collinwood coal tower coming down!!!!

I've never seen it, but I saw the pictures and model on here.  I lament the loss of

any vestige of the steam era, any forgotten water tower, abandoned signal tower,

or still surviving engine house.  Too bad!

WHAAAAAAT??? Are you serious?I have looked at it all of my life.My grandpa coaled up his Mowhawk there during the war.I have a full o scale model of it on my layout I built from scratch.I am blown away.They don't need to tear it down.CSX now has all but what? 20 employees there now?They don't need the space.In 1940 there were thousands working there.Nick

i am sadden to read another part of collinwood yard will be gone. i always looked for it when driving i-90 . soon ,this yard will be a fuel stop and nothing more.-jim

Here are some pics of it

From its glory days

Very sad.

Bill

Well I tried to post pictures of the Coaling tower but got a note saying they had to be approved before they would post..Must not have been approved???

 bah  hum bug

John thanks for mentioned Collinwood. I Goggled it and have put the pictures below. Hope they are correct. Man that was some LARGE STRUCTURE.

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Popsrr, I don't know why your post above was flagged for moderation. As you can see, when I became aware of it, I approved it.

Lately I've been getting a lot of posts in the moderation queue for no apparent reason. Strange... 

Rich,

Thanks for the explination. I did not know what the issue was and I kept looking for the post with pictures to show upso thats why I made the other post.''I thought maybe I had used those nasty words "Lash up" or something lol lol

Merry Christmas Rich and THANKS to the OGR for providing us this WONDERFUL FORUM. Also wishing you a Healthy and prosperus New Year for "14"

It could be because it is so old that it's no longer safe to have standing as it could fall down.  Sad either way.

We have an old concrete one still standing and the Amtrak runs right along it everday. I have wondered about it from the safety stand point also.