RD and other Pocahontas Towers

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Thanks for the replies. I would have responded sooner but haven't had
much time to sit and spend on email lately.
I guess from a modeling perspective, when I say tower, in this case I
am looking for a structure that's primary or sole purpose was
controlling train movements at a yard, junction, crossing, or other
such location, to see what options I have for including such a
structure on my layout, which I guess you could say is loosely based
on or inspired by the Pocahontas Division. I have seen pictures of
SU/Bluestone, DY/Iaeger, Tug, KX/Kenova, Cowan, and RD, and was
wondering if any other structures would have been standing and in use
in the 1950s. 
That being said, it is also helpful to know what locations were
controlled remotely or by a tower integrated with a station or other
building, so that way I know I don't have to spend time trying to find
pictures of a structure that never existed.
Marty Flick

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	Larry you hit the nail on the head. The N&W called it a tower. That
gets to the point of how do you define a tower. By the building or by
the function. Or perhaps what the RR wanted to call it. Jim B
 On 8/14/2021 7:33 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

	 Add Kermit it wasn’t exactly a tower one level 

	 Larry Evans 

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	Pages 240-241 of Alex Schust's "The Norfolk And Western In West
Virginia 1881-1959" describe and show a picture of RD Tower, on the
east end of Bluefield Yard. What isn't clear to me is if it controlled
only the east end of the yard or both ends? If RD only controlled the
east end of the yard, was there another tower that controlled the west
end, perhaps Graham/RQ?  

	While we're on the subject, how many towers were there on the N&W
main, particularly between Bluefield and Kenova? I know there was SU
tower at Bluestone Junction, TUG at Welch, DY at Iaeger, and KX at
Kenova. I believe the Devon depot contained the controls for the
Buchanan Branch. Are there any others? I've tried browsing the online
Archives, but haven't had much success, maybe using the wrong search
terms.   

	Thank you   

	Marty Flick   

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