Here is a photo taken inside of WYE Tower that was included in the "Altoona Area Railroad Pictorial History" edited by Linda White and published in 1996 by The Altoona Mirror, page 30. Photo Caption: "Jack H. Weaver of Hollidaysburg, a train dispatcher at the Wye Tower at Wye Switches, Duncansville, operates the first train phone used for communication between the dispatcher and the engine crew in this September 1948 photo." The time is exactly 8:45 A.M. |
Date:
1/1/1996 |
Location:
Duncansville, PA |
Views:
219 |
Collection Of:
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Author: Thomas C. Ayers
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Picture Categories: Signal |
This picture is part of album: PRR: WYE Tower; Duncansville, PA ~ 1960-2001 |