by 2nd trick op
Like a lot of railfans, I got intoduced to the hobby in part by a couple of friendly operators at the PRR interlocking tower in my home town of Nescopeck, Penna. That well-preserved collection of heavy machinery, little-changed from when it had been installed some 40 years before, left quite an impression on a visiting grade-schooler.
"NP" Tower was to be downgraded to part-time status within three years of my discovery, and to be razed the winter I left for college, but it gave me the inspiration to seek and visit other towers in other locations. By the time the last towers began to close in the mid-1990's, I had a "bag" of nearly 100.
So I was delighted to learn a few weeks ago of a new Yahoo group being formed with the purpose of building a database listing all the thousands of towers that once graced North America. The project has already located several thousand towers, and the work of collecting the vital statistics and particular history of each is just beginning.
So please pay us a visit at
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/A ... gtowerlist
and pass along any information you can.
"NP" Tower was to be downgraded to part-time status within three years of my discovery, and to be razed the winter I left for college, but it gave me the inspiration to seek and visit other towers in other locations. By the time the last towers began to close in the mid-1990's, I had a "bag" of nearly 100.
So I was delighted to learn a few weeks ago of a new Yahoo group being formed with the purpose of building a database listing all the thousands of towers that once graced North America. The project has already located several thousand towers, and the work of collecting the vital statistics and particular history of each is just beginning.
So please pay us a visit at
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/A ... gtowerlist
and pass along any information you can.
What a revoltin' development this is! (William Bendix)