Layton, PA: B&O (NS) Tower

(Satellite, someplace on the north side of the river where the tracks are close to the river.)

Darren Reynolds posted three photos with the comment: "B&Os 'NS' tower... Layton, Pennsylvania."

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" NS" tower was only part time as needed for track work.

It had a mechanical interlocking machine June 1979

Photo by: Rob Mandeville

And yet there were no traces of the signaling pipelines less than a year later.

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A Westbound with WM Eng -4260 passing "NS" tower

March 1980

Photo by: Mark Hinsdale

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"NS" tower was a Standard design for the B&O 1978

Photo by: Ivan Abrams

All images from North American interlockings States A to Z and Canada...

Hamtramck, MI: Detroit, MI: CN/GTW East Yard and CRSA/MC East & North Yard

(Satellite)

North Yard Tower: (Satellite)

Hamtramck is a small town inside Detroit.

Charles Geletzke Jr. posted
Looking west from the Top End or East End of GTW's 16-track East Yard in Hamtramck, Michigan on May 13, 1992.  The tracks to the right of the green grass strip were NYC-PC-CR's North Yard Hump. Photo was taken from Mt. Elliott Bridge.(C. H. Geletzke, jr. photo)

1952/54 Highland Park Quad @ 24,000

Hamtramck is in the lower-left corner of this excerpt. According to the 2004 SPV Map, yellow was the GTW East Yard, dark blue was the MC East Yard and light blue was the MC North Yard.

Satellite

CRSA North Yard

Street View, Aug 2011

CN East Yard on the left, and CRSA East Yard on the right. Most of the tracks have been removed from the CN yard. The track ladder in Charles' photo would have been on the left side of this view.

Street View, Oct 2023

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North Yard Tower

Mark Hinsdale posted
In December, 1973, a southbound quartet of locomotives run "light" (without any revenue traffic being hauled) past North Yard Tower on Penn Central's Mackinaw Branch in Detroit, Michigan.  At North Yard Tower, the operator controls the northern access to North Yard, itself, along with the Detroit Terminal crossing in front of the tower.  My speculation is that this power has moved south from Sterling Yard to North Yard in preparation to take a train back to Sterling, about ten miles to the north. December, 1973 photo by Mark Hinsdale

Nolan Skip Raspbury LaFramboise II: Near what crossroads was this located?

Mark Hinsdale shared

A Peter Dudley commented on Nolan's question
I believe North Yard Tower stood at about the same latitude as Detroit's Luce Avenue. Some signal cabinets mark the spot where the sharply angled Detroit Terminal diamonds once were (Google satellite view).

Mike Puroll commented on Mark's post
I worked that tower many times.

Darren Reynolds posted six images with the comment:

Conrails ( EX-NYC) 

"North Yard" tower 

Detroit, Michigan

Tim Shanahan shared

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"North Yard" tower in Detroit, Michigan on dec.30, 1965

Photo by: C.H.Geletzke Jr.

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The model board at " North Yard" tower on Jan. 24, 1965

Photo by: C.H.Geletzke Jr.

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Compare this Conrails track and interlocking diagram

And interlocking machine information with the model board for "North Yard" tower

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"North Yard" tower had a machanical interlocking machine ( Armstrong leavers) this is what it looked like

On Feb. 23,1966

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A Penn Central freight passes "North Yard" tower on Dec. 1975

Photo by: Mark Hinsdale

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One more from the Great C.H.Geletzke Jr Photographer

"North Yard" tower in Detroit, Michigan on Feb 23, 1986

Mansfield, OH: Lost (Pennsy+Erie) Union Station, Decrepit/B&O Depot, Junction Towers and Pennsy Roundhouse

Union Depot: (Satellite)

B&O Depot: (Satellite)

"Mansfield" Tower: Pennsy vs. Erie: (Satellite, it was across the Pennsy tracks from the Union Station.)

