B&O Towers in 1958
B&O Towers in 1958
This feature is a sequel to the one appearing in the issue of December 1994 listing B&O Towers in 1928. The information was condensed from an agreement book covering the rules and wage schedule of B&O employees represented by the Order of Railroad Telegraphers as of November 1, 1958. The book is from the collection of John Sim, a retired B&O operator.
The offices listed are those identified as serving the duties normally associated with towers. Some offices served joint roles with agencies and other functions, consequently only those representing significant tower-like functions are generally included. Some discretion was required in choosing those to be listed. A description of respective duties is shown in italics. Offices shown were open full time except as noted. 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. Note that there were some division consolidations between 1928 and 1958.
BALTIMORE DIVISION
- East Side (RG) - block opr handling switches
- 36th & Jackson (G) - operator
- Bridge (DB) - block opr handling switches
- 58th Street (FY) - block opr handling switches
- Landenberg Junction (WJ) - block opr handling switches
- Aberdeen (A) - block opr handling switches (2 shifts)
- Bay View (BA) - block opr handling switches
- Penn Mary Jct. (PY) - block opr / clerk
- North Avenue (NA) - block opr handling switches
- Hamburg Street (HB) - block opr handling switches
- Riverside (RV) - block opr handling switches
- Carroll (CX) - block opr handling switches
- Brooklyn (BX) - block opr handling switches
- Halethorpe (HX) - block opr handling switches
- Brunswick (WB) - block opr handling switches
- Alexandria Junction (JD) - block opr handling switches
- Rhode Island Avenue (QN) - block opr han-dling switches
- Boyd (DS) - block opr handling switches (2 shifts)
- Charles Town (CH) - block opr / clerk / agent (2 shifts)
CUMBERLAND DIVISION
- Harpers Ferry (HF) - block opr handling switches / agent
- Martinsburg (NA) - block opr handling switches
- West Cumbo (W) - block opr handling switches
- Miller (R) - block opr handling switches/ clerk
- HO Tower (HO) - block opr/clerk handling switches
- Orleans Road (AD) - block opr handling switches
- Patterson Creek (FN) - block opr handling switches
- Mexico (M) - block opr handling switches
- Cumberland-Virginia Lane - telephoner han-dling switches
- Cumberland-Baltimore Street - telephoner handling switches
- Viaduct Junction (ND) - block opr handling switches
- Keyser (KY) - block opr / ticket agent
- West Keyser (Z) - block opr handling switches
- Bond (BD) - block opr handling switches
- Strecker (HX) - block opr handling switches
- Altamont (AM) - block opr handling switches
- Terra Alta (CA) - block opr handling switches
- MK Tower (MK) - block opr handling switches
- West End (WS) - block opr handling switches
- Hardman (Q) - block opr handling switches
MONONGAH DIVISION
- GN Tower (GN) - block opr handling switches
- D Tower (D) - block opr handling switches
- CY Tower (CY) - block opr handling switches
- Benton Ferry (BF) - block opr handling switches
- Gaston Jct. (JC) - block opr handling switches
- WD Tower (WD) - block opr handling switches
- MD Tower (MD) - block opr handling switches
- Lost Creek (CK) - block opr / clerk / agent (2 shifts)
- Berryburg Jct. (JN) - block opr handling switches
- Tygart Jct. (RA) - block opr
- Buckhannon (BK) - block opr / clerk
- Frenchton (FR) - block opr / clerk / agent
- Burnsville (BU) - block opr handling switches/ clerk / agent
- WN Tower (YD) - block opr
- Allingdale (DN) - block opr / clerk / agent (2 shifts)
- Gassaway (GA) - block opr / clerk / agent
- Monongah (MG) - block opr / clerk / agent
- Chiefton (CH) - block opr
- Willard (WI) - block opr
- Lumberport (UB) - block opr handling switches / clerk / agent
- Dola (GI) - block opr / agent
WHEELING DIVISION
- Farmington (UN) - block opr / clerk / agent
