Darren Reynolds posted four photos with the comment:
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroads"BG" tower (Bottom Grade)?Etna, Pennsylvania
Tim Shanahan shared
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| 1 An eastbound passing "BG" tower Photo by: Mark J. Vinski |
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| 2 The operator at "BG" tower hands up train orders to a eastbound.. The Dimond was the PRR branch to Etna... Photo by: Mark J. Vinski Mark Malik: Headed West to New Castle. |
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| 3 "BG" tower had a Armstrong leavers...The interlocking was all electric (No pipeline) March 1931 Photo by: Henry Wilhelm NRHS |
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| 4 "BG" tower had a Armstrong leavers...The interlocking was all electric (No pipeline) March 1931 Photo by: Henry Wilhelm NRHS"BG" tower also Controlled the crossing gates... Look at the lower left in this picture.... June 1977 Photo by: Rob Mandeville |
This shows the "SHALLER" hill that we see in the background of some of the tower photos. It also shows the Pennsy Etna Branch that curves north down by the Sharpsburg Bridge.
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| 1951/51 Pittsburgh East @ 24,000 |
The bridge that took the Pennsy Etna Branch over Pine Creek is not only extant, it sill has its tracks. In the background is the elevated road we see in some of the photos. In the left backgroiund is the road with its crossing signal for the B&O tracks. In the right background is a glimpse of the steel girder bridge for the B&O over Pine Creek.
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| Street View, Aug 2011 |
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