Railroad: Wyandotte Southern Railroad Company

The Wyandotte Southern railroad was a terminal railroad serving steel mills in the downriver community of Wyandotte. It operated from 1901 and was abaodoned in 1992.


Pennsalt Ry. → Wyandotte Southern Railroad → Ended


Began: 1908

Operated for about 77 years.

Renaming: 1908 - of the Pennsalt Railroad

Ended: 1980's

Reference: [MRRC]

Locomotive at Wyandotte Southern

Photo Info/Credit: Delray Connecting railroad (from Zug Island) has leased #70 to the Wyandotte Southern in 1972. [Charles Geletzke Jr.]


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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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