Fairlane Yard (Lorain Ohio)

41°24'53.8"N 82°16'14.1"W


-Abandoned 2005

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History of Fairlane Yard (Lorain Ohio)

The Fairlane Yard that stands today in a largely abandoned state was once, that of Conrail. The yard was used for the Ford Motor Company Plant next to the yard. In 1999 Conrail was sold to a joint share between CSX and NS. The Fairlane portion of Conrail’s tracks went to NS. In 2005 when the Ford Plant in Lorain closed so did the yard. With a small portion being used to store autoracks.

Recollection from the author

Weatherby though small was a unique design, unlike many Detroit Schools this one for some reason used slated flooring a ton in place of stairs, and the stairs that were present almost seemed as they were trying to accomplish a purposely small footprint. Many banners remained intact over the course of 20 years. Papers also lined the hallways, common in early abandoned schools in Detroit, before scrapping became mainstream in the Detroit School space. Though many of the papers had been burned.

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