Hamtramck is a small town inside Detroit.
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| Charles Geletzke Jr. posted Looking west from the Top End or East End of GTW's 16-track East Yard in Hamtramck, Michigan on May 13, 1992. The tracks to the right of the green grass strip were NYC-PC-CR's North Yard Hump. Photo was taken from Mt. Elliott Bridge.(C. H. Geletzke, jr. photo) |
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| 1952/54 Highland Park Quad @ 24,000 |
Hamtramck is in the lower-left corner of this excerpt. According to the 2004 SPV Map, yellow was the GTW East Yard, dark blue was the MC East Yard and light blue was the MC North Yard.
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| Satellite |
CRSA North Yard
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| Street View, Aug 2011 |
CN East Yard on the left, and CRSA East Yard on the right. Most of the tracks have been removed from the CN yard. The track ladder in Charles' photo would have been on the left side of this view.
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| Street View, Oct 2023 |
Darren Reynolds posted six images with the comment:
Conrails ( EX-NYC)"North Yard" towerDetroit, Michigan
Tim Shanahan shared
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| 1 "North Yard" tower in Detroit, Michigan on dec.30, 1965 Photo by: C.H.Geletzke Jr. |
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| 2 The model board at " North Yard" tower on Jan. 24, 1965 Photo by: C.H.Geletzke Jr. |
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| 3 Compare this Conrails track and interlocking diagram And interlocking machine information with the model board for "North Yard" tower |
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| 4 "North Yard" tower had a machanical interlocking machine ( Armstrong leavers) this is what it looked like On Feb. 23,1966 |
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| 5 A Penn Central freight passes "North Yard" tower on Dec. 1975 Photo by: Mark Hinsdale |
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| 6 One more from the Great C.H.Geletzke Jr Photographer "North Yard" tower in Detroit, Michigan on Feb 23, 1986 |
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