A classic scene that lasted into the late Eighties. The Super-Charger slams through small-town Milan, passing a tower that will soon be joining so many others in that big layout in the sky.

Redondo Tower at sunset. Redondo guarded the crossing of Santa Fe's 3rd Sub with SP's Wilmington Branch.

A Richard Beal photo: BO Tower, controlling the diamond of the NYC-GTW-PRR in Kalamazoo looks a little nicer in this 1966 view. This tower is still active today, though slightly stripped down a... (more)

The Coast Daylight racing through Newhall Yard with FP7 #6452 on the point. At this date, long haul passenger train numbers were still displayed on the locomotive. #6452 would later be destroyed i... (more)

D Tower and the old hotel leave no doubt as to the where this photo was taken. This pair of GP38-2s were the only non-AC power in the yard and are used on locals on the Fairmont, Cowen and Bridgep... (more)

SP's Cascade getting ready to depart Oakland's 16th station and head to Portland. This station was abandoned after the 1989 earthquake. The buildings still stand but all the track is gone and a fr... (more)

Santa Fe SD40-2 5051 and Dash 9-44CW 691 lead Burlington Northern Santa Fe train H-BARI4-06 (Barstow CA to Richmond CA) across the diamonds at Stockton, California, on March 8th, 1997. Stockton To... (more)

Having just conquered the Tehachapi Mountains (on trackage shared with the SP), Santa Fe SD45-2 5596 passes the Kern Junction Tower and is back on home rails as the train heads west.

A lock stamped with both AT&SF and SP rests on a doorway on the old wooden tower that once guarded the crossing of the two roads in Colton, California.

The westbound Capitol Limited passes the Hancock interlocking tower on a sweltering Saturday evening.

The J streaks by the tower to make its delivery....approx 9:20 pm.

Southern Pacific SD45 7436 (ex-8819), seen here leading a train north (eastbound) past the now-gone tower at the Santa Fe crossing in Stockton, California.

A Southern Pacific SW1500 leads British Columbia's "Royal Hudson" 4-6-4 2860 off the Santa Fe and onto the SP for the trip over the Tehachapi Mountains on the train's trip to Los Angeles.

Canon EOS 300D.

CTC board at Rondout interlocking tower outside of Chicago.