Quote Originally Posted by Rocko View Post
Yes, back in the day Milwaukee Junction was quite the important railroad junction! This is where the former NYC line from Toledo to Bay City crossed the Grand Trunk Western mainline from Brush Street Station to Durand [[and Muskegon) and the GTW mainline from Port Huron met the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line main track which went from Milwaukee Junction to Toledo. Today, this is the Conrail Shared Assets mainline from FN Tower in Trenton to Sterling Heights, the CN Holly Subdivision, and the CN Mt. Clemens Subdivision, respectively. The Detroit Connecticut Railroad, a shortline outfit operated by the Adrian & Blissfield, operates what remains of the Dequindre Line from Milwaukee Junction down to Mack. I'm not sure if they interchange with the CN at East Yard or at the BOC Yard presently.

Back in the day, there were wye tracks in all four quadrants of the Grand Trunk. The NYC just passed through here. The Milwaukee Jct. tower operator would have to coordinate movements with nearby Beaubian Tower [[which is where the NYC crossed from the north side to the south side of the Shore Line, traveling west). All in all, some trains would have to be lined through 6 separate interlockings between the north side of Detroit and Delray, depending on their routing.
So if you will bear with me here what was then the purpose of MTS? Was that considered for passenger and not so much the freight aspect?