Q Tower: (3D Satellite)
R Tower: (Satellite, the tower and some storage tracks were removed to make room for the service facilities. See 1954 aerial photo below.)
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| Peter James Paras posted Not my photo. Amtrak Tower Q. Sunnyside Yard, New York. Tower Q and R controlled the yard. Now both are moved into a building on site. Tower R was removed, Tower Q still stands. I think it has electronics in it. |
William Billson posted three photos with the comment: "Q tower in SunnySide yard. Still manned 24/7."
Jopia Spieder: I qualified that and R tower at Sunny Side yard. Q is my favorite except at night, I'd rather work at R tower then.
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"The two towers in SSY are Q and R, with Q being on the west end. R tower was moved into high speed maintenance building along with the yardmasters several years ago. The old R tower was torn down after that." [amtrakhogger comment on railroad]
John Castronuova posted two photos with the comment: "Sunnyside yard’s west end R Tower moments before it was demolished. Lower picture is it’s model board."
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The photo above shows that the tower was an isolated building. But in this aerial, there are buildings beside the tower.
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| Jan 1, 1954 @ 20,000; AR1VBV000060121 |
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| William Strassner commented on a post about the F Tower and the other end...... 1968, only....... decades ago ? Rich Gunther: William Strassner R Tower! When I got there in 1991, the roof leaked over the Yardmaster desk, and it was a pretty sloppy machine, had to really “set” some of the switch levers in place, and occasionally shake an opposing signal lever to get a signal to come in. |
Chris Ciesla posted four images with the comment:
Sometimes RR employee nicknames for places find their way onto official RR documents.
If you look closely at this 1956 map of Sunnyside Yard (PRR/LIRR) you'll see a track labelled as "Stink Track". Facebook butchers pictures, so I included a close-up.
The track passed next to the West Disinfecting Company that made an iodine based disinfectant called CN. By most accounts, the factory gave off an odor that smelled like a mixture of iodine and rancid fish.
West Disinfecting is still in business as West Industries and is (ironically) now making odor control products.
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