"B&O Jct" Tower: Pennsy vs. B&O: (Satellite, it was parallel to the Pennsy tracks.)

Roundhouse: (Satellite, the grain elevator has reused the land.)

The route in the weeds on the left was the B&O, and the route with the nice ballast on the right was the Erie.

Street View, Jul 2019

North Central Ohio Industrial Museum commented on a post

How special that Crawford County Ohio has saved TWO of their Historic Depot’s in Galion & Bucyrus… CONGRATS!

Here’s a Story about the First Railroad Engine coming thru Mansfield, OH in 1846 by Timothy McKee:

https://richlandcountyhistory.com/.../hay-destiny-what.../

Kent Dorr

 

May 8, 1959 @ 18,000; AR1VZB000050089

Union station was in the southern quadrant of the crossing. Pennsy was on the east side and Erie was on the north side.

Digitally Zoomed

I got the railroad names from this map and noticed that the B&O Station was a little west of Mulberry Street.

1960/62 Mansfield North Quad @ 24,000

Mark Hinsdale posted
A long westbound Conrail manifest train bangs across the former Erie Lackawanna main line at Mansfield, Ohio on a hot July, 1978 day. Mansfield was once a very busy railroad and industrial town, with two key New York to Chicago routes and two other secondary branch lines serving the city.  Today, this ex Pennsylvania Railroad artery and one short line are all that remain, and the both of them together see only a handful of daily movements. Like many other so called Midwest "Rust Belt" cities, Mansfield has suffered the loss of much of its industrial base over the years, and with it, the loss of rail traffic that once moved through here.  July, 1978 photo by Mark Hinsdale
Mark Hinsdale shared

Darren Reynolds posted seven images with the comment: "Conrails ( Ex-PRR/Erie)

"Mansfield" tower 

Mansfield, Ohio"

Tim Shanahan shared

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"Mansfield" tower was at the crossing of the PRR And Erie at a diamond... September 1975

Photo by: Scott Wertans

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"Mansfield" tower in Mansfield, Ohio 1978

Photo by: John Fuller

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A PRR track and interlocking diagram and interlocking machine information for "Mansfield" tower

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The Dimonds at "Mansfield" tower

Photo by: Chip Syme Collection

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Looking east at "Mansfield" tower April 28, 1973

Photo by: David P. Oroszi

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Looking West at "Mansfield" tower

Photo by : Chip Syme Collection

[Just a single signalling pipeline going along the tracks.]

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The old days at "Mansfield" tower June 1965

Photo by: Unknown

Darren Reynolds posted four images with the comment:

PRR/B&O 

"B&O Jct" tower 

Mansfield,  Ohio 

This tower is no longer standing..

Tim Shanahan shared

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Looking down the PRR mainline this "B&O Jct." Tower

I think this is looking West..

Photo by: The Chip Syme Collection

B Tupper Upham: Three towers in that town (Mansfield, BO Junction, and MD), that had to talk to one another before lining a train through their plants.

Looking east on the PRR. (And the B&O, which actually heads south).

Cory T. Branham: Looking east. Union station and the Erie are in the distance.

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An Ex-PRR now Penn Central track and interlocking diagram and interlocking machine information for

"B&O Jct." tower in Mansfield, Ohio

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Standing on the PRR mainline at "B&O Jct." tower you can see the B&O Diamonds as it crossed the PRR..

Photo by: Joe Jack

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"B&OJct." tower in Mansfield, Ohio on Nov. 10,1978..I wonder what this location Looks like today?

Photo by: David P. Oroszi

Darren Reynolds posted three images with the comment:

PRR/B&Os "B&O Jct." Tower

Mansfield, Ohio

This tower is no longer standing

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PRR/B&Os "B&O Jct" tower in Mansfield, Ohio was at the crossing of the PRR Panhandle mainline and B&Os

Newark& Sandusky line...April 28,1973

Photo by: David P. Oroszi

Brett Dunbar: Fort Wayne Line, not Panhandle.

