Station: North Yard, Michigan
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North Yard Interlocker was the crossing of the New York Central's Detroit to Bay City line by the Detroit Terminal Railroad. It was also the southbound entrance to North Yard, a yard which served auto plants in the area and an interchange with the Grand Trunk Western. North Yard was an "armstrong" interlocking plant. The photo below is the last day, last shift at North Yard on February 25, 1986. The signal maintainer at the left is disconnecting power from the model board and is decommissioning the plant. Charlie Whipp photos. |
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Below, Penn Central 7956 with a lash up of power, pulls by North Yard Tower. December, 1973 [Mark Hinsdale] |
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The track diagram at North Yard tower, the crossing of the MCRR Bay City Branch and the Detroit Terminal. This drawing is from blueprints in the State of Michigan Archives, c. 1944. Derails are not shown. [Dale Berry drawing] |
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- 1935: North Yard Tower communicated on Grade Lines 2 (3 long, 1 short) and 3 (4 short). Also on Grade Line 2 were Beaubien Street (1 long, 2 short), Belt Line Junction (2 long, 3 short), Milwaukee Jct. (1 long, 3 short), West Detroit (2 short), and Vinewood Avenue Switchtender (1 long, 1 short). Also on Grade Line 3 was the Belt Extension Yardmaster (1 long, 3 short), Belt Line Jct. (1 short, 1 long), and Forest Lawn Tower (1 long, 2 short). [MC Detroit Yard EE Timetable No. 76]