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CI&L "DK" Tower

            Looking north at CI&L's "DK" (St. John, Indiana) tower in the late 1920's. A southbound NYC train is either sitting at the signal or approaching the diamonds. "DK" tower was located at MP IH 14.45 on NYC's Egyptian Line and was 33.8 miles from Chicago. I don't know when the tower was removed, but It’s shown as an open tower in NYC’s Illinois Division employee timetable from April 28, 1963, but an automatic interlocking in the April 25th 1965 employee timetable. So Sometime between those dates.

The Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon) crossed here. There was a facing point crossover on the NYC, which was double-tracked. Tower sat in the N/E quadrant and was operated and maintained by CI&L men at the cost of the Indiana Harbor (later CI&S, later NYC). If the NYC had a depot at St. John, I don't know where it was nor do I have a photo of it. The Monon had a depot just south of here on the east side of their mainline.

The tower was put in service on December 27th, 1905 and contained a 28 lever frame interlocking machine which consisted of:
11 levers for 7 mechanical and 4 power signals
5 levers for 8 facing point locks
1 lever for 2 switches
5 levers for 6 derails
6 spares
Levers out for the train pictured would be 19-13-20.


Southbound NYC Train
"DK" Tower
St. John, Indiana
NYC Egyptian Line, MP IH 14.45
Circa 1920's
Photographer unknown.
   

Taken in: United States / Indiana / Saint John (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1920

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