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Location: Escanaba, MI - North Wye
North Wye was a wye connection between the Escanaba to Ishpeming main line and the Ore Subdivision on the north side of Escanaba, near ore dock #5 and the tie treatment plant. This wye was used, in reverse, to back Ishpeming ore trains into the ore yard for loading into docks #5 and #6.
Notes
The railroad had a switch tender building here, noted in [CNWV-1917].
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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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