Nice catch of "progress" in action. I am sure there are many more of these old towers that will soon suffer the same fate as this one.
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I went by where the Z Tower once stood so proudly. It seems that we here in Keyser will be missing a old friend.
Starnge thing not much mentioned in News Papers of the area of this even going to happen this soon. I would have loved to gotten a souviner from the Old Building. However i musty say So Long Z Tower you will be missed.
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Wow. Too bad no one was able to grab the levers and the board.
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Some good memories, gone. Sad to see it go.
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The railroads are a sleep at the switch. Railroad buffs would give anything to have a piece of those old sites. The money that the railroads would make could be put into a fund for railroad families that have lost someone on the job. Just a thought!
John
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It looks as if the model board tracking lineups above the armstrong levers is still in place, if that's the case very sad to see that was not forwarded onto a museum. Sad photo but GREAT that you were in place to record it!
smeds
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Thanks for the comment guys,
Just to clarify the board face was gone when i got there a few days before the closing of the tower. the rest of the board was still there just not the face. All the levers are scraped as well.
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This is heartbreaking to see.
However.... most railroads have no respect for their history.
Their whole attitude is, "It's old and in the way. GET RID OF IT."
I doubt that many railroads will ever realize that what they are today is built upon the shoulders of the past.
RIP "Z Tower".
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