Location: Lansing, MI - NYC Saginaw Yard

When General Motors began building plants on the west side of Lansing north and south of West Saginaw Street, the NYC (MC and Lake Shore) built the Lansing Manufacturer's Railroad from North Lansing, running parallel to the Pere Marquette north and west to the area. They created Saginaw Yard, north of West Saginaw Street, to service these plants and other industry in the area. The Manufacturer's Railroad branch ran all the way south to the Grand Trunk main line on the south side of Lansing. The yard, which was approximately 1,500 feet long, had six tracks in addition to a running track.


Notes

This was a 10-track yard in 1984. [ZTS]

The yard office was located at the south end of the yard.


Time Line

1984. Two tracks in this yard were assigned to the Lansing Waste Water plant, two to Summit Steel, and single tracks to Ashland Chemical Planet Corporation and Universal Steel. [ZTS]

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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