Hi all, Anyone have any ideas of how Frisco painted the interlocking towers? I am ready to paint a large scale tower, and would like to get it as close as I can. Thanks, Dan
How big or small of an interlocking tower? I found a black and white photograph of Lamar's Interlocker. I think white sides with black shingled roof. http://tigeractionphotos.zenfolio.com/aerial/h1883f223#h2be432f0
I guess it depends upon which era. Steam era would be kind of a reefer gray with dark gray trim. Later on, reefer gray with white trim. That's what most photos of wood towers look like to me.
Sounds like a gray area to me! We have great color photos of depots, so it looks like gray was kind of the standard for the "fixed plant". The tower I am trying to get to is a close version of the KY Tower in Kansas or 29th Street Tower in Missouri. A little modelers license here, as large scale has few selections. But, it will be close. My depot is the same. Kit bash heaven! I started to try Cuba, then it looked like Dixon, now, its Cuxon! At least, my recovery time is being well spent. I'll get some photos here when I can. Still in the 35mm mode! Dan
I had to chuckle, Dan, at "Cuxon". I find some of the stuff I try turns out just a little off. So I think a new name for it is great. I would like information on the interlocking tower in Tulsa if anyone has it. I would like to be as close as possible, but may have to invent a new name like Dan did. Thanks, Terry
Jim, Springfield folks can probably answer better, but Nichols Jct. is the one that comes to mind first. Not really a tower per se, but high-traffic interlocking plant nonetheless. http://www.frisco.org/vb/showthread.php?t=1951&highlight=Nichols+Jct Best Regards,
I deleted this post, but not before your reply. I thought it was probably not the correct thread for the question, but I'll let it ride. Jim Bonner
There was an abandoned tower about a mile east of the Springfield depot where the Missouri Pacific Battlefield Branch from Crane crossed the SLSF Willow Springs Subdivision line to Memphis. As a child, I remember the shell of the building but I don't remember seeing it occupied. Later in the 1950s the remnants of the foundation were still there. The location is North of, and at the bottom of the hill from the location of the current Springfield Cardinals' ballpark and South of the Harry Cooper Supply Company on Sherman Parkway in an industrial area. Tom
Tom, Do you think this photo may show the old foundation? http://www.terraserver.com/view.asp...p=0.75&pic=obl&prov=pt&stac=E&ovrl=-1&drwl=-1 Jim
I can't really get my bearings from this picture for the location, but the slab is only a foot or two wider than the track gauge, so I think it's too small for a tower. Tom
Tom, take a look at this image, same location but on Bing Maps: http://www.bing.com/maps/#JnE9Lk4rM...dlMTcuNjYxMzkwNTcwNzUzOCU3ZS0xMjkuNjIzMzU5Njg=
I haven't driven down there in a while, but the structure was East of Sherman Parkway. I'll drive down there in a day or two and see if I can pinpoint the location. If you locate the Hammons Field ball park, the site of the junction and tower is just beyond the left field wall. And I notice the Google and Yahoo maps still call the street Sherman Parkway, rather than Hammons Parkway, which is the street name going South of St. Louis Street. I drove by the location today, 11/15/2010, and there's no evidence at all where the tower was positioned. And there's just a switch where the diamond crossing used to be located. The ball park reference still works for pinpointing the geographic location. Tom
Taking my calipers to the satellite view i get about 9.2 x 9.2 feet for the pad. 10 x 10 was a possible size for some towers, and i could be off a smidge on my measurements, but if it is in the wrong place the point is moot, i guess. Anyone out there with any pictures of said tower? I lost the battle with my wife for the basement dream layout (ha!), and i have been reduced to a 3 x 10 switching pike. i am wondering if this junction would be interesting. From the trackage still there it appears there might have been a lot of action.
Tom, Thanks for going down and taking a look. The more I studied the satellite maps I assumed that would be your finding. I guess any more specific information about the tower remains unknown for now. Jim