Location: Wenona Yard, MI - MCRR

Wenona Yard was the Michigan Central's main freight yard in the Bay City area after 1910. Before 1910, most freight classification was done at West Bay City but this area soon became congested. The MC had freight and locomotive facilities at both West Bay City and Wenona and Wenona Yard ultimately replaced West Bay City Yard as the main yard.

Photo info: Top, the MC Wenona Yard coal dock, taken in 1950 with Mikado 2057 (an H7a) being serviced. 2ndphoto, the MC Wenona Yard backshop, including circular round house in the rear, left. In October, 1956. [Both, E. L. Novak photos, Charlie Whipp collection]. 3rd photo, a view of the yard looking north in 1967. The steam locomotive roundhouse is off camera to the right. [Charles Geletzke Jr.]. 4th photo, the diesel engine house with EMD GP7s awaiting their next assignments, in 1967. [Charles Geletzke Jr.]

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Time Line

1912: August 23. The Michigan Central has awarded contracts for a 30-stall round house, machine shop, office building and car repair shop at Wenona Yard in Bay City. [RG]

1912. September. The MC today changed the plans of the $500,000 construction work now going on so as to increase the capacity of the roundhouse and other buildings one-third more than the original plan called for. In addition to the new roundhouse, which will be increased to 40-stall house instead of the 30 originally planned, there will be a new coaling station, clinker pits and master mechanic's office. The new machine shop will be larger than at first planned, owing to the increased capacity of the new roundhouse. [DFP-1912-0908]

1917. The MC had operators here around the clock. [TRT]