Binghamton, NY: Binghamton (BD) Tower: DL&W vs. Delaware & Hudson vs. Erie

(Satellite, did Erie-Lackawanna or Conrail replace a tower with a one-story building? The shadow on the aerial is too long for a one-story building.)

Darren Reynolds posted seven images with the comment: "Conrails ( EX-EL)

"BD" tower 

Binghamton, New York"

Tim Shanahan shared

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A Conrail train with Eng # 3145 passes "BD" tower

On July 1977

Photo by: Kirk Reynolds

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The CTC machine at "BD" tower January 1977

Photo by: Scott Wertans

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The other CTC machine at "BD" tower January 1977

Photo by: Scott Wertans

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D&H Eng # 7606 passes by "BD" tower 1978

Photo by: Scott Wertans

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A Conrail track and interlocking diagram for "BD" tower

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A Conrail track and interlocking diagram for "BD" tower

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A Conrail train passes by "BD" tower on June 1976

Photo by: Bill Strassner

1935/35 Binghamton West Quad @ 24,000

I included the D&H roundhouse in the upper-right corner. I was surprised that the DL&W roundhouse in the wye was already gone in 1948.

Apr 17, 1948 @ 16,400; AR1FP0000070046

I was perplexed for a while because I could not find the connector between the two east/west routes that we see east of the tower on the track diagram. And then I remembered that DL&W and Erie were still competitors back in 1948. That connector would have been added after their merger in 1960. A satellite image confirms that a connector was added.

Satellite