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Today Conrail (Shared Assets) still runs daily trains over what was the east end of the Detroit Terminal Railroad to service a Jeep manufacturing plant owned by Chrysler Group LLC. [7] On May 31, 1984, Conrail legally merged Detroit Terminal Railroad into itself, officially ending 79 years of continuous operation by Detroit's only terminal ...
The Detroit Terminal Railroad Company, herein called the Detroit Terminal Railroad is a standard-gage, steam railroad, located in Michigan. The owned mileage consists of a belt line circumscribing the city of Detroit, comprising 17.996 miles of first main track, 3.780 miles of second main track, and 52.005 miles of yard tracks and sidings.
Michigan Central Station (MCS, also known as Michigan Central Depot) is the historic former main intercity passenger rail station in Detroit, Michigan.Built for the Michigan Central Railroad, it replaced the original depot in downtown Detroit, which had been shuttered after a major fire on December 26, 1913, forcing the still unfinished station into early service.
Detroit Transit Railway: NYC: 1872 1901 Detroit Terminal Railway: Detroit Union Railroad Depot and Station Company: PM/ WAB: 1881 1955 Penndel Company: Detroit and Western Railway: WAB: 1908 1958 Wabash Railroad: Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad: DSA CP: 1949 1961 Soo Line Railroad: Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway: DS&A, DSS&A ...
The D&TSL operated 46.98 miles (75.61 km) of line between Toledo, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan, a bridge route connecting the Motor City with the rail gateway of Toledo.. Prior to the 1960s mergers resulting in Penn Central Transportation and the Norfolk and Western Railway, the link between these two cities was vitally important to the independent railroads in the area, particularly the GTW ...
The Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad was chartered in 1831 with a capital of $1,500,000. [4] ... It was the world's tallest railroad terminal at that time. [18]
On New Year's Eve 1900, the Detroit Citizen's Street Railway, Detroit, Fort Wayne and Belle Isle Railway, Detroit Electric Railway and Detroit Suburban Railway merged to form the Detroit United Railway, as a result for the first time since 1865 all streetcar lines in the Detroit area were operated by one company and by August 1901 it had begun ...
Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad; Cincinnati, Saginaw, and Mackinaw Railroad [3] Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) Columbia Tap Railway [4] Conrail (CR) Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad (DT&M) [5] Detroit and Pontiac Railroad (D&P) Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway (DGH&M)