Eastern Railroad Discussion > Old units, older tower (CSX X791)

We'll be seeing a lot of photos of this train tonight :)
I did the chase from just west of Attica Junction to Akron with this interesting move. The neatest part was the trailing GP-30 was facing west allowing for some great "going away" photos. Here are a few of my favorites from today....in no particular order.

Both the tower and the units could be living on borrowed time, although my money is on the GP-30 outlasting Nova tower.

Passing through Akron.

Entering Willard for a crew change.

And for the number crunchers :
2445, 2530, 2578, 2563, 2580, 2519, 2446, 2535, 2465, 2470, 2442

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Departing Willard.

Waiting at Greenwich.

Departing Greenwich.

RAD

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They sure built Nova tower to last! There's less and less of it there every time I see it.

erie833 Wrote:
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> We'll be seeing a lot of photos of this train
> tonight :)

The best of the bunch. Nicely done.

Rob Smith
Hamilton, ON

MSchwiebert Wrote:
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> They sure built Nova tower to last! There's less
> and less of it there every time I see it.

Here is a deeper tele view showing the tower a little better. I can't believe it's still standing.....I try not to sneeze when I'm near it :)

RAD

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Very nice series of shots Roger.
John

MSchwiebert Wrote:
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> They sure built Nova tower to last! There's less
> and less of it there every time I see it.

A couple old head railroaders I was talking to said that the only thing holding Nova Tower up is the 2 story components for the Armstrong Lever Mechanism.

"RN" tower in Ravenna had that same "lean" before they tore it down, I'll see if I can find some pics of it.

SUPER pics!!!!!

DundasMP23 Wrote:
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> erie833 Wrote:
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> > We'll be seeing a lot of photos of this train
> > tonight :)
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> The best of the bunch. Nicely done.

Thank you sir :)

RAD

Great job with those shots Roger. I shot it just east of Hoytville and again at Godsend thanks to a stop there but you really blasted that sucker!

Michael

MDH Wrote:
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> Great job with those shots Roger. I shot it just
> east of Hoytville and again at Godsend thanks to a
> stop there but you really blasted that sucker!
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> Michael

Thanks MDH. It was a "spirited" chase to say the least....

RAD

Anybody not familiar with this Tower's location, Google "Nova, Ohio" there are a few pictures of the Tower in better days.

--Jim Baker

Cool. Going where and why? Let me guess...

Ex-Santa Fe units heading for Larry's Truck and Electric for a new life.
Hence the LTEX stencil.

--Jim Baker, Whittier, CA

A classic Durfee chase, great photos.
alan

Great Shots Nice seeing everybody