Lang Yard was the main yard of the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad, which was owned by the Clover Leaf and the Grand Trunk Western. It was located north of the Toledo Terminal Railroad south of the Ottawa River.
For about 90 years, Lang Yard served as the southern terminal of the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad, a joint GTW/Nickel Plate line which ran between Toledo and Detroit. Lang was also used as a storage yard for coal trains in transit between the coal fields and coal burning power plants in the Detroit area. Today, the yard is used by the Canadian National Railroad.
Image info: Top, a 1980's view opf the Lang hump yard looking north (in North Toledo). [Charles Geletzke Jr.], 2nd image, a 2005 view of Lang Yard in Toledo, Ohio. This view is looking north.[Dale Berry] 3rd photo: D&TSL 117 at Lang Yard in 1973. [Doug Leffler] 4th photo, the dispatcher's desk at Lang in 1980. Using the CTC panel, the dispatcher here controlled the line between Toledo and Detroit. [Charles Geletzke Jr. photo]. 5th photo, an overhead view of the D&TSL roundhouse, yard and coaling facility at Lang Yard looking south in 1919. [Charles Geletzke Jr. collection]. 6th photo, the D&TSL's 2nd coal dock at Lang Yard in 1924. [Charles Geletzke Jr. collection]
For many years, Lang was a hump classification yard.
In addition to being a yard office, Lang also controlled the CTC on the D&TSL.
Lang Yard may have been named after L. F. Lang, D&TSL's Auditor and Car Service Agent based in Detroit, in the 1900's. [OGR-1907]
1907, The D&TSL built a south end yard office and 8-stall roundhouse and machine shop here in 1907.
1908, The railroad built a car repair shop.
1917. They built an office building here, as well as a car foreman's office, transfer platform with office.
1920. A storehouse for company material was built here. Lang had a 300-ton steel coaling station which was built in 1920. Lang had a 50,000 gallon capacity water station here which was a wood tub on a steel tower. [DTSL-1922]
1922: The water tank at Lang, described as a "wooden tub", is renewed. It holds 50,000 gallons. [DTSL-1922]
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