Detroit Line (Norfolk Southern)
The Detroit Line is a freight railroad line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway in the U.S. states of Michigan and Ohio.
Description[]
The line begins south of Gibraltar Road in Gibraltar, Michigan, south of Detroit, Michigan, and runs southwest to Toledo, Ohio, and consists of two separate and parallel tracks. Track #1 is the southbound track originally owned by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. Track #2 is the northbound track originally owned by Michigan Central Railroad. Track #2 is paralleled directly to its east by the CN/GTW Shore Line Subdivision from the start of the line at Gibraltar Road to Vienna Junction just north of the Michigan–Ohio state line.[1] Track #1 lies to the west of Track #2 where it runs from adjacent or 1/2 mile apart.[1] At the lines northern end it becomes the line of the same name for the Conrail Shared Assets Operations; its south end is at the Chicago Line at Air Line Junction in western Toledo.[2]
History[]
The Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad opened a line from Detroit to Toledo in 1856. The opened a parallel line, just to the east, in 1873. With the 1930 lease of the Michigan Central Railroad by the New York Central Railroad, both lines were placed under NYC operation.[2][3] The lines passed to Conrail, and were assigned to Norfolk Southern in Conrail's 1999 breakup; they are now used through a directional running setup, in which southbound trains use the old DM&T and northbound trains use the old TCS&D.
References[]
- ^ a b Knorek, Jeff. "Detroit Line Territory". Conrail Detroit Shared Asset Area. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ a b Trackside Guide No. 3 - Detroit, Trains, June 2003
- ^ History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company Archived August 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Norfolk Southern Railway lines
- Michigan Central Railroad lines
- Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway lines
- Rail infrastructure in Michigan
- Rail infrastructure in Ohio