B&O Towers in 1928
B&O Towers in 1928
This feature is a listing of interlocking towers in service on the B&O in 1928. The information was condensed from an agreement book covering the rules and wage schedule of telegraphers, etc., working on the B&O as of May 16, 1928. The book is from the collection of the late Dick Stair of Champaign, Illinois, a retired operator. The offices listed are those identified as serving the duties normally associated with towers. Only those offices representing significant tower-like functions are generally included, and some discretion was required in selecting those to be listed. Single-shift offices were disregarded. The order of offices is as shown in the book, generally as they appeared in sequence along the line of road.
BALTIMORE DIVISION-EAST END
- Chestnut Street (RA) - block opr handling switches
- Locust Street (X) - block opr handling switches
- East Side (RG) - block opr handling switches
- 25th Street - block opr/telephoner
- Swanson Street - block opr/telephoner
- Commercial Avenue - telephoner/leverman
- 58th Street - opr handling switches/telephoner
- Holmes (HO) - agent/clerk/block opr handling switches
- Silverside (SD) - block opr handling switches
- Landenberg Junction (WJ) - block opr handling switches
- Newark (N) - block opr handling switches
- Singerly (SY) - block opr handling switches
- Foys Hill (FH) - block opr handling switches
- Aikin (SA) - block opr handling switches
- Aberdeen (A) - block opr handling switches
- Clayton (CN) - block opr handling switches
- Poplar (BR) - block opr handling switches
BALTIMORE DIVISION-WEST END
- Bay View (BA) - block opr handling switches
- Waverly (SF) - block opr handling switches
- Huntingdon Avenue (HU) - block opr handling switches
- North Avenue (NA) - block opr handling switches
- Mount Royal (RM) - block opr handling switches
- Lee Street (DX) - block opr & leverman
- Baileys (BY) - block opr & leverman
- Riverside (RV) - block opr handling switches
- Westport (WP) - block opr handling switches
- Brooklyn - opr handling switches & gates/telephoner
- Carrolls (CX) - block opr & leverman
- West Baltimore - opr handling switches/telephoner
- Halethorpe (HX) - block opr handling switches
- Fort Leonard Wood Junction (PA) - block opr handling switches
- Alexandria Junction (JD) - block opr handling switches
- F Tower (12th Street) - block opr handling switches
- Rhode Island Avenue (QN) - block opr handling switches
- Boyds (DS) - block opr handling switches
- Point of Rocks (KG) - block opr (3 shifts) & leverman (1 shift)
- West Brunswick (WB) - block opr handling switches
- Weverton (VO) - block opr handling switches
- Hollofield (HS) - block opr handling switches
- Gaither (G) - block opr handling switches
- Watersville Junction (WX) - block opr handling switches
- Mount Airy Junction (MA) - block opr handling switches
- Monrovia (RO) - block opr
- Frederick Junction (FE) - agent/clerk/block opr handling switches
- Adamstown Junction (AX) - block opr handling switches (2 shifts)
- Strasburg Junction (C) - block opr/clerk (2 shifts)
CUMBERLAND DIVISION
- Harpers Ferry (HF) - block opr handling switches
- Engle (N) - block opr handling switches
- Hobbs (RN) - block opr handling switches
- Martinsburg (NA) - block opr handling switches
- East Cumbo (BO) - block opr/clerk
- West Cumbo (W) - block opr handling switches
- Millers (R) - block opr handling switches
- Sleepy Creek (SC) - block opr handling switches
- Hancock (HO) - block opr/clerk handling switches
- Sir Johns Run (CK) - block opr handling switches
- Great Cacapon (GC) - block opr handling switches
- Orleans Road (AD) - block opr handling switches
- Okonoko (NO) - block opr handling switches
- Green Spring (GI) - block opr handling switches
- Patterson Creek (FN) - block opr handling switches
- Evitts Creek (GE) - block opr handling switches
- Cumberland-Virginia Lane - opr handling switches/telephoner
- Cumberland-Baltimore Street - opr handling switches/telephoner
- Viaduct Junction (ND) - block opr & leverman
- McKenzie (CO) - block opr handling switches
- Rawlings (RW) - block opr handling switches
- Keyser (KY) - block opr
- West Keyser (Z) - block opr handling switches
- Piedmont (P) - block opr handling switches
- Bond (BD) - block opr handling switches
- Strecker (HX) - block opr handling switches
- Altamont (AM) - block opr handling switches
- Mountain Lake Park (MK) - block opr handling switches
- Hutton (HN) - block opr (2 shifts)
- Terra Alta (CA) - block opr
- Rodemer (RO) - block opr handling switches
- M&K Tower (R) - block opr & leverman
- Blaser (K) - block opr handling switches
- West End (WS) - block opr handling switches
- Hardman (Q) - block opr handling switches
- Kingwood (KI) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Masontown (MS) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Sturgisson (SN) - agent/clerk/block opk (2 shifts)
MONONGAH DIVISION
- GN Tower - block opr handling switches
- D Tower - block opr handling switches
- Winona (WA) - block opr
- CY Tower - block opr handling switches
- Colfax (US) - block opr handling switches
- Benton Ferry (BF) - block opr handling switches
- DN Tower - block opr
- RS Tower - block opr handling switches
