Marion AC Railroad Interlocking Tower

Marion AC Tower is a preserved interlocking tower (signalbox) located in central Ohio (USA) and was restored in 2001 by former employees, buffs and historians. Pete White, a former operator (signalman) of the tower demonstrates the operation of the interlocking plant. If you're not American, we apologize for the heavy Central Ohio accents!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Signalbox
• Poste d'aiguillage
• Stellwerk
• Cabina di manovra
• Signals

[boweandrew3]

Does the interlocking tower still work if someone pushes and pulls the levers?

[choirboyfromhell1]

@boweandrew3 It works completely internally, but of course has been disconnected with any interface with the tracks below it.

[ClearCookeRd]

Good old Peter White (The tower expert in this video), he sure does give a good speech about the AC Tower!!!

[choirboyfromhell1]

Pete White is the reason so much has been preserved at Marion. Without Pete, all of it would have been bulldozed.

[TheGondorian]

cool video, in germany this is called "stellwerk". the track plan on the wall looks similar to the german

[choirboyfromhell1]

There were literally hundreds if not thousands of these across the U.S. at one time. There are still many wire/semaphore types still in existence in Great Britain. There are only three operation towers in Ohio today, all the rest being controlled by distant dispatchers (controllers) as far away as Jacksonville, Florida.

[TheGondorian]

same here. we also got many wire/semaphory signals over her