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Station: Vassar, MI - Michigan Central Facilities
Michigan Central facilities in Vassar.
Photo Info: Top, the MC depot at Vassar in 1978. [Charlie Whiipp]. 2nd photo, a postcard view of hte depot with a passenger train holding down the main line. Note the semaphore block/train order signal and the water standpipe for filling locomotive tenders. 3rd photo, another view of the same location. [Robert McNeill collection], 4th photo, NYC 2391 takes on water from the standpipe at the Vassar depot, date not known. [Doug Leffler collection]. 5th photo, a HYC passenger train photographed at Vassar in 1953. [Al Smith 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