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B&O Memories- Coaling Towers and Interlocking Tower

PRR8976PRR8976OGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

I found 3 interesting B&O videos today, Googling around.

1) Aerial shots of ex-B&O coaling tower, Akron Ohio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP7KZeQvscE

2) Maybe the same coaling tower (???) or at least a similar design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Piq498qF4 

3) My favorite of the 3, is this 1990's awesome one of tower activity at B&O's “R” Tower, Cherry Run, West Virginia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXcysKA4scU (look at all of those insulators at 7:38!)

Towerman Allen Brougham must have surely loved his job! I think he mentioned he had a 2-hour commute (each way) to go back and forth to work. 

 

Apologies if any of these have been widely seen before. I had never seen them! 

Tom 

 

 

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Borden TunnelBorden TunnelOGR Forum Member

Allen was indeed a railfan railroader; for many years he published "THE BULL SHEET", which was a newsletter that covered many topics. In the pre-Internet years, this newsletter was a nice resource as Allen would publish CSX engine rosters, freight schedules, and news about Amtrak and MARC RAIL.

Cherry Run, WV, where Miller Tower was located, is a pretty desolate place now. After the tower closed almost 18 years ago, the building was disassembled and moved to Martinsburg,WV. The iconic B&O signals were replaced and the junction with the x-WM to Hagerstown moved to the east.

CSX autorack photo by Warren W. Jenkins
Miller Tower photos by John D. Floyd, circa 1999.

 

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  • 001: C.1996 photo of former Miller Tower, B&O signal bridge, and junction (now realigned) with x-WM to Hagerstown line. Train is eastbound on x-B&O, X-WM at right.
  • 002: Allen Brougham at work, window faces east.
  • 003: Allen lines switch with lever as a railfan videos.

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