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Date: 02/04/25 15:00
Where's the stairs?
Author: valmont

Guess there's one at the door .....
BN (GN) @ Grand Forks, ND 9/14/75 by Bruce Black




Date: 02/04/25 15:18
Re: Where's the stairs?
Author: rrpreservation

That's awesome!!! A "low" tower.



Date: 02/04/25 16:08
Re: Where's the stairs?
Author: refarkas

Great catch - I have a silly grin seeing this.
Bob



Date: 02/04/25 16:08
Re: Where's the stairs?
Author: wabash2800

Thanks for sharing. It wasn't unusual for railroads to call one level control centers like that towers. For example, in the early 1900s, the Wabash had a number of one story shacks with operators known as "Block Towers"  There are also examples of interlocking control points knows as towers in employee timetables. Perhaps some of these single level buildings replaced two story interlocking towers if they burned down and the equipment became electric? (But there are example of small, one level buildings wth armstrong levers.) The two story interlocking tower in Crawfordsville, Indiana where the Big Four (NYC), Monon and Pennsy crossed was hit by a freight train and thereafter became a single level tower with it's original roof and 2nd floor.

Victor Baird



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 02/06/25 13:23 by wabash2800.



Date: 02/04/25 17:14
Re: Where's the stairs?
Author: halfmoonharold

On railroads, "cabin" and "tower" seem to be interchangeable terms, regardless of the actual characteristics of the structures. It seems to be a matter of preference on any given road.



Date: 02/04/25 20:17
Re: Where's the stairs?
Author: Evan_Werkema

Nevermind the tower; where's the PA???



Date: 02/04/25 21:37
Re: Where's the stairs?
Author: bpgbike

My dad worked here as a rookie on the railroad.



Date: 02/04/25 23:20
Re: Where's the stairs?
Author: GPutz

Here's NA in Martinsburg, WV, 12/12/02.  I heard it called only "NA."  It's been OOS for over 10 years and its been vandalized, but it was still there last summer.  Gerry




Date: 02/05/25 01:10
Re: Where's the stairs?
Author: Evan_Werkema

GPutz Wrote:

> Here's NA in Martinsburg, WV, 12/12/02.  I heard it called only "NA."  It's been OOS for over 10
> years and its been vandalized, but it was still there last summer. 

Looks like they've done-in the freight house beyond it, though: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MUqCXHoibhacnb318



Date: 02/05/25 08:58
Re: Where's the stairs?
Author: GPutz

Yes, the roof collapsed about four years ago.  Gerry
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Evan_Werkema Wrote:
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Looks like they've done-in the freight house beyond it, though:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/MUqCXHoibhacnb318



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