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(erielack) Tower Designations

I got a chance to look over George Elwood's listing of our tower designation
contributions and I thought I might add a few rather obscure ones to the 
list. But first, one correction needs to be made: there is an entry for "BT 
tower, Bergen Jct".
This is entry is incorrect. BT tower was at Coalburg Jct and Bergen Jct Tower 
was called "BR". This entry should be erased.

Secondly, a question. While I was looking thru the "The Next Station Will 
Be..." series of books published by the Railroadians, I can across a picture 
of Arden station with a rather large tower next to it. The tower looks to be 
about the size of SF in Suffern. Does anyone know if this was "TC" tower? If 
not, does anyone know where "TC" tower was located exactly? Or what was that 
tower at Arden?

Also, does anyone know if "RM" tower in Ramsey ever really existed? I
remember seeing a reference to it in Railroad Model Craftsman back in the
60's, but I've never seen a picture of it.

NJ&NY Jct Tower			HB  
Oradell Tower				DA  end of double track on NJ&NY Br
Spring Valley Tower			ZY 
Pompton Jct Tower			PJ  at NYS&W crossing
Port Jervis East End		BC
Sparrowbush Tower			WX  west end of Port Jervis Yard
South Paterson Tower		SH
	(Guarded a trolley crossing at South Paterson Station on the Newark 
Br) 

BTW, those "Next Station Will Be..." books have alot of references to 
telegraph call letters for the stations if anyone is interested. 

Mike Galesi
ELHS #145

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