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Tower 55 as seen from the southeast, May 1996. - Photo by Steve Robinson

Tower 55 is located in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. It was once controlled traffic flow between Union Pacific, Burlington Northern, Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads. The first Tower 55 was built about 1897. The present Tower 55 was decommissioned in 1995.

Welcome to Southwest Railway Crossroads ~ Online Magazine, published monthly by railroad folks in Fort Worth, Texas. For suggestion or comments contact the Editor, Cy Martin via E-Mail

• EDITORIAL

  Why we celebrate Labor Day - - Lest we forget.

• Marcel Derrick Air Brake & Train Handling

• Mickey Cowling Know your Rules

• Mickey Cowling Answers to Know your Rules

• $100 in Gift Certificates Awarded to FW Service Unit

• Melissa Henderson Wins Scouting Award

• J.Paul Carpenter Accepted in Boy's Choir

• Cy Martin Try This on for Cy's

• Steve Robinson PC Questions and Answers

• In Memoriam

• Eddie Exum Rules of the Way

• Tri-levels now being equipped as STARR Cars

• Letter from Vernie Barber Move the Building

• Glenn Neasbitt Undergoes Surgery

• The Crash at Crush Recalled

• Duce Monkey Tails

• Gloria Sample The Things Kids Say

• Robert Sample Sample This

• Ney Yard Holds Safety Feed

• Henry Alvarado BOP Crew averts Derailment

• Elvis Lewis Engineering Services Employee of the Month

• Elvis Lewis Safety Theme - Take Care of Yourself and your Tools

• Elvis Lewis "Papa" Gonzales Happy Retirement to an Ole Hand

• Elvis Lewis Mile Stone for Wes and Sharon Crane

• Cy Martin The Employee's Internet

• Things You Find - - On the Internet

• Dennis Mitchell & Jack Bausley Peer Support

• "Thir - ty wheels, And a dozen roses . . . "

• Union Pacific Railroad UPRR

• Southern Pacific Railroad Historical and Technical Society

• St. Louis - Southwestern Railway The Cotton Belt Historical Society

• BN-SF Railroad Burlington Northern - Santa Fe Railroad

• Kansas City Southern Railroad KCS

• Federal Railroad Administration FRA

• Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers BLE

• U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

• General Code of Operating Rules By Dan Dawdy and Paul Veltman

Web Pages of UP Employees

• Take a Look Gary Redden's Web Page

• Interesting Resource Terryls' Web Page

• Another Resource Carman Gary Higgs Web Page

• Another Interesting Resource UTU Local 1778, British Columbia

Cy Martin's Page

To send comments or suggestions, contact the Editor, Cy Martin via E-Mail