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MCRR Tower A, westbound hump, Junction Yard

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"Rover", A.E. Sweet, Div. M.M. ( arrow to person) Thomas H. Kent, Eng'r (arrow to person)

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Activity at the east end of the Michigan Central station at Detroit includes, in addition to the EMD switcher doing mail work on the left, Alco-GE motors 303 and 306 backing down to pick up no. 350, the Detroit-Buffalo section of the "Empire State…

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This is the east end of Junction Yard, Detroit's major freight classification facility, as seen from the yardmaster's shanty at Livernois Avenue. The DetroitChicago main line is on the far right. Humper 8701 (with slug 453) is shoving towards the…

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The downtown Detroit skyline and the Ambassador Bridge across the Detroit River form the backdrop for this view of Junction Yard as seen from a second-floor window of Central Avenue yard office. Central Avenue is directly below, and beyond it is the…

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Central Avenue is overpassed in two places by Junction Yard trackage. The bridge carrying the eastbound class yard leads, shown on the preceding page, is about a block south of the westbound hump lead bridge photographed here. In the right background…

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Again from the second floor of Central Avenue yard office, this time looking to the north, we see the old Westbound yard and main line cutting across Central Avenue. The Old Westbound yard is used for storage and for making up northbound Bay City…

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The fireman is busy with stoker and blower as this 4-8-2 moves light from Livernois Avenue roundhouse to the "Train Yard" to pick up a Jackson extra. The engine is operating over a track known as "Running 35," which, together with its eastbound…

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Mohawk type 2993 leads DJ-5, a Detroit-Joliet run oriented towards Santa Fe, Rock Island, and GM&O connections at Joliet, out of Junction Yard onto the westbound main. The bridges in the background carry Miller Road (from whence the crossovers at…

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Steam condensate is outlined sharply in the chill atmosphere of a fall dawn as Hudson 5358 brings train 302 into Detroit at the close of its overnight run from Cincinnati. Nine cars trail the 4-6-4 into the interlocking of YD tower at River Rouge.…

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The morning sun has begun to make its presence felt at River Rouge as GP-7s 5639 and 5660 lead a Stanley extra off the Junction Yard branch onto the southbound Toledo branch main track. This train departed from Junction Yard with 56 cars and picked…

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View into Glory and Livernois Yards

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