UN Tower, Current: (Satellite)
B&O Railyard: (Satellite)
B&O Roundhouse: (Satellite, most of the land is now a parking lot for the yard office.)
Depot: (Satellite, I found this while looking for the original location of the tower.)
See also my 2023 notes.
Darren Reynolds posted eight photos with the comment: "B&Os "UN" tower (New Castle Jct.)
West Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"
Dennis DeBruler: Original location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7X7sLkCnP6W3aJcz9
Current location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QjAh2xqgFmXcJJAB6
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| 1 "UN" tower Photo by: Ross Jack (No Date) |
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| 2 "UN" tower back in July 1931 Photo by: Henry Wilhelm NRHS [A nice view of some signaling pipelines.] |
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| 3 The model board for "UN" tower Photo by: Ross Jack (No Date) |
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| 4 The interlocking machine at "UN" tower Photo by: Ross Jack (No Date) |
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| 5 Operator's desk at "UN" tower Photo by: Chip Syme ( No Date) Dave Ori: The tower closed in November 1995 UN was a busy tower during the B&O era with trains operating to and from the P&W Subdivision and the P&LE Connection. |
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| 6 Something going on by the tower ? Maybe a special is going through. June 1977 Photo by: Rob Mandeville |
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| 8 It's been saved!! "UN" tower at its new home.Oct.30,2002 Photo by: Dan Maners All images from North American interlockings States A to Z and Canada.. |
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| 1958/60 New Castle South Quad @ 24,000 |
This tower is named UN because it was near Union Valley Road. [Flickr comment]
The tracks on the left were P&LE and those on the right were B&O. The yard tracks went further south than the topo map indicates. The model board indicates the tower is the building on the west side of the B&O tracks about halfway between Union Valley Road and MacKee Run.
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| Apr 20, 1969 @ 24,000; AR1VCFB00020035 |
B&O Roundhouse
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| lcmemoirs, this webpage has a lot of information about the railyard including a photo of the UN Tower. "The old B&O roundhouse at New Castle Junction, where the massive locomotives were repaired indoors. (c1930)" |
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| lcmemoirs "A locomotive sits on the turntable in preparation of being directed into the B&O roundhouse. (c1940) (Photo courtesy of Bill Lewis)" |
The B&O roundhouse is in the lower-right corner. The roundhouse in the upper-left corner was the Pennsy roundhouse and the little roundhouse near the upper-right corner was the PL&E. The PL&E roundhouse is extant and now owned by Kasgro Rail Corp.
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| Apr 20, 1969 @ 24,000; AR1VCFB00020022 |
It cost me hours to find the current location. I saw all sorts of references to it, but nobody included any location information. At least I learned about a bunch of other stuff while I was looking for the current location.
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| Street View, Aug 2023 |
The track in the above photo was a branch of the Pennsy.
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| 1958 Bessemer and New Castle South Quads @ 24,000 |
That Pennsy branch and the P&LE north of the CSX crossing is now owned by the New Castle Industrial Railroad (NCIR). NCIR helped move the UN Tower to its present location.
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| NewCastleRailroad |
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| Lifting the second floor onto a flatcar via anglefire |
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| Adding the first floor to the flatcar via anglefire |
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| The flatcar going over the Shenango River via anglefire |
OA Tower
Darren Reynolds posted four photos with the comment: "Baltimore and Ohio Railroads 'OA' tower Newcastle, Pennsylvania"
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| 1 "OA" tower in Newcastle, Pennsylvania Photo & Date: Unknown |
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| 2 A look at the Dimonds at "OA" tower July 1931 Photo by: Henry Wilhelm NRHS |
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3- NYC geeps cross the Dimonds at "OA" tower Photo by: Dave Sweetland (No Date) Ron Mele: There are three geeps on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie New Castle branch where it crosses the B&O mainline. Dave Ori: New Castle Junction, PA. It was located at the west end of B&Os New Castle Yard. B&O‘s OA Tower. Demolished in December, 1982 with its functions transferred to the Terminal Service Center , which is located west of the tower site. Dave Hickcox: Would someone please state the location of OA Tower? Thanks. [see below] |
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| 4 A look at the yard "OA" tower Photo by: Rob Mandeville (No Date) |
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| Dennis DeBruler answered Dave Hickcox question The tracks have changed, so this is approximate: https://maps.app.goo.gl/w63G45EHs7jCL82eA. 1969 aerial photo |
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