Station: Willow Run, MI

Willow Run was platted as a village in 1943, following the establishment of a Ford Motor Company bomber plant in 1942 during World War II. [MPN]


Notes

The plant was located along the Michigan Central main line, about four miles east of Ypsilanti, bordering Washtenaw and Wayne counties. A wye and yard was established here by the New York Central. After the war, the plant was repurposed to make automobiles (Willow Run Assembly) and GM built a transmission plant nearby.

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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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