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Flatonia TX - Tower #3

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Posted by spbed on Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:41 AM

Please click on the link in my signature & then click on the Texas March 2006 gallery & U will see pix of the tower at its new location

 

 

 

 jmranger wrote:

 

Tower #3, in Flatonia TX, went out of service in 1996 and the tower has now been moved about ½ mile away to a city RR park. I understand that it was the last tower in the US to use the old style "manual" switches.  Can anyone verify this information and what were these switches called?

Thanks; JWM

 

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Flatonia TX - Tower #3
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:09 AM

 

Tower #3, in Flatonia TX, went out of service in 1996 and the tower has now been moved about ½ mile away to a city RR park. I understand that it was the last tower in the US to use the old style "manual" switches.  Can anyone verify this information and what were these switches called?

Thanks; JWM

 

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