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This is the crossing of the former Michigan Central Detroit, Delray & Dearborn branch and the Pennsylvania Railroad's Foreman Wye.  This crossing, which still exists (in 2004) is located about 1/4 mile west of Delray Tower.  The MC's DD&D branch originally went west from the Pere Marquette main line, just west of Delray Tower.  It ran west across the Rouge River, and then northwest to Dearborn.  When Henry Ford bought the Rouge property and widened the Rouge River, the DD&D was truncated on the east side of the river.  The portion west of the river connected with what is now the Junction Yard branch at Victoria Avenue and YD.  This branch on the east side of the Rouge River is mostly abandoned.  It served one or two industries along the river.  The PRR's Foreman Wye connected the PRR (which had trackage rights on the Wabash) with PM's Rougemere Yard, the Rouge Plant, and the Union Belt in northwest Detroit.  The Foreman Wye still exists today.  This crossing was protected by a manual target in 1957.

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