Interlocking towers, like Lima’s AY tower, were once a vital part of the country’s railroad network. The towers centralized a group of signals at a busy site — such as a junction or ...

Video by MARK PYNES, The Patriot-News The Harrisburg Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society now owns the Harris Switch Tower near downtown Harrisburg, Pa. Listed on the National ...

Video by MARK PYNES, The Patriot-News The Harrisburg Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society now owns the Harris Switch Tower near downtown Harrisburg. Listed on the National Register ...

ATTLEBORO - The leaders of a seven-year effort to save an aging railroad switch tower are hoping to lift it out of limbo soon.

In May, the tower’s 83-year-old switching system was shut down and operations were computerized and moved to the rail company’s Consolidated Control Facility at 15th and Canal Streets in the ...

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Lenox Tower is a two-story brick building constructed in 1924. It sits alongside a Union Pacific railroad six miles northeast of Granite City and houses a device called an interlocking machine.

An old York railroad building will be preserved by Think Loud Development, the group taking down row homes on York and Chestnut streets, according to the company's CEO.

Photo courtesy Zach Gillihan The two-story Mitchell railroad switching tower, operated by UP, was built in 1924 and houses some dated, but apparently still functional, switching equipment. John ...

Courtesy: Sono Switch Tower Museum In downtown South Norwalk you can visit what once was a busy railroad switch tower, now the SoNo Switch Tower Museum.