Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in the American Midwest, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas. For questions specific to a railroad company, please seek the appropriate forum.
Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in the American Midwest, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas. For questions specific to a railroad company, please seek the appropriate forum.
I am searching for the closing and demolition dates of the following towers, if they ever existed:
-St. Anne
-St. Elmo
-Dean Tower(Bloomington)
-Jacksonville
-Shattuc (still standing in 2001)
-Sandavol
-Ramsey
-Vandalia
-Marshall
-Robinson
-Charleston
-Litchfield
-Pana
-Starnes (Springfield)
-Glover
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MR77100
by bones
Starnes was closed in early 1982. If you go to my website www.angelfire.com/ns2/bones and go to the N&W page, then the SD40-2 section you'll see a picture taken from the tower in Aug 1981.
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by MR77100
Thanks for the cool link. Do you know when the tower was demolished? Here are some more:
-Centralia
-Odin
-Midland City
-Kenny
-Taylorville
-Otto(south of Kankakee, still standing)
-Sorento
-Altamont
-Danville
-Hustle
-Mackinaw
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MR77100
by bones
I'm not sure when Starnes was knocked down, but I do know it was down by the end of the 80's for sure.
I can help on Vandalia Twr. It is still standing and serves as the offices for the Vandalia railroad. They operate from a CSX St. Louis line connection adjacent to the tower north about 2 miles to serve some industries.
When it was removed from interlocking service, I do not know. Sometime in the early '80's I do believe.
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by MR77100
I'm sure Vandalia was closed around September/October, 1981 because that was when the IC Charter Line was abandoned.
There never was a tower at Mackinaw that I recall. Or Chatsworth or El Paso. The agents and operators in the depots handled the junction function. [/b]