Location: Fullerton Yard, Detroit, MI

Fullerton Yard was on the Union Belt's West Belt Branch which went north from the Pere Marquette main line at P-Company Junction to near the Ford Highland Park Plant. Fullerton Yard was north of Plymouth Road and south of the original Pere Marquette branch line to West Detroit. According to USGS maps in 1996, this yard had about 4-5 tracks.

Fullerton was also the crossing of the Union Belt Branch and the Pere Marquette West Detroit line. The crossing had stop signs and was not signaled.

Notes

Location: 42^o22.625'N / 83^o10.990'W.

Time Line

1930. The Pennsylvania railroad announced the completion of new engine storage facilities that will expedite service as well as reduce operating expenses by the PRR on the east leg of the Fullerton avenue wye in northwest Detroit. At a cost of $38,401 the railroad has installed coal and ash handling machines, buildings for machinists and hostlers, a brick oil and sand house, and an ice house on its property, in the use of which the PM and Wabash railroads will participate as joint members of the Detroit Union Belt line.

The coal and ash track can accommodate a dozen locomotives and has a possible ultimate development for a maximum of twenty. There are quarters for the yardmaster, locker and wash rooms for trainmen, supply rooms for machinists and hostlers and an oil and sand house. The engines dispatched from this point will serve a territory of about 37 miles. [DFP-1930-1015]