- Bridgeport (BR) - agent/clerk/block opr
- MO Tower - block opr handling switches
- MD Tower - block opr & leverman
- J Tower - block opr handling switches
- Wilsonburg (WI) - block opr
- Wolf Summit (WS) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Salem (SA) - block opr
- Long Rub (DA) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Smithburg (SN) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Central (CS) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Pennsboro (NR) - block opr/clerk
- Cornwallis (CO) - block opr/clerk
- Silver Run (SR) - block opr
- Petroleum (UM) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Walker (WA) - block opr
- Kanawha (KA) - agent/clerk/block opr
- WD Tower - block opr handling switches
- Gaston Junction (JC) - block opr handling switches
- Monongah (MG) - block opr
- Chiefton (CH) - block opr
- Willard (WI) - block opr
- Haywood (UM) - agent/block opr
- Lumberport (UB) - block opr/clerk
- Byron (B) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Belington (BN) - ticket agent/block opr (2 shifts)
- Tygart Junction - ticket agent/block opr
- Arden (DE) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Lusk (SK) - block opr
- South Grafton (K) - block opr
WHEELING DIVISION
- Farmington (UN) - block opr handling switches
- Mannington (GN) - block opr handling switches
- Glover Gap (GO) - block opr handling switches
- Littleton (NI) - block opr
- Denver (BE) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Cameron (CX) - block opr handling switches
- Moundsville (MO) - ticket agent/block opr
- Narrows (MC) - block opr handling switches
- Benwood Junction (N) - ticket agent/block opr
- Wheeling (WR) - block opr handling switches
- Bellaire (J) - block opr handling switches
- Schick (S) - block opr handling switches
- DK Tower - block opr handling switches
- Bridgeport (BR) - block opr handling switches
- Barton (BN) - block opr handling switches
- Fairpoint (HF) - block opr/clerk handling switches
- RH Tower - block opr (2 shifts)
- Holloway (HO) - block opr handling switches
- Holloway (HY) - block opr
- Foster (FO) - block opr
- Wells Pit (W) - block opr
- Brooklyn Junction (BJ) - block opr
- Porters Falls (FA) - block opr
- KN Tower - block opr
- Hartzel (UN) - block opr
- Sistersville (QN) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- St. Marys (S) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Williamstown (CH) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Parkersburg (SX) - block opr handling switches
- Parkersburg (OB) - block opr
- Parkersburg (DR) - block opr handling switches
- Camden (SY) - block opr
- Belpre (BR) - block opr/clerk handling switches
- Ravenswood (RD) - block opr/clerk
- Hartford (DK) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Huntington (HU) - ticket agent/block opr
CHARLESTON DIVISION
- Adrian (AD) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Crawford (CW) - block opr/clerk (2 shifts)
- Bower (BO) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Dundon (DU) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Orlando (C) - agent/clerk/ block opr handling switches
- Flatwoods (WD) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Camden-on-Gauley (CG) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Buckhannon (BK) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
CONNELLSVILLE DIVISION
- Mt. Savage Junction (J) - block opr handling switches
- Hyndman (Q) - block opr handling switches
- Foley (FO) - block opr handling switches
- Philson (HN) - block opr handling switches
- Manila (GR) - block opr handling switches
- Sand Patch (SA) - block opr handling switches
- Salisbury Junction (BU) - block opr
- GA Tower - block opr handling switches
- Rockwood (RW) - block opr handling switches
- Markleton (AK) - block opr handling switches
- Brook (BO) - block opr handling switches
- Confluence (CF) - block opr handling switches
- HK Tower - block opr handling switches
- GU Tower - block opr handling switches
- Greene Junction (WH) - block opr handling switches
- Connellsville (D) - sidewire/block opr
- Wilson Creek (RX) - block opr handling switches
- Adams (QJ) - block opr
- Jerome Junction (JE) - block opr
- Johnstown (DE) - block opr/clerk
- Mt. Braddock (DK) - block opr/clerk
- Oliver (QN) - block opr handling switches
- Leith (FY) - block opr handling switches
- Oriental (RA) - block opr handling switches
- S&M Junction (SF) - block opr handling switches
- Cheat River (CR) - block opr
- Morgantown (MN) - agent/clerk/block opr
PITTSBURGH DIVISION
- Broad Ford (BF) - block opr handling switches
- Layton (NS) - block opr handling switches
- Reduction (DU) - block opr
- Vista (VA) - block opr handling switches
- MK Tower - block opr handling switches
- Demmler - leverman
- Bessemer (R) - block opr handling switches
- Glenwood Junction (WJ) - block opr handling switches
- Marion Junction (MJ) - block opr handling switches
- Laughlin Junction (GN) - block opr handling switches
- Schenley (SC) - block opr handling switches
- FY Tower - block opr handling switches
- Etna (BG) - block opr handling switches
- Wildwood (WD) - block opr handling switches
- Bakerstown (RN) - block opr
- Downieville - (DI) - block opr handling switches
- Callery (X) - block opr handling switches
