Darren Reynolds posted three photos with the comment: "PRRs 'Forge' tower Tyrone Forge, Pennsylvania."
Chris Tokarcik: FORGE was where the mainline funneled down to three tracks, going back to four at SPRUCE.
Bill Decker: Chris Tokarcik actually there were 5 tracks between Gray and Forge. 5 track being the lead track for coming on/off the bald eagle branch & the L&T.
Chris Tokarcik: Bill Decker Never mentioned GRAY to FORGE but okay.
Bill Decker: Chris Tokarcik sorry, what I meant was there were really 5 tracks at Forge that narrowed down to three, and you’re correct, back to 4 at Spruce.
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| 1 "Forge" tower was closed by Penn Central in 1973 Photo & Date: Unknown |
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| 2 A PRR GP-30 Is in the lead as it passes "Forge" tower Photo & Date: Unknown |
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| 3 A steam special passing a still Open "Forge" tower Photo & Date: Unknown [You can see the many rail joints very clearly in this photo.] |
Given the mountains on both sides of the tracks in the second photo, I think the Forge tower was on the route to the east of town.
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| 1933 Tyrone Quad @ 62,500 |
And from the photos the tower was obviously between the tracks and the southern mountain. But I could not find it.
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| Apr 21, 1962 @ 27,000; AR1VAKF00010120 |
Although, this photo shows that you cannot see the mountain in the other direction.
Darren Reynolds posted two photos with the comment: "PRRs 'Gray' tower..Tyrone, Pennsylvania."
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| 1 PRRs "Gray" tower |
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| 2 "Gray" tower is green! In this Penn Central era picture May26,1974 Photo by: Unknown All images from North American interlockings States A to Z and Canada.. |
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