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Location: East Yard, Detroit, MI (GTW)
East Yard is a Grand Trunk Western yard on the east side of Detroit. It is located along the GTW main line (Detroit to Port Huron) just west of Mt. Elliott Avenue. The west end of the yard is at about Conant Avenue and the east end is approximately Mt. Elliott. The GTW interchanged here with the Michigan Central in the 1950's.
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Location: 42o23.954'N / 83o02.513'W.
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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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