by BaltOhio
I recently obtained a couple of unidentified photos on eBay which I recognize as NYC, taken some time in the 1910s or '20s at the same location. The scene (taken after a fairly heavy snow) shows a multiple-track mainline, but with passenger trains running in opposite directions on the two near tracks. There is an interlocking tower identified only as "9" -- no telegraph letters or name. Behind it is double-track trolley line, and on the opposite side of the track a wood freight house. One of the scenes is a 3/4 view of a Pacific-hauled passenger train, with an engine number in the 3000-series. Assuming NYC, that would place it on the ex-NYC&HR or ex-LS&MS, and exclude the Big Four, MC, etc.
Sadly, I'm not adept enough to transmit the image, but theoretrically the "Tower 9" should place the photo. The trouble is, I wasn't aware that the NYC used numbers to designate its towers, except on the B&A -- and this doesn't seem to be on the B&A. (B&A tower 9 was at Allston, within urban Boston, and this scene definitely isn't there.)
Can somebody tell me where else a "Tower 9" might have been?
Sadly, I'm not adept enough to transmit the image, but theoretrically the "Tower 9" should place the photo. The trouble is, I wasn't aware that the NYC used numbers to designate its towers, except on the B&A -- and this doesn't seem to be on the B&A. (B&A tower 9 was at Allston, within urban Boston, and this scene definitely isn't there.)
Can somebody tell me where else a "Tower 9" might have been?