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Location: Jackson, MI - Michigan Central Yard
The MC terminal yard was relocated to Jackson, west of Elm Street in the 1870's.
Also known as Jackson Junction yard, the yard had a capacity of 2,000 cars. The Fort Wayne Yards, west of Jackson Junction had a capacity of 150 cars.
Jackson Yard had water tower and standpipe facilities for filling locomotives.
Photo info: Top, the yard now under Conrail control in 1979, taken from the yard tower looking east. Note the caboose track on the right and the RIP tracks beyond that. [Doug Leffler]. 2nd photo an old shot of Jackson Yard with over a dozen locomotives waiting to be deployed. The building in the top right of the photo may be the Division offices. Note: Page avenue at the top of the photo, which looks over the yard from the north. [Doug Leffler collection].
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Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI