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FWIW, I worked for the GM&O in the late forties and early fifties. The route I worked on was the old Chicago and Alton running from St.Louis to Chicago and one of the earlier railroads in Illinois. But the Wabash was already in Springfield when the C&A got there from the south so their employees manned the tower. <br /> <br />When the C&A got to Joliet, the Rock Island manned the tower because they were there first. The Santa Fe got there third. The C&A maintained their diamonds, and the Santa Fe maintained theirs. (Would you want somebody else messing withe YOUR track? You control the work that way and can charge the junior road according to some previous agreement.) <br /> <br />GM&O employees manned the towers at locations where our railroad was first. Other states might have different procedures. I was told that the payroll was paid by the junior company, but have never seen anything documenting this. <br /> <br />The Santa Fe line to Chicago was on the 'western' side of the GM&O and their yard was on the 'eastern' side of the GM&O so the tower controlled the entry and exit to the Santa Fe yard. I worked Corwith for several months and had 'interesting' conversations with the Santa Fe yardmaster. <br /> <br />Art
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