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Station: Presque Isle LS&I West Yard
Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum
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An aerial photograph of West Yard in Presque Isle, north of the City of Marquette. This is the Lake Superior & Ishpeming's ore storage yard for cars awaiting dumping in the ore dock at the upper left corner of the photograph. The LS&I roundhouse is also in the photo, just below the dock, as are the other LS&I facilities. The area of the roundhouse and buildings are now occupied by a coal burning power plant. This photo was taken in the 1950's. [Mike Tabone Collection] |
SNAPSHOT (1960's): There is a home signal at the entrance to the Marquette ore dock yard. This signal governs the movement of trains into the arrival years, which is made up of three tracks and diverge off the main line. The LS&I has remote control switches for these arrival tracks which are under the control of the dispatcher at the ore yard. Arriving trains do not stop for the head brakeman to jump off the run ahead to throw the switches for the train. [LSIOR]