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Looking down the (Panhandle) tracks of the PRR mainline

The Dimond is the B&O... At "B&O Jct" tower

Photo by: Joe Jack

[I wish Darren would learn how to fix his descriptions.]

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A Penn Central track and interlocking diagram and interlocking machine information for "B&O Jct " tower

Mansfield, Ohio

Brett Dunbar posted
In 1976 a Newark-bound B&O train passes B&O Junction Tower, where the B&O crossed the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad Fort Wayne Line at North Main Street. Western Maryland power is on the lead.

Eric Porch: This photo was taken by the late Paul Geiger. View obviously is looking NW with Ohio Brass parking lot behind him. I would sometimes spend an afternoon there with the late Steve Darling, the second trick operator.

Brett Dunbar: Eric Porch yes I scanned the Geiger collection and knew him too.

Tim Shanahan shared

B Tupper Upham: Most likely No. 88 or CU-36 by that point.

Ronnie Amore posted two images with the comment: "A 1940 view of the PRR Roundhouse, that was off Oak St. in Mansfield, OH., and a 1947 aerial photo of that location. Roundhouse was torn down in 1943."

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Scott Reynolds commented on Ronnie's post

Bremen, IN: Lost/B&O Depot, Rail-Served Grain Elevator and Machine Shop

Original Depot: (Satellite)

Current Depot: (Satellite)

New Elevator: (Satellite)

Old Elevator: (Satellite)

Bremen Castings Machine Shop: (Satellite, 38 photos including several 360-degree views.)

Brown Advanced Manufacturing: (Satellite, in the same building)

Mark Hinsdale posted
Bremen IN (Baltimore & Ohio)

Maxwell Crosby: The Bremen depot is cool. It was moved to the outskirts of town by US-6 and a nice display is now there. Very unique styling

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Mark Hinsdale commented on Maxwell's comment
Yes, they did a nice job. Here was my last picture of it in its original location, before the move you referenced.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Maxwell's comment, [AR1VKY000010094]
Is it still by US-6? I looked along that road on a satellite map, but I could not find it. I believe this was the original location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WAJHkg6RijHS8RmdA. 1956 aerial photo

Maxwell Crosby: Dennis DeBruler ok I was kinda off. It’s in the fork in the road at Douglas Rd and Destiny Drive just off 6, just south of the Bremen Animal Clinic. You can see it from US-6 if you know when to look.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Maxwell's comment
Thanks. I see they also preserved a CPL signal. https://maps.app.goo.gl/mrUMP6C3Ume94xsb6. This depot caught my eye because it looks more like an East Coast depot than a Midwest depot.

Maxwell Crosby: Dennis DeBruler it’s eye catching to me because of just how unique looking it is. Almost looks more like an older home then a depot, especially when you look at nearby Nappanee.

It must’ve made quite a statement for those that called on it back in the B&O days

I wonder what industry in 1956 had the rail service that is now used by a grain elevator.

Satellite

Street View, Jun 2023

There used to be some concrete silos here as well.

Street View, Oct 2008

The elevator has a rather long fall protector. 

Satellite

Is this their locomotive? They would need one because I'm sure CSX would not do the switching that is needed to load a unit train here.

Satellite

At the east end of the long siding is a pocket track. So, the elevator could park their locomotive here and after CSX leaves a train on the siding, the elevator's locomotive can load the train. There is about a mile between here and the other end of the siding near Center Street, so it can hold a unit train. And Douglas Road has an underpass so a bunch of hopper cars on the siding won't impact local traffic.

Satellite

While looking for the current location of the depot, I found another elevator in this town.

Satellite

Some of the bins in that elevator are pretty big.

Street View, Jun 2023

Bonus: a machine shop

D Salimeno, Dec 2012

I learned that the above photo was part of a series of 360-degree views. If you access the link, you can go on a walking tour of the plant.

D Salimeno, Dec 2012