HA1 switches in Harrington with a couple MP15s and a geep for power.

A southbound Union Pacific coal train clatters across the Conrail crossing guarded by Pence Tower at Momence, Illinois, on September 8, 1990. This tower formerly guarded the crossing of New York C... (more)

NJT 4120 rolls into the Booton Line platform in Denville past the Denville interlocking tower, which once controlled the junction between the Montclair-Boonton and Morris & Essex lines.

The 214 job gets headroom at Hobart Tower behind a GP60M leader.

CNW's St. Francis Tower was a busy place at one time. It controlled the junction between the passenger mainline to downtown Milwaukee and the freight bypass to Butler. It also controlled the junct... (more)

The James Whitcomb Riley moves past State Line Tower. Tom Golden photo.

What was once a grand interlocking system, controlled by a manned tower, has now dwindled down to an abandoned relic aside a grain elevator. Nice to see snapshots of the old IC still standing tall... (more)

"Eagle at Tower 55"

The westbound Amtak Texas Eagle passes Union Pacific's Tower 55 at Fort Worth TX on a sunny day of May 3rd, 2021.

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Proper Props. Metro-North Railroad GP40FH-2 (née CRIP 350, GP40) lead NJ Transit Train 53 (Hoboken, NJ to Port Jervis, NY) on April 30, 2021. Making his last trip before retirement, conduc... (more)

40 on 50. Amtrak 145 (P42DC) was painted to represent the heritage of Amtrak's Phase III for its 40th Anniversary, and was an appropriate leader for Train 43 (Pennsylvanian) on its 50th Ann... (more)

The Altoona Mirror reports that bids have been let for the demolition of MG Tower, located on the mountainside between Altoona and Gallitzin. Although merely a remote control interlocking for some... (more)

"LIRR Tow Job by Valley" Long Island Railroad Extra 163 tows disabled train 2703's equipment west past Valley Tower on the Montauk Line in Valley Stream, NY. 2703 suffered loco... (more)

After leaving Kirk Yard and then working Van Loon along the way a couple of miles down the line, CN L516 makes its way west to it’s next spot which is Griffith Yard, with a decently sized train ... (more)

MS Tower oversaw a connecting track between the NYC, PRR, B&O, and EJ&E. In this 1970 scene, a Penn Central passenger train heads east past the tower. Tom Golden photo.

YPRCP (Proviso Yard - CP Bensenville Yard) wastes no time getting into Bensenville Yard with a pair of UP SD40N’s for power, seen here passing Tower B12.