East St. Louis, IL: Willows Tower: Pennsy+B&O vs. Southern+TRRA

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Street View, Dec 2024

Jim Butler posted three photos with the comment: "Willows Tower…. Still standing..but her days are #rd           Snowy picture is current,,, old pic from app. 15 yrs ago.             East St.Louis….."

Michael Kerner: One of last Pennsy structures left down here.

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1974/75 Granite City Quad @ 24,000
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According to this "1974/75 Granite City Quad @ 24,000" topo, the tracks at the top on the right side were the Pennsy. The double tracks further below were, and are, the TRRA. The track the TRRA crosses was the B&O, and the track at the bottom on the right side was the Southern.

Darren Reynolds posted three photos with the comment:

Conrails ( EX- TRRA)

"Willows" tower 

  East St. Louis, Illinois

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Dennis Smith: Last manned by Gateway Eastern KCS employees.

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Jon Roma: Ex-PRR tower, not ex-TRRA.

Dennis Smith: KCS tower

Jon Roma: It was PRR first, then PC, then Conrail, then Gateway Eastern, then KCS, then closed September 10, 2018.

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"Willows" tower was at the crossing of the Southern/ITRR/B&O & Conrail

Photo by: Dan Maners Oct.21,2002

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The interlocking machine and model board at "Willows" tower Oct. 21, 2002

Photo by: Dan Maners

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A Conrail track and interlocking diagram and interlocking machine information for "Willows" tower.