"Towers" at Roanoke and "West Roanoke"

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I assumed “D.T.” meant “Double Track”.

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Larry Stone
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> On Jun 25, 2017, at 8:31 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> AB
> Did 'D.T'.mean Down Town as in Roanoke? Seems logical to have a tower control traffic coming from the east. I'm lazy - didn't read the whole thing.
> Charlie Long
> Lynchburg
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> On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 4:28 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> I have previously posted to the List (and sent a copy to the N&W Archives) a PDF reproducing the N&W's "Statement of Block Signals in Use on the Road, September 1896."  And I will attach it again, for the benefit of anyone who missed it several years ago.
> 
> Notice page 6, which shows a "tower" at "E. End D.T. Roanoke Tower," and another tower designated as "West Roanoke Tower."
> 
> 1896 was probably a bit early for the N&W to have been using interlocking, so my guess is that the facility designated as "E. End D.T. Roanoke Tower" existed only to block trains by the "Telegraph Block System," and handled no interlocking.  It was probably somewhere around Randolph Street.  Notice that its signal (whether singular or plural is not specified) is/are shown as having two arms and being equipped to show Permissive Block.  This facility probably only blocked eastward trains, as the main line west of that point was probably governed by Rule 93 (Yard Limits on Main Track.)  
> 
> Now to the questions...
> 
> 1.  Where was "Roanoke Tower"?  Was it on the same spot as the two succeeding iterations of "Randolph Street" Tower?  When was mechanical interlocking first installed at this junction?  What was the Telegraph Call for the the "Roanoke Tower" shown in 1896?
> 
> 2.  Where was "West Roanoke Tower"?  (Remember, we are talking an era when the yard did not extend west of what is now known as "Shaffers Crossing.")
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