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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 RWY XRDS - Online Magazine, published monthly by railroad folks in Fort Worth, Texas. For suggestion or comments contact the Editor, Cy Martin via E-Mail

• From the Collection of O.R. Watson
  Railroad Memories West of Fort Worth

• Marcel Derrick Air Brake & Train Handling

• Texas State Railroad
  Plan Fall Excursions

• Mickey Cowling Know your Rules

• Mickey Cowling Answers to Know your Rules

• Charles Neyman's 10 Top Reasons
  for Locomotive Air Conditioning

• Recognition Hotline
  September 1996

• Cy Martin Try This on for Cy's

• Cy Martin Railroad Family Trees

• Mineola's T&P Railroad Museum

• Danny Sisson The Texas Eagle

• Steve Robinson PC Questions and Answers

• In Memoriam

• Eddie Exum Rules of the Way

• A Letter To the Editor

• A Short Noter To the Editor

• Duce Monkey Tails

• Gloria Sample The Things Kids Say

• Robert Sample Sample This

• Highways or Dieways Filmed in Fort Worth

• Gavin Hamilton's Footplate Coffee Recipe

• Cy Martin The Employee's Internet

• Things You Find - - On the Internet

• Dennis Mitchell & Jack Bausley Peer Support

• Your Story Could be in this Space

• Union Pacific Railroad UPRR

• Southern Pacific Railroad Historical and Technical Society

• Southern Pacific Lines Operations Training Center Home Page

• 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

• The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
  Texas Legislative Board Webpage

• U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

• Webpage of theDemocratic Party

• Early Voting Placesin Tarrant County

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

Web Pages of UP Employees

• SP Folks At Mt. Shasta Mike & Sheila Rogers HomePage

• 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

Fort Worth - Dallas Rail Scene

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