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| Rich Weller posted July, 1980. Morgan Tower, Quincy, Ohio. This tower protected the crossing of the DT&I and NYC/PC/CR lines. DT&I is the single track line. Both lines are still in use, Tower long gone! Photo by: Rich Weller Tim Shanahan shared Howie Castellucio Tower came down in 1984. |
Update: the location of the model railroad club mentioned in a comment.
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| Rod Clark posted Conrail SD-50 6792 W/B crossing the diamond of the DT&I at Quincey Ohio. Conrail Morgan tower. March 29 1986. My photo. Howie Castellucio: 1986.....not long before it closed. Dennis DeBruler: The grain elevator in the background makes it easy to determine that the tower was in the northwest quadrant of the crossing, https://maps.app.goo.gl/mVCJ8Dz32wrCQfg9A. |
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| Express Horizons posted Awesome #train content by: Classic Trains lnstagram: 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜.𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 On a hot and sultry May afternoon, DT&I train DJ-1 with GP40-2s 406 and 415 has slowed down to a crawl and will stop briefly to work the Penn Central interchange at Quincy, Ohio. Morgan tower guarded the crossing of the DT&I and the former NYC "Bee Line," which ran between Cleveland and St. Louis. The tower was staffed with PC operators, however, the DT&I dispatcher always kept the operators busy copying and hanging train orders for the dozen-plus DT&I trains that passed by here everyday. Since the DT&I was a "dark" railroad and operated solely on train orders, most DT&I trains could always count on picking up orders "on the fly" from the "iron man" at Morgan. May 21st, 1975. Photo Credit to Jim Sinclair. Tim Shanahan shared |
Darren Reynolds posted seven photos with the comment: "C.C.C.& St.L.RY DT&I RY 'Morgan' tower (QC) Quincy, Ohio."
Hotrail Productions: Closed in December, 1986.
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| 1 "Morgan" tower 1976 Photo by: Kirk Reynolds |
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| 2 The model board at "Morgan" tower Photo by: Jack Wherley (No Date) |
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| 3 Interlocking machine and model board at "Morgan" Photo by: Jay Williams (No Date) |
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| 4 Inside of "Morgan" tower Photo by: Jay Williams ( No Date) Paul James Pritchard: 1985 on the calendar. |
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| 5 A DT&I train is passing "Morgan" tower 1978 Photo by: Kirk Reynolds |
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| 6 A Penn Central freight train passes "Morgan" tower on May27,1974 Photo by: David P. Oroszi |
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| 7 The home interlocking signal at "Morgan " tower Photo by: Jay Williams (No Date) All images from North American Interlockings States A to Z and Canada.. |
The grain elevator in Rod's photo is extant. I wonder if the wood building between the bins and silos used to be a grain elevator.
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| Street View, Aug 2014 |
A rare example of stave silos being used by a commercial grain elevator. I was wondering if the elevator is now abandoned, but the augur elevator on the left makes me think that at least part of it is still used.
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| Street View, Aug 2014 |
Bill Haines: Morgan tower was torn down in '87.
Scott Trostel: It was named for Superintend Morgan of the Big 4. They couldn't name it Quincy, the name was in use by the stations of both railroads.
The Armstrong machine from that tower is now in the Coshocton model railroad club.
ReplyDeleteZanesville, OH, is on a field trip list. If I do that trip, it appears I should catch this location as well. Especially if they preserved the interlocking machine on the first floor.
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