CN 2251 pounds the diamonds at Turner Junction, passing one of the last remaining operational control towers in the Chicagoland Area.

Southbound #1 The Limited crossing the Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway and passing Ridgely tower in Springfield, Illinois. Its October 04, 1959. Photo taken from my slide collection, No photog... (more)

A view of two interlocking towers in 1973. Looking northeast on the EJ&E Porter Line is HO tower (N&W, ex NKP, crossing) in the foreground and BART tower (PC, ex PRR, crossing) in the distance. Th... (more)

Rolling right along through Ashkum, the M399 continues its southbound journey along the old IC. Despite being out of service for several years, the old interlocking tower still stands.

The Parlor-observation car on Train 98, the Coast Daylight. A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

Soo Line 789 is crossing the BN at Tower MJ in Superior, WI in May of 1986.

CSXT 54 rests in the Grafton, W.Va., engine terminal near D Tower.

An early Penn Central version of the "South Wind", as it approaches Louisville. Note the red/white "worms" on the PC emblem on the second unit

CSX 6462 leads an eastbound past retired NJ Cabin, junction of lines to Columbus and Cincinnati west of Russell. C&O called its towers "cabins" and, if truth be known, it was an apt desc... (more)

FRVR 1702 passes Broadway Tower in Green Bay, WI as it departs the CNW yard for Butler, WI in December of 1992. Broadway Tower has to rank right up there as one of the smallest 2 story towers in t... (more)

SOO caboose #15 brings up the rear of a freight passing Tower MJ in Superior, WI in May of 1986.

The crew of Delaware Lackawanna PT-98 is busy assembling a short five car train adjacent to the nicely restored former Lackawanna Mattes Street Tower. The small park at right is built on the elev... (more)

A Norfolk Southern freight passes South Tower in Atlanta. The tower controlled one end of Atlanta's Terminal Station.

The 2016 Franklin Park Railroad Daze display train stops in the viewing area in town. To the left is the restored Tower B-12.