Location: Chicago, IL - Rockwell Street Yard

Rockwell yard is a Belt Railway of Chicago facilities which was leased by the Pere Marquette.


Notes


Time Line

1945. PM freight and switching locomotives are housed and serviced at the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing terminal.

1945. A diesel engine house is being erected by the PM on property leased by the Belt Railway of Chicago at Rockwell Street Yard to be used housing and servicing four diesel switchers expected to be delivered in October, 1945 and assigned to Pere Marquette service in the Chicago area. [PM45]

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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