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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://www.sonotower.org/">https://www.sonotower.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Rob Doorack<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Guilford, CT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list-bounces@nwhs.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 29, 2024 6:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> N&W Modeling List <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org><br><b>Cc:</b> NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: N&W Interlocking Tower kit, Forest, Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That second photo is a crop from a photo that was <i>probably</i> 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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Given that photo isn’t watermarked, please consider limiting sharing. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>@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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=280 height=240 style='width:2.9166in;height:2.5in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01DB42B3.3D6526A0"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=310 height=240 style='width:3.2291in;height:2.5in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01DB42B3.3D6526A0"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Matt Goodman<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Columbus, Ohio, US<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Nov 29, 2024, at 11:47<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Matt Goodman<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Columbus, Ohio<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my mobile<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Nov 29, 2024, at 7:41<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM, NW Modeling List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On a related note, what does the interior of these things look like?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>They have huge windows and I have the structure lighting habit, the building could really benefit from an interior.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have one that roughly a yard office on my home layout. It really was a nice kit, the stairs really make the kit. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>David Baker<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Nov 28, 2024, 8:20<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>PM NW Modeling List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>These do build up into a really nice tower. Does anyone know what color the blinds were that were used on sunny days. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Larry Brown <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Nov 28, 2024, 6:02<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>PM NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>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. <br><br>Matt Goodman<br>Columbus, Ohio<br><br>Sent from my mobile<br><br>On Nov 28, 2024, at 10:58<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span>Please see: <a href="https://www.ebay.com/str/modeltrainmarket?_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l170197" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.com/str/modeltrainmarket?_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l170197</a><br><br>HO Scale AMB LaserKit #132 Norfolk & Western Style "Forest" Interlocking Tower, eBay item 335699523760<br><br>Happy Thanksgiving,<br><br>Dr. Frank R. 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