Re: (erielack) The Diamond (2)

["Rich Behrendt" <rbehrendt_@_columbus.rr.com>]

Chris,
Your 'guess' is most likely accurate...State Line was a very interesting
tower and I paid a visit several times before it's demise, and the tower was
in fact located on the north side, oriented as depicted in the drawing.

Although I can't say that the orientation of the drawing corresponds with a
towerman sitting at the desk inside, it certainly makes sense...

Rich Behrendt
ELHS #384
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Thurner" <crthurner_@_yahoo.com>
To: "Mailgroup" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:36 PM
Subject: (erielack) The Diamond


> Listers:
>
> I received the latest issue either yesterday or Monday
> in the mail.  Needless to say I read it that evening.
>
>
> It's another fine issue and my hats off to Mike
> Schaffer and his staff.  (I'm sure this will bring
> some flames, but I feel credit should be given where
> it's due. -  I guess that the question is whether the
> flaming will be preformed in lower case or all caps?
> (LOL)).
>
> In Mike's article on State Line, I noticed that the
> diagram of the plant and the constituent RR's is
> oriented with N to the lower right hand corner, not to
> the top as is the norm in map-making.
>
> My sense is that it was prepared this way for use by
> the tower personnel.  As the tower was on the
> northeast side of the Erie, and the windows looked out
> on a southwest perspective, they could lay the diagram
> out on their desk and have it reflect the same
> perspective as their view out onto the various RR
> lines they controlled.
>
> Does my guess pass muster?  Is there anyone who worked
> or was familiar with the tower's ops who could speak
> to this?
>
> I await your responses.  (In either upper or lower
> case, I don't care about either, it's the experiences,
> info and perspective of those who lived the Erie /
> DL&W / EL that matter to me (maybe I should have typed
> dl&w and el, so some people won't erroneously conclude
> that I'm yelling at them!).
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris Thurner
>
>
>
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