Location: Ferndale Yard, Ferndale, MI

Ferndale Yard is a large Grand Trunk Western railroad yard on their Detroit-Grand Haven line, beginning north of State Fair Avenue in Detroit and extending northwest to Nine Mile in Ferndale.

Map credit: GTW Ferndale, MI yard. [USGS]

Notes

This yard had 22 tracks east of the main line, and one track on the west side. In addition to the double track main line, there was a north and south "thoroughfare", or freight main lines.

The yard office was just north of 8 mile (which crossed the GTW on an overhead bridge.

The railroad had car repair buildings here on the south end of the yard. [GTWHS-2023-F]

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