- Eidenau (MU) - block opr
- Goehring (KM) - block opr
- Rand (WA) - block opr handling switches
- Bertha (KY) - block opr handling switches
- Finleyville (F) - block opr handling switches
- Gilkeson (GI) - block opr handling switches
- Washington (ON) - block opr
- Taylorsville (OW) - agent/clerk/block opr
- West Alexander (DN) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Point Mills (MI) - block opr
- NA Tower - block opr
- Renfrew (Q) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Foxburg (F) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
AKRON DIVISION
- New Castle Junction (UN) - block opr handling switches
- New Castle Junction (OA) - block opr
- Lowellville (VO) - block opr handling switches
- Haselton (CH) - block opr
- Ohio Junction (OW) - block opr handling switches
- Niles Junction (RS) - block opr handling switches
- Newton Falls (HN) - block opr handling switches
- Ravenna (NE) - block opr handling switches
- XN Tower - block opr handling switches
- Sterling (RU) - block opr
- OD Tower - block opr handling switches
- MR Tower - block opr handling switches
- Nova (VN) - block opr handling switches
- Greenwich (GN) - block opr handling switches
- West Farmington (FG) - block opr
- Summit Siding (SI) - block opr
- Chardon (CN) - block opr/clerk
- Stillwater (SW) - block opr
- GI Tower - block opr handling switches
- Beach City (Z) - agent/clerk/block opr
- CO Tower - block opr handling switches
- Seville (S) - block opr handling switches
- Lake Junction (CA) - block opr handling switches
- Lester (FR) - block opr handling switches
- YD Tower - block opr
- Akron-Howard Street (HD) - agent/block opr handling switches
- RD Tower - block opr handling switches
- Cleveland (CS) - sidewire/block opr (2 shifts)
CHICAGO DIVISION
- Willard (RX) - block oprs (2 per shift)
- J Tower - block opr handling switches
- Attica (CA) - block opr handling switches
- Kellar Tower (K) - block opr handling switches
- Fostoria (WN) - block opr handling switches
- Galatea (W) - block opr handling switches
- Deshler (DR) - block opr
- Hamler (HM) - block opr handling switches
- Holgate (HG) - block opr handling switches
- Defiance (FC) - block opr
- Sherwood (WO) - block opr handling switches
- HK Tower - block opr handling switches
- Auburn (UN) - block opr handling switches
- Garrett (G) - sidewire/block oprs (2 per shift)
- Kimmell (KI) - block opr handling switches
- Milford Junction (JU) - block opr handling switches
- LaPaz Junction (AZ) - block opr handling switches
- Walkerton (KN) - block opr handling switches
- Wellsboro (RO) - block opr handling switches
- Alida (NA) - block opr handling switches
- McCool (MO) - block opr handling switches
- Calumet River Bridge (CR) - block opr handling switches
- Chicago (GC) - opr
NEWARK DIVISION
- Glencoe (CY) - block opr
- Lamira (WS) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Barnesville (AR) - block opr
- Eldon (SC) - block opr
- Lore City (MJ) - block opr
- Cambridge (CB) - block opr
- New Concord (RD) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Bridgeville (NO) - block opr
- BZ Tower - block opr
- Zanesville (QN) - block opr
- Dillon (DF) - block opr
- Weiant (WN) - block opr handling switches
- Utica (U) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Mt. Vernon (RN) - block opr handling switches
- Butler (IN) - agent/clerk/block opr
- North Siding (FS) - block opr
- Plymouth (MO) - block opr handling switches
- ND Tower - block opr
- Heath (FN) - block opr handling switches
- BR Tower - block opr
- Outville (X) - block opr handling switches
- Pataskala (KO) - block opr
- Summit (SI) - block opr handling switches
- Black Lick (BK) - block opr
- East Columbus (NY) - block opr handling switches
- N&W Crossing (BW) - block opr & leverman
- Leonard Avenue (VA) - block opr handling switches
- Cleveland Avenue (RA) - block opr
- US Tower - block opr
- Columbus (BY) - opr
OHIO DIVISION
- Torch Hill (BY) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Stewart (SD) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Canaanville (HU) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Athens (A) - block opr
- Grosvenor (AS) - block opr handling switches
- New Marshfield (MD) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Zaleski (DR) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Dundas (UN) - block opr handling switches
- Hamden (DN) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Byers Junction (BS) - block opr handling switches
- West Junction (BK) - block opr handling switches
- Schooleys (SK) - block opr
- Chillicothe (DO) - block opr & leverman
- RK Tower - block opr handling switches
- Harpers (FA) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Greenfield (X) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Leesburg (SF) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- New Vienna (VA) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Midland City (V) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Blanchester (N) - block opr/clerk (2 shifts)
- Pleasant Plain (Z) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Q Tower - block opr handling switches
- DA Tower - block opr handling switches
- Madeira (G) - agent/clerk/block opr
