Towers

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For that matter, Pete, which N&W stations had tile
roofs?  None that come to my mind.

The only other N&W tower I saw was X Tower, which was
next to the U.S. 29 viaduct crossing the James River. 
It controlled the interlocking of the N&W track coming
off a bridge from Island Yard at Lynchburg, which then
crossed the C&O's James River Subdivision.  This was
the vicinity of the former Lynchburg Union Station.  I
think a one-story tower, NC, replaced it.  X Tower
looked about like Cowan, but I don't remember whether
it had a tile roof.

Does anyone know when Cowan and X or other
interlocking towers --such as the VGN-ACL crossing at
Jarrat-- were retired?   Anyone ever seen interior
photos of any N&W towers depicting the machine and
model board?

Good evening,

Frank Scheer
f_scheer at yahoo.com 


Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:17:26 -0700
From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
Subject: Re: Dwarf PLs...

What an elegant building for a coal road!  How common
were tile roofs on N&W buildings (other than
stations)?

pete groom