UP 8188 West, NY interlocking, Nelson, ILLinois_
I grew up near Nelson and rode my bicycle here often spending hours in NY Tower that was located just to the left of where the lead locomotive is in this picture. In 1981, the year I graduated from high school, C&NW relocated the crossovers that connected the east leg wye tracks that came off the S.I. Line from St Louis. In the process the old C&NW GRS horizontal oriented color-light signals were removed from the signal bridge pictured here and replaced with standard at the time searchlight signals. The signal bridge that stood behind me was removed all together being replaced by a totally new signal bridge just east of the coaling tower: www.flickr.com/photos/john_leopard/35180676621/in/album-7...
www.flickr.com/photos/john_leopard/35586304363/in/album-7...
www.flickr.com/photos/john_leopard/6754554819/in/album-72...
UP 8188 West, NY interlocking, Nelson, ILLinois_
I grew up near Nelson and rode my bicycle here often spending hours in NY Tower that was located just to the left of where the lead locomotive is in this picture. In 1981, the year I graduated from high school, C&NW relocated the crossovers that connected the east leg wye tracks that came off the S.I. Line from St Louis. In the process the old C&NW GRS horizontal oriented color-light signals were removed from the signal bridge pictured here and replaced with standard at the time searchlight signals. The signal bridge that stood behind me was removed all together being replaced by a totally new signal bridge just east of the coaling tower: www.flickr.com/photos/john_leopard/35180676621/in/album-7...
www.flickr.com/photos/john_leopard/35586304363/in/album-7...
www.flickr.com/photos/john_leopard/6754554819/in/album-72...