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[quote user="artschlosser"] Bucyrus, I didn't say that the Alton was paying for the employee in the tower or for the maintenance.  But you wouldn't want the johnny-come-lately delaying your trains when you were there first! And that's why it was important in a race to be there first - you get to call the shots.  The RT&N had that problem with the C&A, even built an embankment to make the Alton think they would install a viaduct over the track, but in the middle of the night, the rails were cut and a crossing laid.  Cheaper to pay a man's wages than to constantly keep a bridge in repair. The C&A didn't like the competition or the nuisance but no road does. I got my paycheck from the GM&O (they bought the Alton just before I hired out);  l have no idea what the GM&O collected from the Santa Fe or what the CN now collects from BNSF. Art [/quote]   Art, I understand what you mean.  Your point about the person in the tower being able tilt train movement advantages to the benefit of his or her employer is a good one.  I am most familiar with a Milwaukee Road tower for a crossing of the M&StL.  The M&StL was there first, so the Milwaukee built and maintained the crossing and tower, and also supplied and paid for the operator.  So with this "total ownership" status, the tower institution tended to regard the M&StL as a second class citizen.  This attitude could have practical effects in certain siturations, depending on how the trains showed up.
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