Interlocking Towers - Abandoned Railroads - Reference Resource Website Links

A great little website with information on SLSF towers.

http://www.abandonedrails.com/gallery.asp?t=2&id=668

Edit 1/20/2024: https://www.abandonedrails.com/

Edit 1/20/2024: Added current active link to web site home page. It appears there is no longer a page titled "gallery".
MKD

 

Excellent site.

I have tracked Katy towers there as well.

 

Frisco depots and interlocking towers in Texas.

www.txrrhistory.com

This site provides information and photos of Tower 77 which was located in Carrollton, Texas. It protected the three-way crossings of the Frisco, Katy and Cotton Belt at grade. I haven´t located information regarding which railroad built and manned Tower 77.

The depot was operated by the St. Louis and Southwestern (SSW) or Cotton Belt but also provided service for the Frisco and Katy as a joint agency.

It should be noted that the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf built the line which became the Frisco´s mainline from Sherman to Ft. Worth.

 

I revisited the Texas Railroad History web site on 7/8/2012, which contains excellent information on all the numbered interlocking towers that have served Texas over the years.

www.txrrhistory.com

It includes of course all the towers that governed the Frisco and QA&P train movements that crossed the other railroads. Well worth a visit and BE CAREFUL when you climb the steps of the towers in the photos. Remember, SAFETY FIRST ALWAYS!

Lots of updates!

Joe Toth
The Trinity River Bottoms Boomer