- GN Tower - block opr handling switches
- Grove City (RO) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Mt. Sterling (MS) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Washington Courthouse (WH) - agent/clerk/ block opr
- Sabina (SA) - block opr handling switches
- Wilmington (WG) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Jackson (JA) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Oak Hill (NY) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Bloom Junction (BJ) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Portsmouth (AR) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
ST. LOUIS DIVISION
- East Norwood (GK) - block opr handling switches
- Bond Hill - leverman
- Ivorydale Junction (NA) - block opr handling switches
- Stock Yards - opr handling switches/telephoner
- Eighth Street - opr handling switches/telephoner
- WD Tower - block opr handling switches
- Storrs (RS) - block opr & telephoner handling switches
- CW Cabin - block opr handling switches
- Delhi (DE) - block opr/agent (2 shifts)
- Finney (FY) - block opr handling switches
- Dearborn (XN) - block opr handling switches
- Cochran (N) - block opr handling switches
- Milan (MI) - block opr handling switches
- Osgood (H) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Nebraska (NA) - agent/clerk/block opr
- North Vernon (G) - block opr
- Hayden (HA) - agent/block opr
- Seymour (JO) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Brownstown (BI) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Medora (Q) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Fort Ritner (FR) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Rivervale (RU) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Mitchell (M) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Huron (HR) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Shoals (SA) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Loogootee (P) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Montgomery (GY) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Commiskey (CM) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Blocher (HN) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Marysville (MA) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Charlestown (CN) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Watson (WS) - agent/clerk/block opr handling switches
- New Albany (NY) - ticket agent/block opr
- Washington (W) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Shops (SH) - Sidewire/block opr
- Wheatland (WD) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Vincennes (V) - block opr
- Lawrenceville (WC) - block opr/clerk handling switches
- Sumner (MY) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Olney (D) - block opr handling switches
- Clay City (CY) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Flora (FA) - ticket agent/block opr
- Xenia (MS) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Iuka (MN) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Salem (NS) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Sandoval (B) - ticket agent/block opr handling switches
- Shattuc (S) - ticket agent/block opr handling switches
- Carlyle (MO) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Breese (BR) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr
- Trenton (TR) - agent/clerk/block opr
- O'Fallon (RN) - clerk/block opr
- Furman (FN) - block opr/clerk (2 shifts)
- Caseyville (AY) - block opr handling switches
- HN Cabin - block opr handling switches
- K Tower - block opr
- Taylorsville (G) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Pana (SU) - ticket agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
TOLEDO DIVISION
- Cincinnati Junction (CJ) - block opr
- Elmwood Place (MD) - block opr
- Glendale (G) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Hamilton (HD) - block opr
- Old River Junction (DJ) - block opr handling switches
- New River Junction (WR) - block opr handling switches
- Carlisle (CR) - block opr handling switches
- North Dayton (BC) - block opr handling switches
- Tippecanoe City (US) - block opr/clerk
- Troy (RY) - block opr
- Kirkwood (KR) - agent/block opr handling switches
- SW Cabin - block opr handling switches
- Botkins (BO) - block opr/clerk handling switches
- AK Tower - block opr handling switches
- Cridersville (CV) - agent/clerk/block opr
- Erie Junction (BY) - block opr handling switches
- North Lima (NY) - block opr handling switches
- Cairo (CA) - agent/clerk/block opr
- CG Tower - block opr handling switches
- Ottawa (OW) - block opr/clerk
- XN Tower - block opr handling switches
- Belmore (B) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Custar (S) - agent/clerk/block opr (2 shifts)
- Tontogany (W) - agent/clerk/block opr handling switches
- Roachton (ON) - block opr
- Bates (BS) - block opr handling switches
- Pennsylvania Junction (JN) - block opr handling switches
- Washington Courthouse - leverman
- Wellston (WN) - block opr/clerk (2 shifts)
INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION
- Cottage Grove (CG) - opr handling switches
- Springfield (FN) - clerk & 2 levermen
- Coal Bluff (CB) - agent/opr (1 shift) & opr handling switches (1 shift)
TELEGRAPHIC OFFICE CALLS ON THE B&O IN 1928