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Nostalgia & History > Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember!Date: 03/26/20 04:36 Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: Roadjob We'll continue our tower/train adventure today, with one more installment tomorrow just to finish off this latest batch of scans. Tomorrow, will be special to me, because of all the towers I was ever in, these three were my absolute favorites. But for today, we'll bounce around a little more.
top...Bowie tower was between Baltimore and DC. Southbound Amtrak was one of over 50 corridor passenger trains back then, and throw in commuter trains and 15-20 PC freights, and this was one great spot. middle...View from the cab of HB tower at Camden Station in Baltimore. This train has just come west out of the Howard Street tunnel. bottom...D tower at Grafton West Virginia Bill Rettberg Bel Air, MD Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/26/20 04:36 by Roadjob.    Date: 03/26/20 04:39 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: Roadjob Three B&O Baltimore towers
top...Carroll tower, CX middle...HX Tower Halethorpe bottomBA, Bay View tower Bill Rettberg Bel Air, MD    Date: 03/26/20 04:42 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: Roadjob top...B&P Jct. Baltimore
middle...Day tower, eas end Enola bottom...Cly tower between Harrisburg and York Electrified line continues east over the Susquehanna River to the Port Road and the Enola low grade line. Non electrified part went to York Pa Bill Rettberg Bel Air, MD    Date: 03/26/20 04:44 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: Roadjob top...Oleon NY
middle...Joliet Illinois bottom...Loved this spot. Always a train in sight. Hammond Indiana Bill Rettberg Bel Air, MD    Date: 03/26/20 04:47 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: Roadjob top...Out in the boonies Spruce tower on PC west of Huntingdon Pa.
middle...Rondout Ill. bottom...Lane tower Newark NJ Bill Rettberg Bel Air, MD    Date: 03/26/20 05:34 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: refarkas Thanks for reminding us of the historical importance and often beauty of railroad towers. Another first-class effort.
Bob Date: 03/26/20 06:53 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: ClubCar refarkas Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for reminding us of the historical > importance and often beauty of railroad towers. > Another first-class effort. > Bob I'll second that. Bill, you certainly got around back then. Thanks for sharing all your great photos with us as they bring back so many wonderful memories. John in White Marsh, Maryland Date: 03/26/20 07:46 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: gcm Love those towers !
Excellent shots - I look forward to your favorite ones tomorrow (hopefully one of them is RU ?). Gary Date: 03/26/20 09:18 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: valmont I'm sure eveyone has a favorite since it's such a great group ... mine is pic 3.
Date: 03/26/20 09:24 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: King_Coal That's a great angle at Spruce tower. Your hommage to trains and towers is truly appreciated.
Date: 03/26/20 09:47 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: bobdavis Some very familiar towers. As a railroad employee for 31 years, I was in a lot of towers, just wish I'd taken more pictures of them like you did.
Bob Date: 03/26/20 09:54 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: Bob3985 Nice photo at Joliet UD tower with the diamonds and some Rock Island power that you can actually read the whole name on them.
Bob Krieger Cheyenne, WY Date: 03/26/20 12:52 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: perklocal Agree with King_Coal, not too many shots of Spruce Tower out there ! This is a terrific series Bill !
Date: 03/26/20 18:28 Re: Trains and towers part deux! A love affair to remember! Author: jgilmore Totally awesome shots Bill! My fave in this bunch is the one at Day tower. The play of the light and shadows, along with the "squareness" of all the angles, makes it very visually compelling to me. Thanks for sharing!
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