CMStP&P Pande Tower - a photo on Flickriver

            This is the only photo that I have ever seen of Milwaukee Roads Pande tower located on their Terre Haute subdivision at MP 125.  When John Barriger took his shot looking north here in 1935 (which this photo is also looking), Pande tower was already gone.  This photo was taken in 1915.  When this tower was removed from service, it was controlled from Walz tower which was located at MP 125.30 just south of here.  Pande was located at the crossing of the Peoria & Eastern, or "P and E", where it got it's name.  Everything you see in the photo was all that ever existed here.  The pipelines would be moved to the other side of the track once Walz took control.  Walz was located at the crossing of the C&EI.  Pande was removed from the trackcharts in 1948 and was removed from the timetable in 1938, however, by 1934 the tower was definitely gone.  It's call sign was "BW", which Walz adopted after Pande's demise.  Pande was located just east of Danville, Illinois.  At the time of this photo, the Milwaukee Road had not yet taken control and this was still being run by the CTH&SE RR.  Also at this time, C&EI freight trains #'s 44 (Momence Freight), 45 (Danville Freight), 46 & 47 (Green Ball), 48 & 49 (Green Ball), 57 (C-A Red Ball) & 58 (A-C Red Ball) were running between Starr tower (C&EI connection) and Walz tower to smoothly get around Danville, which the Southeastern did not run through.

CTH&SE Pande Tower
(Milw) MP 125
(P&E) MP 120
Milw Terre Haute sub
NYC P&E Division
Call Sign:  BW
Tower in S/W quadrant
Photo taken in 1915
Photographer unknown

   

Taken in: United States / Illinois / Danville Township / Walz (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1915

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