Union wasn't a very exciting place, aesthetically speaking. Just a single story building. I would imagine a more ornamental interlocker was there at some point, but I don't know this for fact .... anybody have any insight on that? I have seen pictures of Limedale Tower around .... I think that there's a shot of it with a northbound Monon train coming by in one of the two Monon books (by Hilton or the Dolzall brothers). It was a pretty interesting place, and to this day you can still go to the sight and get a pretty good idea of how it was laid out. Right up close to the diamond was the tower that protected the PRR-Monon crossing. It was a standard PRR two-story design, with a VERY tall smokestack, like many towers on the system. Right behind the tower (southwest of it) was a single-story building that housed the CTC machine that protected the railroad from Bridgeport, Ind. (just east of Plainfield, on the far westside of Indy) to Limedale. I've heard different dates thrown around as to when this CTC installation was put in place, but I think the year I've heard most often was 1929. It was one of the first in the country, regardless. Limedale protected the end of double track coming out of Indy, and controlled Summit Siding at Clayton, Ind., the Marion East and West lap sidings at Coatesville, Ind., and the double track through Greencastle that began at Alameda (on the east side G-castle, behind what used to be the IBM plant) and ended at Limedale. The foundation of Limedale is still there, as are many of the bricks that encased the building. It looks like when CR crews bulldozed the joint back in the early '80s, they just knocked it over, picked up most of the mess and didn't worry too much about doing a thorough cleanup job. The coolest thing about Limedale, in my opinion, is that much of the tile floor in the CTC building is still in place (this is as of a year ago, last time I was there). Kind of a wierd feeling, to walk on the floor of a building that no longer exists! Does anybody have scannable (is that a word?) shots of Limedale or Union?! Would love to see them! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 12:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [InterlockingTowers] Re: Union Tower -- Terre Haute > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In a message dated 12/2/1999 1:41:32 PM US Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << In addition to controlling interlocking functions at the PRR-C&EI > crossing > in Terre Haute, Union had a CTC board that controlled a lot of the Pennsy > mainline in western Indiana and eastern Illinois (sorry, I don't have a > timetable handy to pinpoint it's control limits.) >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > Eric and Group: > > According the PRR Western Region Timetable #2, dated April 25, 1965, > "Union" > controlled from "Harmony" (M.P. 53.2 -- 3.8 miles east of Brazil, IN) to > "West Casey" (M.P. 109.5 -- 1.5 miles west of Casey, IL). Unfortunately, > I > know nothing else about this tower and would also like to see some > pictures > of it. I'm also interested in learning anything about Limedale, too, and > likewise, pix would be great! Just about the time I moved to Indiana > (autumn > of '86) from Michigan, the ex-PRR main line in Indiana was about "history" > > and in the process of being removed. > > Jim Sinclair > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > > GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! > Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in > forms and passwords with just one click! Comes with $50 in free coupons! > <a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/gator4 ">Click Here</a> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Community email addresses: > Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.onelist.com/community/InterlockingTowers ------------------------------------------------------ This is the Illiana Railroad Discussion List. For more info visit http://www.railcenter.com/illiana ------------------------------------------------------
