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GTW Shore Line Subdivision
The Shore Line Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), a subsidiary of Canadian National (CN), in the U.S. state of Michigan and Ohio. Description The Shore Line Sub is single-track railway, single track with the parallel Tunnel Industrial track beginning at Milwaukee Junction at MP 54.8 south to Vinewood Interlocking at MP 51.2 where the Tunnel Industrial ends. The line continues past West Detroit junction at MP 50.1 on trackage rights over a Norfolk Southern, Norfolk Southern (NS) railway (originally the Wabash Railroad main line (railway), mainline) to Delray, Detroit, Delray Interlocking at MP 47.8. The line continues along the NS railway until it crosses the River Rouge (Michigan), River Rouge picking back up on its own trackage. From the Conrail River Rouge Yard begins the short double track portion of the line until returning to a single track at MP 43.2 just south of the Ecorse River. It continues as a single track (wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company is an American subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Since a corporate restructuring in 1971, the railroad has been under CN's subsidiary holding company, the Grand Trunk Corporation. Grand Trunk Western's routes are part of CN's Michigan Division. Its primary mainline between Chicago and Port Huron, Michigan serves as a connection between railroad interchanges in Chicago and rail lines in eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States. The railroad's extensive trackage in Detroit and across southern Michigan has made it an essential link for the automotive industry as a hauler of parts and automobiles from manufacturing plants. Early history Grand Trunk Western grew out of a collection of 19th century Michigan rail lines which included: *Bay City Terminal Railway *Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad *Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway *Chicago, Kalamazoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Track
A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track. Overview In the earliest days of railways in the United Kingdom, most lines were built as double-track because of the difficulty of co-ordinating operations before the invention of the telegraph. The lines also tended to be busy enough to be beyond the capacity of a single track. In the early days the Board of Trade did not consider any single-track railway line to be complete. In the earliest days of railways in the United States most lines were built as single-track for reasons of cost, and very inefficient timetable working systems were used to prevent head-on collisions on single lines. This improved with the development of the telegraph and the train order system. Operation Handedness In any given country, rail traffic generally runs to one side of a double-track line, not always the same side a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Infrastructure In Michigan
Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' (1967 film), a film by Geoffrey Jones for British Transport Films *'' Mirattu'' or ''Rail'', a Tamil-language film and its Telugu dub Magazines * ''Rail'' (magazine), a British rail transport periodical * ''Rails'' (magazine), a former New Zealand based rail transport periodical Other arts *The Rails, a British folk-rock band * Rail (theater) or batten, a pipe from which lighting, scenery, or curtains are hung Technology *Rails framework or Ruby on Rails, a web application framework *Rail system (firearms), a mounting system for firearm attachments *Front engine dragster *Runway alignment indicator lights, a configuration of an approach lighting system *Rule Augmented Interconnect Layout, a specification for expressing guidelines for pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan Railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Michigan. Common freight carriers *Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road (ADBF) * Ann Arbor Railroad (AA) *Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSAM), and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC) *Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Soo Line Railroad (SOO) * Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS) *Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRSH, CSAO) *Coopersville and Marne Railway (CPMY) *CSX Transportation (CSXT) * Delray Connecting Railroad (DC) * Detroit Connecting Railroad (DCON) *Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS) *Grand Elk Railroad (GDLK) *Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (GR) *Great Lakes Central Railroad (GLC) * Hamilton Northwestern Railroad (HNW) *Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR) *Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN) *Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY) *Jackson and Lansing Railroad (JAIL) *Lake State Railway (LSRC) *Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shore Line Subdivision
The Shore Line Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), a subsidiary of Canadian National (CN), in the U.S. state of Michigan and Ohio. Description The Shore Line Sub is single track with the parallel Tunnel Industrial track beginning at Milwaukee Junction at MP 54.8 south to Vinewood Interlocking at MP 51.2 where the Tunnel Industrial ends. The line continues past West Detroit junction at MP 50.1 on trackage rights over a Norfolk Southern (NS) railway (originally the Wabash Railroad mainline) to Delray Interlocking at MP 47.8. The line continues along the NS railway until it crosses the River Rouge picking back up on its own trackage. From the Conrail River Rouge Yard begins the short double track portion of the line until returning to a single track at MP 43.2 just south of the Ecorse River. It continues as a single track (with various sidings) all the way to Toledo. The line parallels the Norfolk Southern Detroit Line d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan Line
