by Ridgefielder
Noel Weaver wrote:Spring (SS-274 under the New Haven) was closed sometime between 1989 and 1993, most likely I have the date here somewhere but it was too much to try to find tonight. The roof was flattened long before the tower was closed. It was closed as part of the project when the second track was pulled out over much of this line and control was transferred to the train dispatcher in Boston. I probably have the approximate date of closing of Tower 40 on the B & A which was the one in the station but again the date is not handy. The Boston and Maine also had a tower in Springfield, WA tower was closed around the time the B & M cut in the CTC on the Conn. River back in the mid 60's. In order to turn equipment on the wye it took action by all three towers working together.This might be a stupid question, but why wasn't there a "union" tower controlling moves over all three roads through the station complex? Was the Springfield setup the normal practice in pre-Amtrak days at places like Worcester or Albany, where there was a union station but no "union" terminal railroad like Portland Terminal Co. or Washington Terminal?
Noel Weaver