my-C-O-part-one

St Alban Media, LLC

cno@stalbanmedia.com

Part 1. From River to Lake

Content of page 46 of my C&O by Steve Fuchs with Rick Acton , Jr.

AC Cabin

Marion’s junctions were controlled

by Erie (later, EL then Conrail) as

AC Tower [Atlantic Crossing—

for Erie predecessor Atlantic &

Great Western]. Conrail closed

AC in 1995; CSX now controls the

crossings known as AC Cabin on

the Columbus sub at mile 46. In

November 2005, an eastbound

approaches AC as seen through

a window of the preserved former

tower—relocated on Marion Union

Station Association property at the

southwest corner of the Mt Victory-

NS crossing. The tower includes

an interlocking model board

restored by former EL operators.

David Oroszi

Blast from the past October 1975

An eastbound at AC passes a feature used by C&O after installing CTC in 1955 but

before the next round of traffic control was completed in 1981. Center sidings were

equipped with remote power switches (rather than the previous hand-throw / spring

switches), but instructions for train handling were communicated by a “take siding”

signal aspect. Here, a lighted yellow “X” would notify a westbound train to be held

in the MD Cabin siding; the East End of MD signals are visible in the distance.