Join the Historical Society of Greater Lansing at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, August 7, with Norman Krentel, author of a new book on the history of Michigan Railway Co., which provided trolley and interurban service to Lansing and the surrounding area. Krentel was a Lansing native and attended Walter French Junior High School before his family relocated to Chicago. He has spent a lifetime studying the interurban and trolley systems and his book “The Michigan Railway Company” published by MSU Press is the first book on the system’s storied history. The event is to be held at the Rogers-Carrier House on the campus of L.C.C. Books will be for sale.