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Location: East Yard, Plymouth, MI
East Yard in Plymouth is a small yard which services the former Ford Plymouth Plant and other nearby industry in Livonia. It is on the former Pere Marquette main line (Detroit to Chicago) just west of I-275. It is a small yard, about 5 tracks and about 1,800 feet long.
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May have originally been called Plymouth Yard for the DL&N. Capacity 559 cars.
Location: 42o22.880'N / 83o26.513'W.
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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
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