TERMINAL RR, Issue 68, 2008: 50 ST. LOUIS Interlocking Towers, Fold-Out MAPS NEW

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Issue
#68 - 2008
This 154 page issue focuses on the 50 interlocking towers in the St. Louis area - from Alhambra to Valley Junction, along with photos, maps, manipulation charts, and recollections from former tower operators.
Photos from Joe Collias, Monty Powell, Norbert Shacklette, Dick Wallin, Raymond B. George, Jr., Mike Haper,Wayne Leeman, Clyde Anderson, and others depict life in a tower. Rare photos include Brighton Tower, Cliff Cave, and Fairlawn Tower - gone for more than sixty years. Signal locations, track alignments, and fold out maps complete the package
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Contents:
The Editor's Page
Page 2
Towers and Tower Operators
Page 3
St. Louis Area Interlocking Towers
Part One: Approaching from the North
Pages 4-5, with overview map
Brighton
Bill Dunbar
Pages 6-7, with track plan, B&W photos
Godfrey Interlocking
The Original St. Louis to Chicago Railroad ran Through Godfrey
Pages 8-11, with B&W photos, track plan
Henry Street Tower in Alton
The Mistress of the Mississippi Sat at the Entrance to the Alton
Bridge
Pages 12-15, B&W photos, interlocking machine drawing & Manipulation Chart
Wann Interlocking
Pages 16-17, with B&W photos and track plan
The Joint Tracks between East St. Louis and East Alton
Same Tracks but Many Different Owners
Bill Saenger
Pages 18-19, with timetables, special instructions, RR logos
The North Wood River Interlocking
Operated by the Illinois Terminal Railroad
Pages 20-23, with B&W and color photos, track plan
West Alton
A very small town needs only a very small Depot
Pages 24-25, with B&W photo, track plan
Machens Tower and the MKT
The Only MKT/CB&Q Connection in the St. Louis Area
Pages 26-31, with B&W photos, track plan, one foldout
St. Louis Area Interlocking Towers
Part Two: Approaching from the East
Pages 32-33, with overview map
Smithboro
Pages 34-37, with B&W and color photos, track plan
Willows
Pages 38-41, with B&W and color photos, track plan
Pana
Pages 42-43, with B&W photos, track plan
Working at Lenox, Bridge Jct. and Eads
The Only Place I Know Where There was a Hand-throw Puzzle
Switch
Rick Nesbit
Pages 44-45
Lenox Interlocking
Bill Saenger
Pages 46-51, with B&W photos, track plans, one foldout
HN Cabin
This was the Baltimore and Ohio's Westernmost Tower
Pages 52-54, with color photos and Interlocking map
Alhambra
Both roads bound for St. Louis at Alhambra
Page 55, with B&W photo and Interlocking map
LeClaire Interlocking
Bill Saenger
Pages 56-57, with B&W photo, Interlocking map, Manipulation Chart
Glen Tower
Pages 58-59, with B&W and color photos, Interlocking map
Remembering NKP Madison Tower and Other Places
"...I had to hang my lunch from the overhead pull chain...just to keep out the ants..."
Wesley M. Ridgway
Pages 60-65, with overview map, Interlocking maps, color and B&W photos
St. Louis Area Interlocking Towers
Part Three: Approaching from the South
Pages 66-67, with overview map
WF Tower on the L&N
WF Tower was an exact copy of A&S Tower
Walter W. Simms
Pages 68-69, with timetables, Interlocking map
A&S Tower on the L&N
A Tower with two Names
Pages 70-71, with B&W photo, Interlocking map
Vulcan Interlocking
Bill Saenger
Pages 72-73, with Interlocking map
Bixby Interlocking
Bill Saenger
Pages 74-75, with B&W photos, Interlocking map
Dupo - North and South
Pages 76-77, with B&W and color photos, Interlocking map
Davis Street Junction, As I Remember It
"...it was so cold that frost formed on the lantern..."
Norbert Shacklette
Pages 78-81, with street map, color photos, Interlocking Rules
Cliff Cave Interlocking
Bill Saenger
Page 82, with Interlocking map
Cliff Cave Interlocking
Norbert Shacklette
Page 83, with B&W photo
Carroll Street Tower
Pages 84-85, with B&W photos & Interlocking map
Automatic Interlockings on the A&S
Pages 86-87, Interlocking maps, with accompanying text
St. Louis Area Interlocking Towers
Part Four: Approaching from the West
Pages 88-89, with overview map
K Tower in Pacific
It might be called the westernmost tower in the St. Louis Area
Pages 90-91, with Interlocking map, B&W photo
Kirkwood Interlocking
Bill Saenger
Pages 92-97, with Interlocking map foldout, B&W photos
Lake Junction
No Lake - Small Junction
Pages 98-99, with Interlocking map, B&W photo
Clifton Heights Tower and the Taylor City Belt Railway
A Tower with a Short Lifespan
Lawrence Thomas
Pages 100-105, with maps, Interlocking map
Tower Grove Junction
Bill Saenger
Pages 106-107, with overview and Interlocking maps, B&W photo
Fairlawn
Pages 108-109, with Interlocking map, B&W photo
Southeastern Junction
Pages 110-111, with Interlocking map, B&W photos
Early Days at Grand Avenue Interlocking
Bill Saenger
Pages 112-113, with B&W photo
Grand Avenue Tower
Norbert Shacklette
Pages 114-119, with Interlocking map foldout, color and B&W photos
Ohio Avenue Interlocking
Norbert Shacklette
Page 120, with B&W photo
Missouri Pacific 23rd Street Interlocking
Norbert Shacklette
Page 121, with B&W photo
Definitions of Interlocking Terms
Page 122
Tower 2
Pages 123-126, with Interlocking map foldout, B&W photos
ID Tower
Pages 127-129, with Interlocking map foldout, B&W photos
Working the Extra Board at Page Avenue Jct. Tower
"...the arrival of CTC made things so much easier..."
Lee Goran
Pages 130-131, with B&W photo, Interlocking map
Origins of the American Railway Interlocking
Pages 132-133, with drawing
SH Tower
Page 134, with B&W photo
Eads and K Tower
Page 135, with B&W photo, Interlocking map
West Approach and Biddle Street Tower
Page 136, with B&W photos
Mullanphy and North Market Street Towers
Page 137, with B&W and color photo
May Street Interlocking - 1941
Bill Saenger
Pages 138-139, with Interlocking map, B&W photos
Southern Crossing
Pages 140-141, with B&W photos, Interlocking map
CP Junction
Page 142, with B&W photos
Q Tower
Page 143, with B&W photo
WR Tower
Page 144, with color photos
Valley Junction Tower
Page 145, with B&W photo
Footnotes and Resource Materials
Pages 146-152
In Memoriam, Walter W. Simms
Page 152
In Appreciation
Page 153
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