Depot: (Satellite?, the street view driver did not go on Market or 2nd Ave.)
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| Darren Reynolds posted "B&Os Eng- 3762 eastbound passing "Q" tower (Hyndman,Pa.) Next stop Cumberland Maryland... Photo by: Geoff Hubbs. June 1978" Doug Baer: Sandpatch grade at Hyndman. Bottom of grade. That is why smoke is coming off of the brakes. Mark Ponton shared [A nice view of signaling pipelines.] Darren Reynolds posted Descending Sand patch grade passing Q Tower (Hyndman,Pa.)on June,1978 next stop Cumberland, Maryland...And look at that brake shoe smoke... Photo by: Geoff Hubbs |
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| Bill Rettberg Jr. posted Good overview of Q tower and the helper station in the background, at Hyndman Pa. Eastbound is just coming off of Sand Patch grade. |
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| Nate Beal posted One of my favorite pics that my dad took. Helpers at Q Tower. Hyndman, PA. 1982. Richard Beal photo. Long gone. I think Q got torn down in 2017? Randall Hampton shared William Poole: Looks like the towers sporting a window unit air conditioner. Joseph Zebrowski: William Poole That thing sticking out the front is a train order board. It has a light bulb attached, when lit indicates that a train must stop to receive an order. I believe they were unique to the B&O. |
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| Bill Rettberg Jr. posted Helper on the rear, this westbound is notching up as it passes Q tower in Hyndman. Ahead is the grueling twenty miles to the top of the east slope of Sand Patch. Helper on right has already been called, and will soon be shoving another westbound. Tim Shanahan shared |
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| Greg Smith posted Q Tower Hyndman Pa, 10/97 |
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| Bob Weston posted B&O "Q" tower located near Hyndman, Pennsylvania painted in Chessie System gray. Looked better in B&O's buff with black trim. Thomas Underwood photo, taken 20 June 1982. Photo found on Flikr. |
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| Bill Rettberg Jr. posted What it looked like as power was coming out of the helper station at Hyndman Pa. It would run up to Q tower, back down eastbound main to a place called Slip Rock, where it would cross over in back of westbound it was to shove, and away we go. |
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| James Anders posted Since we were on a kick with towers recently I thought some folks would like to see how they look on the track charts from the late 50's for Sand Patch and Hyndman. |
Curtis J. Walters posted five photos with the comment:
A day trip to Hyndman, Pennsylvania and I stopped by Q Tower and Mr. Frank Rohrs invited me in and a nice surprise was armstrong levers still being used in 1991.I had to take a photo of a train passing the "Summit of the Alleghanies" marker!
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| Jackson-Township historical preservation posted B & O (Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad Station in the town of Hyndman, Bedford County in 1910. Scotty Fahnestock shared |
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| Jackson-Township historical preservation posted Double Railroad Bridges for the B & O (Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad in the town of Hyndman, Bedford County in the early 1900's. Paul Manges: These two spans were replaced by a single two track span in 1910 which is still standing. [Bridge Hunter dates the replacement as 1916.] Scotty Fahnestock shared |
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| Darren Reynolds posted B&Os "Q" Tower.. Hyndman,Pa. Photo by: Geoff Hubbs June/1978 Jimmy Echard: On the tower level, it looks like a radio speaker to the left and isolators for the telegraph system towards the middle right? |
Darren Reynold posted four photos with the comment: "B&O "Q" tower Hyndman,Pa."
David Andrew Wieting: When did the stairway get remodeled? Was that a Chessie change or early CSX. I also see that the crossover was removed near the tower, when that did happen? Did a derailment precipitate the removal, and if so, did that also result in the change to the stairway? I am sure a lot of fans and modelers could use that information, for the record.
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| 2 Looking West |
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| 3 Fred Marlin: It got shrunk. [I don't know if it is smaller, but it sure has a lot fewer windows and the stairwell was changed.] |
This shows that it was just south of Wills Creek.
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| 4 Images from North American interlockings states A to Z and Canada |
Darren Reynolds posted four photos that are a repeat of the above.
Darren Reynolds posted the above four photos again.
Darren Reynolds posted three photos with the comment: "B&Os "Q" tower (Hardman) West Virginia."
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| 1 "Q" tower was one of the bigger towers on the mountain Sub.Div. (about the size of "Z" tower) It had a coal stove Until the end. The railroad didn't take care of this tower as they did with other towers. Photo by:Dan Killinger |
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| 2 WM Eng-6260 and B&O Eng- 4034 westbound at "Q" tower 1984 Photo by: D.Scott Seders |
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| 3"Q" tower. It looks like it's closed but in 1999 it's still open. Photo by: James Trivett All images from North American interlockings States A to Z and Canada.. |
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| Randy Voith commented on Darren's post Here’s the tower in June 1956, with an eastbound passenger train. Photo by my dad, George Voith. |
You can't see a water tower, but with a standpipe you know one was located here.
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| Pete Zimmerman posted BO, Hyndman, Pennsylvania, 1953 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 6119 taking water at Hyndman, Pennsylvania, on August 6, 1953. Photograph by Donald W. Furler |
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| Doug Kroll posted In the late summer of 1984 the B&O mainline over Sand Patch suffered extensive flooding that closed the line for a time. The line had been reopened, but reconstruction efforts continued as here along Willis Creek where fill material is being dumped to rebuild the washed out roadbed on October 15, 1984. Mark Ponton: I believe that was the same flood that destroyed Hyndman, PA. Mark Ponton shared Ronald Baer: A lot of good men worked.very hard and long hours to get trains running on one track 2nd track took several month longer to complete! Had good leadership with Mr. Hardy and Joe Bippus to coordinate the massive effort! Lot of great Foreman and track man doing all they could. I am glad I was part of that group. |
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This 1:16 video shows a steam locomotive pulling its eastbound train up to some helpers and then a westbound train rolling past the tower.
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