CONTROL TOWERS

[Anonymous]

My HO Eastern RR, needs a new control tower. I can't find a good anywhere. live in the outside of Philadelphia, i been everywhere. Can someone help me.
Please email me at richardtrains@comcast,net

[Anonymous]

Railroads don't use control towers with the exeption of the ATSF tower in Barstow, California.

[cacole]

I think even the Barstow tower has been closed and replaced with automated signals, since BNSF and UP are the only two roads that still cross there.

[Anonymous]

He might mean a regular tower like this http://www.trainweb.org/crcorp/artower.jpg

[Anonymous]

To dougal; Yes thank you that is what I am looking for.

[Anonymous]

OK, can't help you there, sorry.

[orsonroy]

Ah, you mean an INTERLOCKING tower. I think just about every model building company in the hobby makes three (OK, I'm exaggerating, but just barely). Type in "tower" in a Walthers search. I just did, and came up with over 150 hits. I'm sure there's something close to what you're looking for there.

[AntonioFP45]

Dougal,

You sure know how to pick them! That's a very interesting shot!

That vehcile on the extreme left looks like a tiny portion of the nose, windshield and number board of one of the Pennsy E-units that was restored a few years ago! Nice!

Silver Champion: Fortunately there are tower kits available. Look in the Walther's catalog. A lot of the towers in the Northeast are or were two story brick structures of various widths.

Let us know what you find and decide on.

Cheers!

[Anonymous]

That reminds me that I have to get shots of ALTO Tower while I'm in Altoona.

[Martin4]

Many yards still use control towers (maybe the real name is different) because they offer the yard manager a good overview of what is going on.

The CN Joffre Yard in Charny, Québec has one about 5 story high. The Québec-Gatineau yard (formerly CP) in Québec City has one about 4 story high.

Martin
Québec City

[BRAKIE]

Yard offices is not interlocking towers of old..Yard offices comes in all kinds of shapes and sizes.