Location
MO towerCresson, PA
United States
40° 27' 54.3816" N, 78° 35' 15.6804" W
Photo By:
R.A. DurfeePhoto Date:
12/07/1998CR MO tower demo 12-98
Posted January 15th, 2009 by Roger Durfee
Probably the saddest thing I watched while living in Cresson was the demolition of MO tower on Dec 7th, 1998. Several good efforts were put forth to save it, but it was just too far gone to move. Very few people were there other than the demo team to record this event, but a local innkeeper spotted the old blocking device board and managed to have the crew pick it out and save it. I believe the train board went to the Railroaders Museum in Altoona earlier. Very few PRR towers remained around Conrail by this date, so it was indeed sad to lose historic MO.
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