South Bend, IN: Bend Tower: CN+CP/GTW vs NS+CP+Amtrak/NYC/LS&MS

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Gary Sturm posted
Penn Central #6087 with Union Pacific engines trailing passes BEND Tower eastbound at South Bend, Indiana, Indiana in 1974.
Dennis DeBruler That was a long tower. It must have had a lot of levers.
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Satellite it was along South St. between Scott and Taylor Streets on the north side of the tracks [IndianaRailroads]

It set next to the west end of the platform for Union Station.

Mark Hinsdale posted
In January, 1980, an eastbound Conrail manifest train passes "HF" (renamed "BEND") Tower in South Bend, Indiana. This section of Conrail's busy Buffalo to Chicago main line also hosted Grand Trunk Western trains between Michigan points and Chicago, which shared trackage with Conrail across a one mile long grade separated corridor through South Bend. That same arrangement still exists today, between successors Norfolk Southern and Canadian National. January, 1980 photo by Mark Hinsdale
Mark Hinsdale shared
Mark Hinsdale shared

Richard Roberts shared
Inside South Bend tower.

Joe Barron posted four photos with the comment:

This is the railroad control tower in South Bend, about 1929. There were a lot of improvements in rail service in South Bend at this time. The track originally had been at street level. It was elevated in 1928, as we see it today, and this tower controlled the switches for the track in that area. The westbound locomotive in the photo is a New York Central "Pacific" class pulling a passenger train. It was during this time that Union Station was built too.

Joe Barron The tower was located just west of Union Station on the north side of the tracks. It was removed in the late 90's after track realignment and switch upgrades.
Don Laskowski My dad worked on Nycrr and called this The J-K tower. It controlled all the rr switches from High street west to beyond Olive St

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New York Central control tower at South Bend. Photo credit Bob Albert Collection.

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The control levers inside the tower. These controlled the switches in the rail yard.

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This display shows the status of the switches of the yard at South Bend.

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The foundation and steps are all that remain of the South Bend tower. The building was on the hillside along the north side of the tracks on South Street, just before Scott Street.

Gary Sturm posted five photos with the comment: "BEND Tower in South Bend, Indiana in 1977."
Brian Michael What railroad was that PRR or NYC RR.
Dennis DeBruler Looking at my 2005 SPV Map: NYC. It was west of Union Station. And I noticed that GTW used the NYC tracks through town between Arnold Street and High Street Junctions.
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Bob Finan updated
Grand Trunk Western #4906 West passing BEND Tower at South Bend, Indiana in 1977. Gary Sturm Photograph © 1977.
Brian A Morgan: Once past High Street the GTW is back upon home rails.
Brian A Morgan: Charles Geletzke Jr. Looks like the train is Westbound. That's the Studebaker Plant behind the consist.

10 photos including several interior shots and train order action

A comment on one of the photos: B Tupper Upham: Next to CT in Cleveland, and GCT, it was one of the biggest in the NYC system.