Re: PC: SLOPE tower

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In a message dated 06/01/2001 12:43:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
gary -AT- mssinc.com writes:


> Hi list,
> Does anyone know when the PRR closed SLOPE tower in Altoona? I saw a picture
> from 1965, in which the tower was still open. I think PC just had it as an
> interlocking, even in 1968.
>
> Gary Farmer


Only from personal recollection, I believe that 1965 was the last.  The tower 
remained standing for some time, but was operated remotely from Alto.  The 
"remote" in Alto is still there today.

Dave Seidel
Altoona, PA