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| Stanley Short posted We are at Baltimore & Ohio's West End tower (WS), across the ridge from Tunnelton, WV on May 5, 1978. Four SD35's have just shoved the eastbound Trailer Jet up the seven miles from Hardman on Newburg Grade.. Soon they will be latching up the dynamic brakes to help retard the train for the six miles down Cheat River Grade into Rowlesburg. For several years I had noticed the crumbling coal tipple as it deteriorated. I appears like they finally were scrapping it out. Todd Greenberg: What junction is the tower controlling? Joe McCarthy: Todd Greenberg it’s the west end of Tunnelton Tunnel. I believe “ back in the day” there were more than 2 tracks between Hardman and here. Reduced to 2 tracks thru the tunnel. Stanley Short: Todd Greenberg At the time this was taken, it was a set of double crossovers. Daniel C Carroll Jr. shared |
Derren Reynolds posted three images with the comment: "B&Os "WS" tower...Watson, Indiana."
Curtis Tate: Still standing, last I knew, but not in great condition.
Tony Dobbs: Razed in 2021 unfortunately
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| MP Rail Photography posted CSX 3194 and 3284 are manned helpers on a loaded coal train heading eastbound on the Mountain Subdivision. The helpers are seen passing WS Tower which is at the west end of the Kingwood Tunnel. March 29, 2025 West End, West Virginia Power: CSX 3284 - ET44AH CSX 3194 - ES44AH (Spirit of Law Enforcement) MP Rail Photography shared |
I knew that the B&O used the Kentucky & Indiana Terminal (K&IT) Bridge to get their trains to the Louisville, KY, market. Now I understand what route they used to get to that bridge.
And the Indiana Arsenal was up by Watson. Because of the many small buildings spread out across the land, they probably stored explosives (munitions) here. The Watson Junction is in the lower-left corner of this extract.
B&O shared a Big Four route that went south from North Vernon, IN, to the Big Four + B&O Bridge over the Ohio River. In fact, a majority of the maps label this route as B&O even though the bridge is called the Big Four Bridge. At Watson, B&O had a spur that went west to the K&IT Bridge. This topo map is one of the maps that labels the route shared with the Big Four as B&O. The black line just south of the B&O line between Watson and Penn Central at Clarksville was another Pennsy route.
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| 1965 Louisville Quad @ 250,000 |
The US military used to have a big presence in Jeffersonville. It had a reservation near its downtown.
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| 1955 Jeffersonville Quad @ 24,000 |
And the Indiana Arsenal was up by Watson. Because of the many small buildings spread out across the land, they probably stored explosives (munitions) here. The Watson Junction is in the lower-left corner of this extract.
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| 1955 Jeffersonville Quad @ 24,000 |
I noticed that the B&O also had a depot in New Albany, IN.
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| 1951 New Albany Quad @ 24,000 |
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