| The Last Days of Ridgely Tower | |||
| Ridgely Tower on the UP Springfield line has the distinction of being the last Armstrong-lever active tower, where switches are actually controlled by the system of pipes and rods in service anywhere in the US. It is scheduled for decommission June 2010. A day was spent catching the action there, mostly Amtrak. | |||
 AMTK 119 |
 AMTK 137 |
 AMTK 198 |
 AMTK 198 |
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 BO |
 NS 9810 |
 NS 5344 |
 NS 9711 |
 UP 9597 |
 UP 5868 |
