Location: PM Facilities in Lansing and Ensel, Yard

Ensel was a location in northwest Lansing on the Pere Marquette railroad. It became PM's major yard facility in the Lansing area with a yard office and telegraph office at the Martin Luther King Street crossing.

Photo info: Top, Chessie System 3790 enters Ensel Yard from the west, proceeding by the yard office and block station. The semaphore indicates that Ensel has train orders for westbound trains. 1970's. [Charlie Whipp]. 2nd photo another view of the Ensel block station with a westbound train crew snagging train orders when leaving the yard. March, 1984 [Jim Slater]. 3rd photo, the Ensel agent/operator's office in 1972. [Charles Geletzke Jr.]

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Time Line

1915. The Pere Marquette leases the Michigan Central freight warehouse standing just south of the PM warehouse on Shiawassee street, thereby doubling its warehouse capacity. Additional sidetracks were laid. The warehouse will be moved back from the tracks 13 feet which will provide additional house tracks with space for 24 cars. [LSJ-1917-0127]