Timetable: MCRR - Exposition Spur - Delta Switch to Detroit River

The MC Exposition Spur left the Detroit-Toledo branch at Delta Switch, just north of the River Rouge Bridge. It extended east into Delray to serve the Detroit Exposition, which was held around 1890 for a number of years at the corner of the Detroit River and the Rouge River.

After the Exposition closed, the land was sold to the Solvay Process Company for expansion of their works northeast from Zug Island. The Exposition Spur continued to serve this site, as well as many other industries in the area.

Image info: Top, a New York Central switch engine brings two gondola up the Exposition Spur at Sloan Street in Delray. Note the very tight clearance to the home and the lack of crossing signals at Sloan Street. [Eddie Abbott collection]

Key: BB=Bascule Bridge | C=Coal | CS=Car Shop | D=Open > Day | DN=Open Day and night | DS=Dispatcher | DT=Double Main Track | EH=Engine house | F=Diesel Fuel | HI=Half Interlocked Crossing | I=Interlocked Crossing | J=Junction | LB=Lift bridge | N=Open at night | P=Passing Track w/40' car capacity | Q=Quarry | RH=Roundhouse # stalls | RT=Railroad Resort | S=Scales | SB=Swing bridge | T=Turntable | TC=Telegraph call | W=Water | X=Crossing | Y=Wye | Yard=Yard

Notes

After the Exposition, this spur served many industries in the Delray area and along the Detroit River.

Time Line

1905. Extension east of Michigan Malleable Iron Company (milepost 1.1 to 2.9) built after 1905.