Eastern Railroad Discussion > Marion Ohio Railfan Society Meeting Notice

Place: Marion Union Station, Marion, OH
Date: 10/19/19
Time: Approx 7 PM

It's time once again for our annual Tower Night show featuring Mr.Tower himself, Dan Maners! We devote this night to the interlocking towers that could be found trackside at many locations around the country. Many of us have fond memories of the towers we worked in and hung out in before they were wiped out by CTC. Some of us even attended slide and movie shows in the towers when the operator was a railfan! Good thing the Trainmaster didn't walk in! We are indeed a towerful group!

Dan will lead off with a show featuring towers from his vast collection. Following Dan's show we'll have a tower only free-for-all so you can bring a brief show, slide or digital, showing towers.

All railfans are welcome at our meetings. We don't require dues but your donations are greatly appreciated, and put to good use in maintaining AC Tower and the depot so we can continue to enjoy both for many years to come.     See you at Marion depot!

There has to be a story or two about some of those slide shows in them towers.

MILW86A

Can't make the event but you're welcome to show my Vanishing Towers video that can be found on that BIG video site on the web. Go here to view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EJEdV0OFDA

MILW86A Wrote:
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> There has to be a story or two about some of those
> slide shows in them towers.
>
> MILW86A
Happened often at "SA" Upper Sandusky Oh. a C&O & PRR tower.  Had shows at "MD" Cabin on the C&O and at a remote place on the PRR called "Hagenbaugh" that used an old small house trailer for a "temporary block station" that was too small for a show inside so we had it outside on the side of the trailer and at a few places around Columbus Oh too. It was a fun time indeed. Of course, pizza was the main food for beans!! The only person/people not invited were the weed weasels! Normally we knew when they were around so we were good at packing up quick to avoid any problems.



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dlh Wrote:
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> Can't make the event but you're welcome to show my
> Vanishing Towers video that can be found on that
> BIG video site on the web. Go here to view
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EJEdV0OFDA

Thanks for sharing your video!

EL-SD45-3632 Wrote:
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> MILW86A Wrote:
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> -----
> > There has to be a story or two about some of
> those
> > slide shows in them towers.
> >
> > MILW86A
> Happened often at "SA" Upper Sandusky Oh. a C&O &
> PRR tower.  Had shows at "MD" Cabin on the C&O
> and at a remote place on the PRR called
> "Hagenbaugh" that used an old small house trailer
> for a "temporary block station" that was too small
> for a show inside so we had it outside on the side
> of the trailer and at a few places around Columbus
> Oh too. It was a fun time indeed. Of course, pizza
> was the main food for beans!! The only
> person/people not invited were the weed weasels!
> Normally we knew when they were around so we were
> good at packing up quick to avoid any problems.

I remember the night we filled the Hagenbaugh trailer with railfans, also Maitland tower at Springfield,   I wonder what the train crews thought when they saw all those cars there!

Are there any Short films or clips on the operation from inside the tower.
We are moving and restoring WB Tower at Brunswick, Md. B&O Baltimore Division.

Friends of Historic Brunswick Md.
FOHBmd
Norman Cornelius