crossing watch box/tower

[NW Modeling List]

Jim, 

There were five in Circlevlle, at least one in Chillicothe, and at least one (almost certainly more) in Columbus before the grade separation. Other than Ashville that you mentioned, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were others in the Scioto Valley, especially Portsmouth. 

Matt Goodman

> On Sep 18, 2025, at 8:23 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> I am looking for any/all information on N&W crossing watch boxes/towers.  From the archives I have the following on actual and proposed locations:
> proposed watch box tower & crossing gates, State Street, Bristol Va.
> Watch Box and Crossing gates Fleet Street
> Hyde Park Ohio
> Proposed crossing watch box tower for Boden Ferry Road X'ing, Norfolk Virginia
> Harrison St. Radford, VA
> Proposed location of watch tower at First Street (Comers Crossing), Hopewell, Va.
> Proposed Crossing Gates, Ashville , OH
> Proposed crossing gate and watch tower at West Ave. New Boston, OH
> I am particularly interested in photos of these structures, but any information on them will be appreciated.  I have been told that in some cases, after they were no longer used at crossings  , they were removed from their towers and placed at various locations for different uses.
> Thanks in advance,
> Jim Cochran
>  
> ________________________________________
> NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org
> To change your subscription go to
> https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list
> Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at
> https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-modeling-list/attachments/20250918/6e8ff8c1/attachment.htm>