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- March 31: Conrail Shared
Assets closes FN interlocking tower in Trenton. It is now
remotely operated from the Bridge tower (former NYC Rouge Bridge).
The tower is torn down on February 17, 2004.
- June: CSX removes
signals, electric switches and switch locks from their line
between Mershon (West Saginaw) and Midland.
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July 29: CSX and
Mid-Michigan Railroad abandon about 5 miles of track between Alma
and Elwell in Gratiot County. [STB]
- September 18: Cleveland
Cliffs announces that the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad will
be absorbed into CC as a division. Since 2001, CC has
purchased the remaining shares of stock not owned by the company.
- Fall: The City of
Detroit abandons its trolley system on Washington Blvd. [MRC/2-2004]
- November: Conrail
shared assets removed the double slip switches at West Detroit.
They were replaced with traditional cross-overs. West
Detroit also received new signals. [MRC/2-2004]
- November: Conrail
shared assets combines CP Scotten and CP Spring Works into one
control point, known as CP Scotten. [MRC/2-2004]
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November: CSX
begins construction on a new CSXT Intermodal yard in the
Livernois Avenue complex. The new yard is being built on
the site of the NYC old receiving yard and stockyards.
Planned to be in-service in Spring, 2004. [MRC/2-2004]
- SNAPSHOT: The Ann Arbor
Railroad, operating between Toledo and Osmer, just north of Ann
Arbor, handled about 40,000 cars this year. A new vehicle
loading facility in Toledo produces 85-90 loads per day.
Recycled plastic is being handled in Dundee and Visteon in
Saline produces 12 cars daily. Interchange with the TSBY
at Osmer averages about 80 cars per week. [MRC/2-2004]
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November 10: The
former Detroit Terminal Railroad diamond at Ford Junction on
GTW's Holly Subdivision in Detroit was removed. Former
DTRR industries west of Ford Jct. are now served from the west.
[MRC/2-2004]
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