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The Lenox Tower interlocking machine, built in 1924, is made of 80 pistol-grip levers used to control the rails, while a model board hanging from the ceiling shows each switch location on the ...
MONTICELLO — They don’t build computers like they used to. The Monticello Railroad Museum has just finished constructing one that is 19 feet tall, measures 30 by 22 feet and ...
Interlocking towers were common along the Pennsylvania Railroad. Think Loud bought the rail building, also known as a signal tower, and the 0.22-acre property its sits on in 2013 for $15,000 ...
The interlocking machine, which dates back to the construction of the building, is made of 80 pistol-grip levers used to control the rails, while a model board hanging from the ceiling shows each ...
HAMMOND -- The city's Historical Preservation Committee is hoping an abandoned railroad switching tower on the north end of the downtown district can find a new home this year.
Cold weather didn’t stop the Rosenberg Railroad Museum from celebrating the grand re-opening of historic Tower 17 on Feb. 6. Joined by members of the community, Rosenberg Mayor Vincent Morales ...
In a month or two, a reconstructed switching tower will rise above Sykesville, the crowning achievement in the town’s years-long effort to revitalize its Main Street and transform itself into… ...
Apr. 18—The Haley Tower Historical & Technical Society, Inc., which operates the Wabash Valley Railroad Museum, recently announced it has begun restoration work on its historic interlocking ...