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Location: D&I Junction, Flat Rock, MI
D&I Junction (Dearborn & Ironton Junction) was the location on the DT&I main line, just northeast of Flat Rock Yard, where the branch line was built north to the Ford Rouge Plant.
This location still exists and is located just north of Van Horn road east of I-75 in Woodhaven, MI.
Notes
Time Line
1930. D&I Junction, at milepost 15.2, is the point where the operator dispatches trains on the Dearborn branch in addition to his duties as a main line telegraph operator. There is a wye at this point. [DT&I blueprint, 1930]
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