Coaling Tower: (Satellite)
Marty Bernard posted five photos with the comment:
Handing Up Orders, Front and Caboose, at Warwick TowerB&O GP40 3685 built Nov. 1966 and became CSX 6501, B&O GP38 3810 built Oct. 1967 and became CSX 2010 and B&O GP9 6529 built June 1957 at Warick Tower, Clinton, OH just south of Akron in March 1984, 5 Karl Miller photos.
Stuart Chirls: Great photos! Does anybody else find it technologically quaint that railroads were handing up paper orders in 1984? (And I know the LIRR did into the 2000s.)
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| 5 Dennis DeBruler shared |
Logan Detwiler posted four images with the comment:
The WX interlocking tower in Warwick, Ohio, controlled the junction of two major rail lines: the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad. This was a significant crossing point for freight traffic across Ohio.Interlocking towers like WX were crucial for safe railroad operations, using interlocking machines operated by levermen or operators. These machines would align switches and signals in the proper sequence to direct train movements and prevent accidents at the crossing.While the former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at this junction are no longer present, the WX Tower is notable as it is on the National Register of Historic Places and remains one of the few structures that signify Warwick's past as a prominent railroad town.
Chuck McAbee: Warwick was staffed by PRR/PC/ConRail employees when it was operational.
Chad Winans: Chuck McAbee In the end, CSX Operators staffed the tower.
Rick Fisher: Right up until the end of steam on the B&O, the massive coal and water station spanning both mains, stood in the background beyond the Route 21 highway bridge. In fact, the last revenue steam passenger run on the B&O, was controlled by WX tower as the special transitioned on the CL&W from Cleveland to Holloway and back. The special took on coal at the tower, but with water services having been discontinued, the 421 took on water in Rittman. Most long time B&O rail fans are aware of these details, but for those who don’t. …
Alan Vondriska: …and half the town is built over a coal mine.
Tim Shanahan shared
Curtis Tate: Made me look! What was the PRR line here? Akron Branch?
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| Tony Dannemiller commented on Logan's post My kitchen |
The B&O used the northwest route and shared the route going southish with Pennsy. The other "spokes" were Pennsy.
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| 1958 Doylestown Quad @ 24,000 |
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| Michael Smith posted Thanks goes to Robert Collins for this picture B&O 675 Warwick OH 5-25-57. Michael Meliambro shared |
Google Maps doesn't know about Warwick, but a USGS map shows that it is just west of Clinton.
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| USGS |
In this historic aerial, I include the construction of OH-21 on the right to help orient the location on today's satellite imagery. I also include the water tanks on the left because I notice that they are on the topo map above in the upper-left corner.
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| EarthExplorer: Nov 1, 1957 @ 19,000; AR1VPI000030123 |
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