The other end of the Patterson Creek Cutoff was the CO Tower.
Darren Reynolds posted four photos with the comment:
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroads"FN" tower (Patterson Creek)Patterson Creek, West Virginia
Trevor Laber: Here is a great Documentary about the Patterson Creek Cutoff. https://youtu.be/k7cj3nbHdkw
Tim Shanahan shared
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| 1 A mixed bag of Engines bring a eastbound passes "FN" tower on June 19,1974.. track on the left is the Patterson Creek Cut-off (to McKenzie "CO" tower) The Cut-off was abandoned by this time... Photo by: David P. Oroszi |
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| 2 Old "FN" tower in the Derailment that knocked the tower off its foundation... It's funny the Potomac river didn't take the tower out. Old "FN" tower had an electric interlocking... Photo & Date: Unknown |
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| 3 "FN" tower (Patterson Creek) looking east.. Photo by: Dan Killinger [Note the B&O Colored Position Signals in their full glory.] |
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| 4 A mixed bag of Engines bring a eastbound passes "FN" tower on June 19,1974.. track on the left is the Patterson Creek Cut-off (to McKenzie "CO" tower) The Cut-off was abandoned by this time... Photo by: David P. Oroszi |
The Patterson Creek Cutoff was built so that coal trains did not have to go through Chumberland, MD, which had become a choke point because of congestion.
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| 13:31 video @ 3:39 |
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