Tower: (Satellite, is it still standing or is that a tall signaling cabinet?)
The building on the left of this photo is what motivated me to look for the depot in this town. The bridge in the background is a lift bridge over the Mississippi River.
This is what the railfans were waiting for as caught in Watertown, WI.
Coming from the Northwest is CB&Q by the river and Milwaukee next to it. The St. Croix Tower is where the CB&Q crosses the Milwaukee and heads East while the Milwaukee continues South across the Mississippi River.
The first two photos show that the tower is where the tracks fork. But there are two forks. But this aerial photo shows the tower in the upper-left corner has the track arrangement that we see in the last two photos. Now that I know where to look, the above topo mark does mark the location of the tower.
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| Street View, May 2023 |
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| Street View, May 2023 |
The town is worthy of a stop for the holiday train.
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| william braun, Dec 2022, cropped |
The building on the left of this photo is what motivated me to look for the depot in this town. The bridge in the background is a lift bridge over the Mississippi River.
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| Steven J. Brown posted Austin Seely: Man, that has to be the largest crowd ever to come out to see a Siemens Chugger Ok, maybe they were waiting for the 2816… Anthony Angelici: Austin Seely 2816 Michael Parker: Mean train 28 Steven J. Brown: The last 4 cars are #28, it runs as #8. |
This is what the railfans were waiting for as caught in Watertown, WI.
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| 0:54 video The sight and sounds of a steam engine at speed just cannot be beat. Here is the CP2816 zipping eastbound at Watertown wisconsin. [Empress, a 4-6-4] |
St. Croix Tower
Darren Reynolds posted eight photos with the comment: "CMSt.P/PRR "St Croix" tower Hastings, Minnesota."
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| 1 "St. Croix" tower Photo by: Bill Johnson May29,1978 [The "drawbridge" referred to by the signs would be the Mickey Mouse bridge. The tracks curving off to the left are CB&Q.] |
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| 2 "St. Corix" tower |
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| 3 The interlocking machine (Armstrong leavers) At "St. Corix" tower Photo by: Carl Wallenmeyer April 22,1978 |
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| 4 The interlocking signals At "St. Corix" tower |
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| 5 Hastings CTC machine at "St. Croix" tower Photo by: Carl Wallenmeyer April 22,1978 [The are some comments about the Vibroplex "Bug" telegraph machine.] |
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| 6 The interlocking machine at "St. Croix" tower Photo by: Carl Wallenmeyer April 1978 |
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| 7 Looking out the window of "St. Croix" tower Photo by: Carl Wallenmeyer April 22,1978 [Another example of signaling pipelines curving. The tracks curving to the right are CB&Q and those going to the lower-left corner are Milwaukee.] |
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| 8 The interlocking now at "St. Croix" tower Photo by: Robert Anderson (No Date) All images from North American Interlockings States A to Z and Canada... |
Coming from the Northwest is CB&Q by the river and Milwaukee next to it. The St. Croix Tower is where the CB&Q crosses the Milwaukee and heads East while the Milwaukee continues South across the Mississippi River.
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| 1967/93 Prescott @ 24,000 and 1957/59 Hastings @ 62,500 |
The first two photos show that the tower is where the tracks fork. But there are two forks. But this aerial photo shows the tower in the upper-left corner has the track arrangement that we see in the last two photos. Now that I know where to look, the above topo mark does mark the location of the tower.
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| May 9, 1947 @ 17,000; AR1DV0000060179 |
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