Marysville, PA: Pennsy Depot and Banks (MV) (NC) Tower

Depot: (Satellite, I was looking for the tower and discovered that the depot is extant)

Tower: (Satellite?, if you know where it was, please provide the location in a comment.)

I've seen both MV and NC for the Banks Tower.

Street View, Oct 2023

jbritton, this webpage has several more depot images.

"The Middle Division traces back to at least the 1860s. For the greatest span of its (then) modern life (1941-1956), the Pennsy's Middle Division main line spanned from BANKS tower (exclusive) near Marysville, Pa., to SLOPE tower near Altoona, Pa. During the 1956 reorganization, the Middle Division was absorbed into the Pittsburgh Operating Region." [jbritton]

Doug Lilly posted
Forty-five years ago today [Mar 28, 2024], I was on the first day of a spring break railfan trip. That afternoon, I visited Banks Tower and took one of my favorite photos of Conrail's Middle Division. At the time. I was completely unaware that the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history was unfolding about 25 miles away.
Doug Lilly shared

Richard Jahn posted
Nice shot Doug. Banks was a large tower. Here is the tower board, not really all that complicated.

jbritton, this webpage has several more photos of the tower.

ill

The map accurately notes the location of the depot. That is how I found it.

1947 Harrisburg West Quad @ 24,000

The depot was in town. The freight station was at MP 118.5.

Map via jbritton

I'm so confused, I don't even know if the tower was east or west of Marysville. 

Map via jbritton

RedOverYellow

Darren Reynolds posted five photos with the comment:

Conrails (Ex-PRR)

"Banks" tower 

Marysville, Pennsylvania 

This tower is no longer standing...

Tim Shanahan shared

1

"Banks" tower was named after being on the Banks of the Sasquahanna river..

Photo & Date: Unknown

2

"Banks" tower 1984

Photo by: Chip Syme

3

An early picture of a Conrail train passes through the interlocking at "Banks" tower March 1982

Photo by: Unknown

4

"Banks" tower on May 1,1979

Photo by: C.H.Geletzke Jr.

5

The interlocking at "Banks" May 1st, 1979 looking East..

Photo by: C.H.Geletzke Jr.