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Railroad: Michigan Central Railroad
Construction Type:
Engine Stalls: Originally 5 stalls downtown.  New roundhouse housed 30 locomotives at the new terminal facility, built around 1919-1920.
Built: 5 stall, unknown.  30 stall in 1919 or 1920.
Torn Down: 5 stall removed in May, 1920.
Notes: 100' turntable.  Also a 600 ton coal station serving four tracks.

References:  MCRR 4/27/1947 Employee Time Table.  Standard clock location.  Information also from Ben Higdon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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