Jerome was settled around 1871 when the Detroit Hillsdale & Southwestern (known later as the LS&MS Ypsilanti branch) railroad came through. The Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee also came through Jerome, crossing the Ypsilanti branch on an overhead crossing. It doesn't appear that there was any interchange connection between the two roads here.
Image Info: Top image, the Lake Shore passenger station and freight house at Jerome. [UML]. 2nd image, the passenger station in Jerome. We are unsure of which railroad this depot served. [Alan Loftis collection]
A DT&M timetable advised train crews to go down to the Ypsilanti Branch level if they needed to contact the dispatcher on a line-side telephone booth.
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