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West Trenton tower as seen in December
2000. The tower is used by Septa employees and is the terminus of
Septa's West Trenton Line. |
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Altoona Tower as built by the PRR, as
it appears in August 1999. The tower controls movement over Conrail's
(now Norfolk Southern) famous Horseshoe Curve as well as the Cove Secondary. |
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Lincoln Tower at Metuchen was used by
the PRR to control trains coming in and out of Metuchen Yard. Today
it serves as a MOW building for Amtrak. |
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Former Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
Woodbine tower relocated to Cold Springs, New Jersey. Cold Springs
was the terminus of the line until 1999, when work on the canal bridge
was completed and trains once again served Cape May City. |
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PRR built Shore tower controlled the interlocking
of the PRR with the PRSL. Today, it is the junction of the NEC with
NJT's Atlantic City Line as well as Conrail Shared Asset trains. |
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Bridgeport swing bridge built in 1913
as seen in November 2002. |
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Paulsboro's unique A-frame bridge as seen
in November 2002. The signal is new, replacing the long standing
smash board at the bridge. |
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PRR's MG Tower as seen in October 2002.
The tower looks in great condition. The photo was taken from inside
an Amfleet car on one of the Railfest 2002 excursions. |
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Photo of PRR's Morris Tower, which controlled
movements to/from the NEC to the freight operations out of Morrisville
Yard. |
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New Jersey Transit's (ex-Erie) West End
Tower. All Hoboken-bound trains come through this junction here. |
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Photo of Amtrak's (ex-PRR) North Philadelphia
Tower, which controlled movements to/from the NEC for two Septa routes. |
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Photo of SA Tower in South Amboy, which
was used to control movements between NJT's North Jersey Coast Line and
Conrail Shared Assets Amboy Secondary as well as the Church Running Track. |
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PRSL Tuckahoe tower as seen in July 2003.
The two tracks in front are for the CMSL line to Cape May, while the track
at right is the Conrail Shared Assets Beesley Point Secondary. |
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PRR tower at Overbrook as seen in August
2003. |
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Ex-EL tower at Rutherford as seen in December
2003. |
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Lehigh Valley "PV" tower a short distance
east of the Phillipsburg train station as seen in August 2004. |
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DL&W East Stroudsburg tower as seen
on a cool September 2004 night in Pennsylvania. The tower has been
going under a restoration process from the East Stroudsburg Tower Society. |
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Partially hidden by the trees is this
tower along the CNJ north of Jim Thorpe, PA. Photo was taken in September
2004 from the open window of a Rail-Tours train. |
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Photo of ex-DL&W rtower in Morristown,
New Jersey as seen in January 2005. |
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Photo of ex-PRR Harris tower in Harrisburg,
PA. In the days of the PRR, the tower controlled movements into and
out of Harrisburg station as well as freight movements in the area. |
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ALTO Tower in Altoona, PA as seen in July
2006. The tower is still in service helping NS and Amtrak trains
get up and down the mountain. |
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Former PRR/PC/Conrail AR tower as seen
in Gallitzin in July 2006. |
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Ex-DL&W tower referred to as "Gravel
Place" on the western side of East Stroudsburg. The signal bridge
still stands, but nature is taking over the tower, which is mostly hidden
behind the trees. |
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Ex-Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Bridge 60 tower as seen in Steamtown at Scranton, PA in August 2007. |
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Ex-Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Mattes Street tower as een from the Scranton Limited train ride
in August 2007. |
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Here's another look at the Mattes Street
tower from August 2007. |