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Winter weather at Tower 55 froze switches requiring several crews to work non-stop to keep the trains rolling. Every switch had to be thawed to be lined ahead of every train approaching, a slow process. Although it took a long time to get a train through, they did manage to keep Tower 55 open.
An ex-Conrail GP15-1 and an ex-Chessie System (C&O) GP15T, along with a Chessie System (B&O) caboose, idle next to the tower on the west end of CSX's Barr Yard in Riverdale, Illinois.
On a very warm day in May 1992, Amtrak #26 departs Portland Union Station. This photo was taken from the window in VC Tower. The operator had all of the windows open and was kind enough to allow me to come up and take this shot. Even with a 24mm lens, it was impossible to not to have that...
A third view of This grand old Central of Georgia Railway coaling tower stills stands proudly overlooking downtown Macon, Ga. This is one of the last remnants of the former CofGa yard located here. It's a miracle this structure is actually still standing today!
From a different angle, This grand old Central of Georgia Railway coaling tower stills stands proudly overlooking downtown Macon, Ga. This is one of the last remnants of the former CofGa yard located here. It's a miracle this structure is actually still standing today!
This grand old Central of Georgia Railway coaling tower stills stands proudly overlooking downtown Macon, Ga. This is one of the last remnants of the former CofGa yard located here. It's a miracle this structure is actually still standing today!
CN 351 arrived in town last night, and put it's train away on the Nutana industrial tracks. Here we see the loads, which appear to be Hydrocrackers or Frac Towers for an Oil Refinery.
The clock tower on the Helena Depot serves as a reminder of when passenger trains served almost every town & city in America.
The depot currently houses the local MRL offices.
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