Welcome to Dave Haynes' page of interlocking towers

Below are several hand-drawn interlocking tower diagrams, most of which are from the Chicago area in the late 50s and early 60s. A few are from New York and Pennsylvania. Photos are mine unless otherwise identified.

At the end of the diagrams is a list of interlocking tower web sites.

Towers in Indiana and Illinois, mostly near Chicago
Bernice Calumet Clarke Jct Dolton Dyer
East Gary Fort Wayne Crossing Gibson Grasselli Griffith
Hartsdale Hays Hobart BART Hobart HO Indiana Harbor
Ivanhoe Kirk Yard (West Gate) LaCrosse Liverpool Maynard
McCool MC Tower Monon MS Tower NI Tower
Osborn Porter Rock Island Ship Canal South Gary
10th Street Tolleston Van Loon Wanatah Whiting
Willow Creek        

Towers in New York and Pennsylvania
Athens, PA BD, Binghamon, NY BX, Binghamton, NY FA, Oneonta, NY

Bernice



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Calumet



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Clarke Jct



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Dolton





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Dyer



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East Gary



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Fort Wayne Crossing, a.k.a. Grand Trunk or Spriggsboro



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Fort Wayne Crossing tower board (photographer unknown)


Fort Wayne Crossing levers (photographer unknown)


Gibson



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Grasselli



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Grasselli board


Grasselli levers


Griffith



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Hartsdale



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Hays



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Hobart BART



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Bart tower inside


Bart tower in Hobart, IN


Ebony (former East Bart) TBS panel during 1985 Conrail single track project


Hobart HO



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HO tower in Hobart, IN




Indiana Harbor



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Ivanhoe



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Kirk Yard (West Gate)



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LaCrosse



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Liverpool



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Maynard



Click here for a map of Maynard (crossing of GTW and PRR).
Click here for a map of Monon (crossing of GTW and Monon).
Click here for a map of Air Line (crossing of PRR and Monon).

McCool



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MC Tower



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Monon



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MS Tower



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NI Tower



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Osborn



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Porter



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Michigan-bound Amtrak on Porter wye


Rock Island



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Ship Canal



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1955 EJ&E plan diagram for Ship Canal


South Gary



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10th Street



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Tolleston



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Van Loon



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Wanatah



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Whiting



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Willow Creek



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Willow Creek tower


Willow Creek levers


Willow Creek board


Willow Creek looking east on the B&O


Athens, PA



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BD, Binghamton, NY



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BX, Binghamton, NY



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FA, Oneonta, NY



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Active North American railroad interlocking towers and cabins

All Time Interlocking Tower List This Yahoo! Group is attempting to identify all towers which ever existed in the US and Canada. Must be a member.
 NOTE: There are lots of railroad related Yahoo! Groups. I suspect several of them have tower photos or information in their Photos or Files sections.

Amtrak Philadelphia Division Track Diagrams - 1992

Chicago Area Rail Junctions Outstanding site. Has pictures and track diagrams of junctions.

Chicago Area Towers Has several photos, many taken inside towers.

Columbus, OH Towers

EJ&E Archive Has some tower information and pictures.

EJ&E Yahoo! Group Has some tower photos and diagrams. Must be a member.

HARRIS Tower Restoration

Illinois Central Chicago area towers

Images of 75th Street Tower, Chicago, Illinois

Interlocking Towers Photos by D.W. Davidson.

North American railroad interlocking towers and cabins

N8QNP'S Rail Page

Penn Central Maps and Track Diagrams

Photos of several hundred towers all over the country

Photos of several hundred towers all over the country. Almost the same as above.

Preserved Interlocking Towers

Principles of Interlocking

PRR interlocking diagrams List of PRR towers, several with track diagrams.

PRR Maps/Schematics/Diagrams

Railroad Interlocking Towers of Texas

Railroad Interlocking Towers This Yahoo! Group has lots of tower photos and diagrams. Must be a member.

Raleigh, NC, Boylan tower

RR Signal Pix . com Has some tower pictures.

Rebuild Grasselli tower Tower has been moved to the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum.

The Signal Box (USA towers)

Some Santa Fe Towers

State Line

Texas Railroad Interlocking Tower Home Page

Towers along the Indiana Harbor Belt

For comments, questions, or problems email me at ejeoperator -at- gmail.com.