Now owned by Norfolk Southern.
Basically a double track line with single direction ABS. With wide spacing between tracks, as east track is formerly Michigan Central, and west track is formerly Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
WEST DETROIT
Tower listed with main line
DELRAY
Tower listed with Pere Marquette
BRIDGE
Mechanical interlocking installed 1907
Bridge over Rouge River.
YD TOWER
Mechanical interlocking installed 1907
Closed 1967, remotely controlled from Bridge
Junction of Detroit Line with Junction Yards Branch.
FN TOWER (Trenton)
Mechanical interlocking installed 1902
Closed 2000's, remotely controlled from Bridge
North of FN Tower, paralleling New York Central on east side is Detroit Toledo & Ironton, and paralleling on west side is Detroit & Toledo Shore Line. At FN Tower, all railroads cross. And south of FN Tower, paralleling on east side is Detroit & Toledo Shore Line, and paralleling on west side is Detroit Toledo & Ironton, a reversal of positions. The two New York Central tracks have a wider than normal separation, as the east track is formerly Michigan Central, and the west track is formerly Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
SLOCUM JCT.
Mechanical interlocking installed 1902
Crossing of Grosse Isle Branch with Detroit & Toledo Shore Line.
MONROE
Interlocking installed 1940's
Former crossing with New York Central Monroe Branch, abandoned 1951.
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Crossing of Junction Yards Branch with Wabash and Detroit & Toledo Shore Line. Also junction of Wabash and Pennsylvania Railroad Toledo Division, which had trackage rights east into Detroit.
SCHAEFER TOWER
Mechanical interlocking installed 1923
Crossing of Junction Yards Branch with Detroit Toledo & Ironton Dearborn Subdivision.