- Moundsville (MO) - tblock opr handling switches / ticket agt
- SW Tower (SW) - block opr handling switches
- Benwood (N) - block opr / ticket agt
- Wheeling (WR) - block opr handling switches
- Bellaire (J) - block opr handling switches
- Fairpoint (HF) - block opr handling switches/ clerk / agt
- Holloway (HA) - block opr / clerk
- Clarington (CA) - block opr / clerk / agent (2 shifts)
- Brooklyn Jct. (BJ) - block opr handling switches
- Parkersburg (SX) - block opr handling switches
- Parkersburg (YD) - block opr handling switches
- Parkersburg (OB) - block opr
PITTSBURGH DIVISION
- Mt. Savage Junction (J) - block opr handling switches
- Hyndman (Q) - block opr handling switches
- FO Tower (FO) - block opr handling switches
- Sand Patch (SA) - block opr handling switches
- GA Tower (GA) - block opr handling switches
- Rockwood (RW) - block opr handling switches / clerk / agent
- Confluence (CF) - block opr handling switches
- Greene Junction (WH) - block opr handling switches
- Connellsville (D) - sidewire/block opr
- Broad Ford (BF) - block opr handling switches / agent
- Layton - (NS) - block opr handling switches
- Vista (VA) - block opr handling switches
- MK Tower (MK) - block opr handling switches
- Bessemer (R) - block opr handling switches
- Glenwood Jct. (WJ) - block opr handling switches
- Laughlin Jct. (GN) - block opr handling switches
- FY Tower (FY) - block opr handling switches
- Etna (BG) - block opr handling switches
- Bakerstown (RN) - block opr handling switches / agent
- Eidenau (MU) - block opr handling switches
- Somerset (SX) - block opr / clerk
- Oliver (QN) - block opr handling switches
- S&M Jct. (SF) - block opr / clerk
- Cheat River (CR) - block opr
- Morgantown (MN) - block opr / clerk
- Butler (B) - block opr / ticket agt / clerk
BUFFALO DIVISION
- WS Tower (WS) - block opr handling switches / clerk
- Echo (KO) - block opr / agent
- Riker (RI) - block opr / clerk
- C&M Jct. (CM) - block opr handling switches
- DuBois Yard (DU) - block opr / clerk (2 shifts)
- FC Tower (FC) - block opr handling switches / clerk (2 shifts)
- WI Tower (WI) - block opr handling switches/ clerk
- Clarion Jct. (AJ) - block opr / clerk (2 shifts)
- J&B Jct. (BF) - block opr
- Bingham (BM) - block opr / clerk / agent (2 shifts)
- Broadford (NS) - block opr / clerk / ticket agt
- East Salamanca (SI) - block opr / clerk
- Ashford (AD) - block opr handling switches
- Gainesville (GA) - block opr / clerk / ticket agt (2 shifts)
- LeRoy (RY) - block opr / clerk / ticket agt (2 shifts)
- Lincoln Park (NK) - block opr / clerk / ticket agent
- Buffalo Creek (BC) - block opr / clerk
- XD Tower (XD) - block opr handling switches
- Creekside (KM) - block opr handling switches / agent / clerk
- Indiana (MN) - block opr / agent / clerk
- CB Jct. (CB) - block opr handling switches
AKRON DIVISION
- UN Tower (UN) - block opr handling switches
- OA Tower (OA) - block opr
- 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
- OD Tower - block opr handling switches
- Nova (VN) - block opr handling switches/agt
- GN Tower (GN) - block opr handling switches / agt
- Cleveland - Clark Ave. (CK) - block opr handling switches
- CO Tower - block opr handling switches
- Lester (FR) - block opr handling switches/agt
- YD Tower - block opr
CHICAGO DIVISION
- Willard (RX) - block oprs
- J Tower (J) - block opr handling switches
- Attica Jct. (CA) - block opr handling switches/ agent
- F Tower (F) - block opr handling switches (2 shifts)
- Galatea (W) - block opr handling switches
- Deshler (DR) - block opr
- Hamler (HM) - block opr handling switches / clerk/ agent
- Holgate (HG) - block opr handling switches/ agent
- FC Tower (FC) - block opr (2 shifts)
- Sherwood (WO) - block opr handling switches / agent
- HK Tower - block opr handling switches
- Auburn (UN) - block opr handling switches / agent
- Garrett (G) - sidewire/block oprs
- Milford Junction (JU) - block opr handling switches
