This tower was also named "JK." [AltoonaWorks]
Darren Reynolds posted six photos with the comment: "ALTO tower Altoona,Pa."
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| Warren Calloway posted Alto Tower at Altoona, PA Warren Calloway photo Douglas Allen: EMD GP40-2 Diesel Loco Randall Hampton shared |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Randall's share As of at least Nov 2020, it was still standing. |
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| 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 posted Paul James Pritchard shared Darren Reynolds: Inside of Alto John Wood: The equipment was soo impressive when first installed that tower operators worn suits to work. In my time when computers were introduced in the train dispatchers office the new guys wore blue jeans. Working in a restricted access office space for 35 years can result in a lot of money saved on attire. 😄 Leon Duminiak: I had an opportunity to operate some of this equipment in the 1990s when I was invited to come up to watch tower operations by the ALTO tower operator. It was impressive to find that old equipment still operating flawlessly after being in service for so many years. The same couldn't be said for some of the newer switch and signal equipment in the yard. Jackson-Township historical preservation posted a copy Railway Interlocking Machine in the city of Altoona, Blair County around 1940. Darren Reynolds shared "Alto" tower. Inside (Sorry no date) Ron Stafford: JK tower / 17th Street. Changed to ALTO in February, 1942. |
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| Peter James Paras commented on Darren's share Alto Tower. |
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| Photo via AltoonaWorks Late 1800s |
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| Richard Hafer posted This what you get when you dig deep in your files for something different. It is listed as PRR JK Tower Altoona Machine & Leverman Ralph Mason 1940s. That shows a real old school Tower (Block on PRR) Operator's Job looked like back in the day. Rich Hafer collection. Chuck Earley: He probably had to use a telegraph to boot. Richard Hafer: Probably the Opr did, the leverman just handled the interlocking machine. |
Darren Reynolds posted six photos with the comment: "ALTO tower Altoona,Pa."
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| 4 George Ford Jr: Penn Central told us about a rule “Nothing on the Machine” did it only apply to former NH ones ? |
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| safe_image for Brian D Plant Flickr Sometime in the last year or so, ownership of ALTO tower was transferred to the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum. The tower was closed June 2012. Unfortunately we have no further information. Photo by Brian Plant 5/2018 Norfolk Southern's executive train made a trip from Chicago-Harrisburg last week [May 2018] with a layover in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night. Many of us took advantage of Thursday's spectacular weather and the prospect of this being the final trip past classic Pennsylvania Railroad position light signals. Altoona has already lost its PRR signals, but the steam-era ALTO Tower still stands, though is no longer manned. NS F9A 4270 leads the way with a classic A-B-B-A lash-up. |
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