Station: Wyandotte, MI

Wyandotte was settled about 1818. The Eureka Iron Company established a blast furnace here along the Detroit River. The town became a city in 1967, and annexed the adjacent Village of Ford City in 1923. [MPN]

Photo info: Top, an early postcard view of the MC depot with its original higher roof line and peaks. [Alan Loftis collection. 2nd photo, the MC depot taken in 2000. This depot is now used by a nonprofit organization. [Charlie Whipp]. 3rd photo, the DT&I station at Wyandotte in 1921 [The Henry Ford collection]. 4th photo, a street crossing tower at Wyandotte, in the early 1900's. 5th image, NYC 2130, a Lima-class, is southbound at Emmons Road. The train is crossing the Ecorse River near Wyandotte. April, 1950. [Elmer Treloar/Charlie Whipp collection]

Notes

The MC/LSMS had their depot here between the two main tracks just north of Oak Street. The freight house was south of Oak Street, between the MC and DT&I main lines. [SBM-1912]

The DT&I station in Wyandotte was on the northeast corner of Oak and 7th Street. [SBM-1912].

The D&TSL had several team tracks and a trailing point crossover here. [EFI]

Time Line

1890. November 8. The Wyandotte people are indignant at their treatment by the Lake Shore railroad company. An accommodation train from Detroit, which carries from ten to fifty Wyandotte passengers, is regularly sidetracked every evening half a mile from the city to allow another train to pass. [DFP-1890-1116]

1908. The D&TSL built a wood agent's office and freight depot here in 1908. [DTSL-1922]

1916. The DT&I has a half interlocking at their crossing here of the DUR. [MCR-1916]

1917, The MC had an agent-operator here around-the-clock. [TRT]

1924. December 3. A collision between a DUR interurban train and an automobile kills five people and injures 10.  ICC Report [PDF]

Industry

• Wyandotte Chemical Oil Refinery. 1959-1963. Served by Wyandotte Terminal railroad. [MW]