Tower 2, Old Union Depot Interlocking, Kansas City Terminal (KCT) Railway, W 11th & Santa Fe Sts.

Folks,

A bit off topic, but does anyone have a firm date as to when the "new" brick Kansas City Terminal Tower 2 took over from the "old" frame Tower 2?

This is the one that was just north of the Frisco's 12th Street freight house.

I have found some Kansas City Public Library photographs of the 1951 flood that shows the old tower only so presumably the changeover was post-flood.

The new tower looks easier to scratch build for our 1:87 KCT version but I am trying to keep my Frisco focus, at least, in the early 1940s, in spite of my son's desire to run ATSF E-units alongside 2nd generation diesels!

Maybe I just build them both and swap them out, depending on era we are using for that day.

Some photographs from "Fallen Flags" web site are below.

"Old" Tower 2

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/kct/kct-otwr2arn.jpg

"New" Tower 2

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/kct/kct-ntwr2-arn.jpg

 

Hmm, you may be onto something, Rick.

I think I will have room for them both or I can even go the route of the Batavia Model Railroad Club and put one or the other out depending on whether I want to run steam or my son wants to run 2nd generation diesels.

Please pass on my sincere thanks to your contact; I greatly appreciate it!