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Station:  Victoria Avenue, Michigan

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Victoria Jct. (also known as Ecorse Jct. on the NS), taken from the Fort Street bridge in 2002.  I-75 is overhead in the background.  The track on the left which crosses the double NS main line is the Conrail Junction Yard branch which goes to Town Line (towards the camera) and CP-YD (to the upper right).  The track on the far right is the former Pennsylvania Railroad main line.  At one time, this joined the NS main line so that PRR trains could route into the Fort Street Union Depot, but a connection track was built under Conrail ownership so that trains could go from the PRR to CP-YD (and ultimately River Rouge Yard).

Notes:

  • Victoria Avenue Tower communicated on MC Grade Line No. 4 (l long).  Also on this grade line were Miller Road Yardmaster (2 long, 1 short), Livernois West Bound Hump Yardmaster (4 short), Livernois Westbound Train Yard Yardmaster (2 short), Schaefer Tower (3 long, 1 short), YD Tower (1 long, 1 short, also known as Pleasant Avenue Tower), and Town Line Telegraph Office (1 short, 1 long, 1 short). [MC Detroit Terminal Timetable No. 76]