, Rochester, Romeo and Lake Orion Railway car is parked in front of the current Romeo Village Hall. No, the building behind the streetcar is not the village hall, it is the station for the D. U. R., Detroit Urban Railway. It has a similar shape and it has been razed to make room for the current Locks Cleaner which is closed. The station was where you waited for the next streetcar to arrive. In the picture you can see the motorman and conductor waiting for a load of new passengers for a trip south on South Main, through Washington Township, crossing what will become Stony Creek Metro Park and arriving in Rochester. Turning north, one could travel to Lake Orion and Flint, or turning south the trip might end in Detroit. From Detroit a passenger could travel to Grand Rapids, Lansing or Toledo or many stops in-between. This was an important public transportation system for Romeo, 1899 to 1934. My friend Norm told me about riding the last streetcar out of Romeo in 1934 as a youth. He related how his mother used the streetcars. This is his story.

AUGUST 9 ISSUE ANSWERS: The Detroit, Rochester, Romeo and Lake Orion Railway car is parked in front of the current Romeo Village Hall. No, the building behind the streetcar is not the village hall, it is the station for the D. U. R., Detroit Urban Railway. It has a similar shape and it has been razed to make room for the current Locks Cleaner which is closed. The station was where you waited for the next streetcar to arrive. In the picture you can see the motorman and conductor waiting for a load of new passengers for a trip south on South Main, through Washington Township, crossing what will become Stony Creek Metro Park and arriving in Rochester. Turning north, one could travel to Lake Orion and Flint, or turning south the trip might end in Detroit. From Detroit a passenger could travel to Grand Rapids, Lansing or Toledo or many stops in-between. This was an important public transportation system for Romeo, 1899 to 1934. My friend Norm told me about riding the last streetcar out of Romeo in 1934 as a youth. He related how his mother used the streetcars. This is his story.

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