The Michigan Line, sometimes known as the Chicago–Detroit Line, is a higher-speed rail corridor that runs between Porter, Indiana and Dearborn, Michigan. It carries Amtrak's ''Blue Water'' and ''Wolverine'' services, as well as the occasional freight train operated by Norfolk Southern. Amtrak owns the section between Porter, Indiana, to Kalamazoo, Michigan, the longest stretch of Amtrak-owned rail outside of the Northeastern U.S. The state of Michigan, through the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) owns the section between Kalamazoo and Dearborn, which it purchased from Norfolk Southern in December 2012. Norfolk Southern retains an exclusive trackage right for freight on the line. A short stretch of track in Battle Creek, Michigan is owned by Canadian National Railway. The entire line was originally the mainline of the Michigan Central Railroad. The entire corridor (including the portion owned by MDOT) is dispatched and maintained by Amtrak, which , is working ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Clemens, Michigan
Mount Clemens is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 16,314 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is the county seat, seat of government of Macomb County, Michigan, Macomb County. History Mount Clemens was first surveyed in 1795 after the American Revolutionary War by Christian Clemens, who settled there four years later. Clemens and his friend, John Brooks, built a distillery, which attracted workers and customers, helping to settle the area. Brooks and Clemens platted the land, and the town was named after Clemens in 1818. It received a post office in 1821, with John Stockton (Michigan soldier), John Stockton as the first postmaster. Christian Clemens is buried at Clemens Park, located just north of downtown. The settlement filed for incorporation as a village in 1837, but this was not acted upon by the legislature until 1851. It was later incorporated as a city in 1879. It became the seat of Macomb County on March 11, 1818. The Mount Clemens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit And Toledo Shore Line Railroad
The Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad is a historic railroad that operated in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan. The Pleasant Bay Railway was incorporated in Michigan in March 1898 and purchased the Toledo and Ottawa Beach Railway, an Ohio company incorporated in January 1898, in March 1899. The resulting company was renamed the Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad one month later. It operated a multi-track mainline connecting Detroit, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio, serving several large industries. The main line between the two cities opened in 1903. The Grand Trunk Western Railway (GTW) and the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad (the "Clover Leaf") co-owned the railroad from 1902-1923. The TStL&W ownership was transferred to its successor the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (the "Nickel Plate Road") in 1923 and then to the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) in 1964. The GTW purchased the N&W's interest in the DTS in 1981. At that time the DTS wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 as a continuation of the Conrail Detroit Line, and runs southwest to Toledo, Ohio, consisting of two separate and parallel tracks. Track #1 is the southbound track originally owned by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. Track #2 parallels Track #1 to the east running from adjacent to apart, and 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. The Detroit Line's southern end is at the Chicago Line at Air Line Junction in western Toledo.Trackside Guide No. 3 - Detroit, ''Trains'', June 2003 History The Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad opened a line fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siding (rail)
A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line, branch line, or spur. It may connect to through track or to other sidings at either end. Sidings often have lighter rails, meant for lower speed or less heavy traffic, and few, if any, signals. Sidings connected at both ends to a running line are commonly known as loops; those not so connected may be referred to as single-ended or dead-end sidings, or (if short) stubs. Functions Sidings may be used for marshalling (classifying), stabling, storing, loading, and unloading vehicles. Common sidings store stationary rolling stock, especially for loading and unloading. Industrial sidings (also known as spurs) go to factories, mines, quarries, wharves, warehouses, some of them are essentially links to industrial railways. Such sidings can sometimes be found at stations for public use; in American usage these are referred to as team tracks (after the use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecorse River
The Ecorse River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed November 7, 2011 river in southern Michigan. Because of its small size, it is often identified as Ecorse Creek. It flows through the Downriver section of Metro Detroit, and is a tributary of the Detroit River. The early French settlers named it the ''Rivière aux Écorces'' ("bark river"). They named the river after the custom they observed of the local Native American tribe, who wrapped their dead in birch or elm bark, and buried them at the mouth of the river. The river has two branches, which meet at Council Point Park in the city of Lincoln Park, where chief Pontiac held a council in 1763 before attacking Fort Detroit. Description The river system consists of a South Branch ( when including the Sexton-Kilfoil Drain) and a North Branch, which combine and run another to the Detroit River. Elevations run from above sea level in the northwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrail
Conrail , formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name. It continues to do business as an asset management and network services provider in three Shared Assets Areas that were excluded from the division of its operations during its acquisition by CSX Corporation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. The federal government created Conrail to take over the potentially-profitable lines of multiple bankrupt carriers, including the Penn Central Transportation Company and Erie Lackawanna Railway. After railroad regulations were lifted by the 4R Act and the Staggers Act, Conrail began to turn a profit in the 1980s and was privatized in 1987. The two remaining Class I railroads in the East, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), agreed in 1997 to acquire the system and split it into two roughly-equal parts (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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