N&W Interlocking Tower kit, Forest, Virginia

Fri Nov 29 23:05:53 EST 2024

Anyone who wants to see what the inside of a switch tower looks like might consider a visit to the SoNo Tower Museum in South Norwalk, CT. It’s a preserved 1896 vintage New Haven interlocking tower. 

https://www.sonotower.org/

Rob Doorack

Guilford, CT

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Subject: Re: N&W Interlocking Tower kit, Forest, Virginia

David (and all), I’ve attached two photos, one of dad’s build of the AMB kit, the second an early-twenties interior shot. I have another interior photo from the early sixties, but it’s not wide enough to help with the lighting question. 

That second photo is a crop from a photo that was probably taken for an N&W magazine article (If that speculation is correct, the I haven’t found the issue, or it wasn’t used) that I found while visiting the Pickaway County Historical Society. Side note: the two operators were husband and wife.  There are more lamps than I remembered when replying this morning. 

Given that photo isn’t watermarked, please consider limiting sharing. 

@Bill D, I went back to the link in Mr Scheer’s original email and also couldn’t find the listing. It must have sold. It was a fair price. 

Matt Goodman

Columbus, Ohio, US

On Nov 29, 2024, at 11:47 AM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> > wrote:

I have a couple of interior photos of the tower at Circleville Ohio that I’ll send along later today, if no one else has gotten to it before me. They’re both early, so lighting was rather sparse.  

Matt Goodman

Columbus, Ohio

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On Nov 29, 2024, at 7:41 AM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> > wrote:

Hi, 

On a related note, what does the interior of these things look like?

They have huge windows and I have the structure lighting habit, the building could really benefit from an interior.

I have one that roughly a yard office on my home layout. It really was a nice kit, the stairs really make the kit. 

Thanks, 

David Baker

On Thu, Nov 28, 2024, 8:20 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> > wrote:

These do build up into a really nice tower.  Does anyone know what color the blinds were that were used on sunny days.  

Thanks

Larry Brown 

On Thu, Nov 28, 2024, 6:02 PM NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> > wrote:

These build up into nice kits that match any number of towers along the line. The model can be shortened to match locations with smaller towers built to the same standard design. 

Matt Goodman
Columbus, Ohio

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On Nov 28, 2024, at 10:58 AM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> > wrote:

Please see:  https://www.ebay.com/str/modeltrainmarket?_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l170197

HO Scale AMB LaserKit #132 Norfolk & Western Style "Forest" Interlocking Tower, eBay item 335699523760

Happy Thanksgiving,

Dr. Frank R. Scheer, Curator
Railway Mail Service Library, Inc.
f_scheer at yahoo.com <mailto:f_scheer at yahoo.com> 
(540) 837-9090 - daytime cell
In the 1913 former N&W Railway depot along Clarke County route 723
117 East Main Street <https://www.google.com/maps/search/117+East+Main+Street+%0D%0ABoyce,+VA+22620-9369?entry=gmail&source=g> 
Boyce, VA 22620-9369 <https://www.google.com/maps/search/117+East+Main+Street+%0D%0ABoyce,+VA+22620-9369?entry=gmail&source=g>  
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