Location: Pontiac, MI - Yellow Cab Yard

SEMTA train near Yellow Cab Yard Pontiac MI GTW Yellow Cab Yard MapYellow Cab Yard served the General Motors Truck and Bus plant in Pontiac. It is so named because taxicabs were manufactured there years ago as well as school buses. Like so many things on a railroad, the name has stuck long after cab production stopped.

Photo Info: Top, SEMTA engine 321 pulls a commuter train north towards Pontiac in the 1970's. This photo was taken under the southbound signal bridge year Yellow Cab Yard. [Charlie Whipp collection]. 2nd photo, a map of GTW's Yellow Cab yard southeast of the downtown area. [USGS/Dale Berry]

 


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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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