Location: Vinewood Avenue, Detroit, MI

CP Vinewood is a location where the CN (former GTW) and Conrail's Shared Assets line from Bay City Junction are parallel and have a crossover. It is named after nearby Vinewood Avenue but the crossover is actually at Roosevelt Street. Southbound GTW trains are instructed on whether to run the original GTW/DTSL route here through West Detroit, or use the nearby Conrail route to Delray. Amtrak trains also use this crossover to reach Detroit's New Center Station.

Photo info: Amtrak 352 crosses over from the Conrail Shared Assets Line (former MC Bay City Branch) to the CN Shore Line Sub (former GTW) at CP Vinewood.  2004.  [Jack Stewart]

Notes

For an article describing the improvements at Vinewood in 1953, click here.

Time Line

1953. The NYC changes operations here from a switch tender, to full remote control CTC operation from a panel at West Detroit tower. [RSE-1953]