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Nassau Tower was the Long Island Rail Road's interlocking and signal tower for NASSAU Interlocking at Mineola Junction, just east of the Mineola station, from 1923 until 2020. [1] As part of LIRR's Main Line Expansion Project , which is creating a third track along the Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville stations, the tower was ...
An interlocking system is designed so that it is impossible to display a signal to proceed unless the route to be used is proven safe. Interlocking is a safety measure designed to prevent signals and points/switches from being changed in an improper sequence. For example, interlocking would prevent a signal from being changed to indicate a ...
Erie Railway and Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower Tower Horseheads: Chemung: New York NY-33: Erie Railway, Hornell Station 1971 Shop Hornell: Steuben: New York NY-34: Erie Railway, Hornell Erecting Shop 1971 Shop Hornell: Steuben: New York NY-35: Erie Railway, Corning Side Hill Cut 1971 Cut Corning: Steuben: New York NY-36
In 1968 when the Pennsy merged with the New York Central to form Penn Central, PC kept using the tower. In 1976, the government freight railroad: the Consolidated Rail Corporation, better known as Conrail, assumed operations from the bankrupt Penn Central, which had gone bankrupt in 1970. In the Conrail years, Hook Tower was closed down.
The signal box provided a dry, climate-controlled space for the complex interlocking mechanics and also the signalman. The raised design of most signal boxes (which gave rise to the term "tower" in North America) also provided the signalman with a good view of the railway under his control.
Constructed in 1848, the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad through Waldwick created a connection between the Erie Railroad at Suffern, New York to Paterson, where it linked with the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad to the terminal and ferry in Jersey City. A station at Waldwick was established in 1887. The yard around the depot was expanded in ...
It was named after Oden Bowie, the railroad's proprietor, who served as the governor of Maryland from 1869 to 1872. [4] In the 1880s, the development of the interlocking system allowed a single worker in an interlocking tower to control multiple railroad switches by means of electrical controls. The original Bowie Tower, which controlled the ...
The Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad operated an extensive number of interlocking tower system on its system. From the north, towers were as follows: 12th Street tower, 15th Street tower, 16th Street tower, 21st Street tower, 40th Street tower, 47th Street tower, Ford Street tower (59th Street), 74th Street tower, 81st Street tower, Oakdale (later remote controlled by 81st Street), Pullman ...