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This 1896 tower was built during Pennys' transition between wood and brick towers. That is why brick was used for the first story and wood was used for the second story.
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Robert Wanner posted
Paoli Tower in Conrail days, but original Pennsylvania Railroad electrified trackage still intact. E-44 electric locomotive lettered for Penn Central with a Conrail caboose trailing. Paoli always a busy location with lots going on, right up to SEPTA and Amtrak. Great slide by unknown photographer. Someone will know.
Dale Woodland: Pusher , probably about to cut off. Rick Schoch: Dale Woodland you're right. I never actually saw an E44 pushing, although I did actually see them attaching one MUd (I assume) with a U25b at 52nd St. during PRR days from an inbound Paoli Local. I was young and didn't have my crappy camera on me LOL. Tom McNasby: I saw this photo before i remember it stating it was the fall of 1977, Also, who would have imagined in less than 4 years all electric freight operations would cease and by the mid 80s all freight east of Paoli would be gone. |
According to some comments, the bay window was removed before the tower got hit by a derailment.
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| Ryan Cornog commented on Robert's post |
In the east coast, if you don't have to deal with trees, then you probably have to deal with fences. The tower is near the upper-right corner, and I included a
Pennsy positional signal on the left side.
1965:
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rrpicturearchive, Photo by Thomas C. Ayers
WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from North Philadelphia to Harrisburg during August of 1965. Shown here is the PRR's PAOLI Tower, as well as a yard full of commuter trains of various makes and models.
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Another example of the positional signals.
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ThePositionLight_1, 1 of many photos of the signaling equipment controlled by the tower.
The tower was built in 1896 on a 4-track mainline, and it was designed to be the terminal for commuter service. "Later, in 1915, the busy line was chosen to be host to an experimental 11kv, 25Hz overhead electrification scheme." It was built as a mechanical interlocking and upgraded to a "state of the art US&S Model 14 Electro-Pneumatic machine" in 1929. The fourth track was removed in the 1960s. |
Darren Reynold
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The SEPTA yard behind "Paoli" tower is now gone |
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