Darren Reynolds posted six images with the comment:
Conrails (Ex-PRR)"SO" towerSouth Fork, Pennsylvania
James Hempel: We almost knocked that Tower down in October, 1974 as we wrecked 26 cars on a Westbound crossing from #3 to #4 track. I was a few weeks old as a Brakeman. I think I ran to “AO” to flag any Eastbound Trains from running into the wreck, lol
Suzann Joy Glover: My husband worked there many times, until they shut it down!
Brady WoofWoof: They called him Rip Van Winkle Glover because he stopped so many trains in his slumber. zzzzzzz
Tim Shanahan shared
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| 1 "SO" tower as at looked in C.1989 at one time it had a machanical interlocking machine... Phot by Dan Killinger |
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| 2 An early PRR track and interlocking diagram and interlocking machine information for "SO" tower |
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| 3 The interlocking machine and model board at "SO"tower Photo by:Chip Syme [The top of the board is South instead of North.] |
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| 4 The table interlocking machine at "SO" tower Photo by: Chip Syme |
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| 5 The desk and blocking model board at"SO" tower Photo by: Chip Syme [South is at the bottom on this one.]] |
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| 6 The operator at "SO" tower talks to the dispatcher on the towers old phone . Photo by: Chip Syme |
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| Rich White commented on Darren's post Model board on display at the Railroaders Museum in Altoona: |
The tower is near the left hand side of this excerpt. I first looked around the wye for the tower, but when I could not find it, I studied the track diagram. I had noticed the "SOUTH FORK BR." I then noticed the flyover. We can still see the embankments for the approaches. And then the west and east connections for the "NO 5 WWD SECONDARY TRACK." Then I looked west of the western connection and found a little building with a big shadow. The shadow indicates that the small building is rather tall. Note that the secondary track used to serve a coal tipple that had a conveyor belt that went up the side of the mountain.
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| May 5, 1961 @ 27,000; AR1VALU00030052 |
I studied where the South Fork Branch went. It doesn't go anywhere. It stops south of Central City before it gets to US-30. But it does have spurs to Sautertown, Eureka and Ashtola. I assume this branch, with its spurs, served coal mines.
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| 1954/54 Pittsburgh Quad @ 250,000 |
Since the tracks for the South Fork Branch still existed, I researched how much of the branch is still ued. All of the branch and the spur to Eureka is still owned by NS (black line). And CSX still owns the B&O route up to Johnstown.
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