- LaPaz Junction (AZ) - block opr handling switches
- Walkerton (KN) - block opr handling switches/ clerk
- Wellsboro (RO) - block opr handling switches/ clerk
- McCool (MO) - block opr handling switches / agent
NEWARK DIVISION
- Barnesville (AR) - block opr/clerk (2 shifts)
- Lore City (MJ) - block opr / agent / clerk (2 shifts)
- Cambridge (CB) - block opr
- BZ Tower - block opr
- Dillon (DF) - block opr (2 shifts)
- NK Booth (NK) - block opr handling switches
- ND Cabin (ND) - block opr handling switches
- Heath (FN) - block opr handling switches
- Outville (X) - block opr handling switches/agt
- Summit (SI) - block opr handling switches
- East Columbus (NY) - block opr handling switches
- Alum Creek (AC) - block opr handling switches
- Cleveland Avenue (RA) - block opr handling switches
- US Tower (US) - block opr
- Mt. Vernon (MN) - block opr handling switches
- North Siding (FS) - block opr / clerk
OHIO DIVISION
- Grosvenor (AS) - block opr handling switches / agent
- Zaleski (DR) - block opr / clerk / agent (2 shifts)
- Dundas (UN) - block opr handling switches/ clerk / agent
- Hamden (DN) - block opr / clerk / ticket agent (2 shifts)
- West Junction (BK) - block opr handling switches
- Chillicothe (DO) - block opr handling switches / sidewire opr
- Musselman (MS) - block opr handling switches
- Greenfield (X) - block opr / clerk / ticket agent (2 shifts)
- Midland City (V) - block opr handling switches / clerk / ticket agent
- Portsmouth (AR) - block opr / clerk (2 shifts)
- GN Tower-Columbus (GN) - block opr han-dling switches
- Washington Courthouse (WH) - block opr/ clerk
ST. LOUIS DIVISION
- East Norwood (GK) - block opr handling switches
- Bond Hill - telephoner handling switches
- Ivorydale Junction (NA) - block opr handling switches
- RH Tower (RH)- block opr handling switches
- Hopple Street - telephoner/ blockopr han-dling switches
- Gest Street - telephoner handling switches
- Eighth Street - telephoner handling switches
- East End Storrs - telephoner handling switches
- Storrs Jct. (RS) - block opr handling switches
- Dearborn (XN) - block opr handling switches
- Cochran (N) - block opr handling switches
- Milan (MI) - block opr handling switches
- Osgood (H) - block opr / clerk / ticket agent (2 shifts)
- North Vernon (G) - block opr/ clerk/ticket agt
- Seymour (JO) - block opr handling switches/ clerk
- Mitchell (M) - block opr handling switches/ clerk / ticket agent
- Washington (W) - block opr / clerk / ticket agent (2 shifts)
- Shops (SH) - block opr handling switches/ sidewire opr
- Vincennes (V) - block opr handling switches
- Lawrenceville (WC) - block opr handling switches / clerk / agent
- Olney (D) - block opr handling switches / clerk / agent
- Flora (FA) - block opr / ticket agent (2 shifts)
- Shattuc (S) - block opr handling switches/ ticket agent
- O'Fallon (RN) - clerk/block opr
- WS Tower (WS) - block opr handling switches / clerk / ticket agent
TOLEDO DIVISION
- Cincinnati Jct. (CJ) - block opr
- Winton Jct. (WN) - block opr handling switches
- Hamilton (HD) - block opr handling switches/ clerk
- New River Junction (WR) - block opr han-dling switches
- North Excello (NX) - block opr handling switches (2 shifts)
- Carlisle (CR) - block opr handling switches/ agent
- North Dayton (BC) - block opr handling switches
- Erie Junction (BY) - block opr handling switches
- CG Tower - block opr handling switches
- Tontogany (W) - block opr handling switches/ agent
- Bates (BS) - block opr handling switches
- Pennsylvania Junction (JN) - block opr han-dling switches
- Washington Courthouse - leverman
INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION
- Cottage Grove (CG) - block opr handling switches / agent
- Rushville (RS) - block opr handling switches/ clerk / agent
- Moorefield (W) - block opr / clerk
- Roachdale (RD) - block opr handling switches / clerk / agent
- Decatur (DC) - block opr / clerk
- Coal Bluff (CB) - block opr handling switches/ clerk / agent