Reproduction of a pen and ink drawing by UP Conductor - Artist Mike "Bigfoot" Fullington

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 built about 1938 and 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

• Fort Worth to Celebrate Railroad Day

• History of Fort Worth's Railroad Day

* THE HARSH WORLD OF THE RAILROAD *

Summer heat can be fatal! Stay cool, man ....

Warning! RULES ALERT! Warning!

The FRA has severely critized UP for Radio Rules violations. "Coming to your neighborhood soon..."

RULE FOR THE DAY

Know the Rule for the Day How to Finding It

* RULES * SAFETY * OUR JOB

The FWSU is #1 in Safety on the UP for the 1st Half of 1998

• Recognition Hotline

• Marcel Derrick Air Brake & Train Handling

• Marcel Derrick Answers to Air Brake Questions

• Mickey Cowling Know your Rules

• Dan Reed - Miller Yd, Broadway & Ennis The Miller Connection

• Gene Garrett A Word About Safety

• Eddie Exum Rules of the Way

• Cy Martin Try this on for Cy's

EDITORIALS and OPINIONS

Is CMS - an Evil Monster? UP's Biggest Problem?

We Need TCS on our Home Computers! By Cy Martin

The Evil-ution of our Book of Rules. I ... By Dan Reed
The Evil-ution of our Book of Rules, II ... By Dan Reed
A Little BS can Save your Life... By Dan Reed
Stress Relief with Style ... By Cy Martin
What Safety is all About ... By Dan Reed
We became World Class, then ... By Cy Martin

* HOBBIES*

• Steve Robinson PC Questions and Answers

• Larry Breeden Breaks Lift Records

* HUMAN INTEREST and SHORT STORIES *

• Safety Awareness Day Barbeque at Hearne

• Duce Monkey Tails

• Robert Sample Sample This

* PERSONNEL CHANGES *

Miller Yard Carman Bob Fudge Retires

Fort Worth Joe Whalen says "Goodbye"

Fort Worth A word of Introduction from Dan Shudak

COMPANY INFORMATION

• Union Pacific Railroad Employee Website

• U P Employees Given Stock Option

HOTLINES HELP YOU

The Hotline Works. Locomotive Hotline

Jerry Davis' Safety Concerns Hot Line: 1-888-860-5511
E-Mail at jrdavis@notes.up.com

Jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator, FRA,
400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, D.C., 20590.
Phone: 202-632-3114, Fax: 202-632-370
E-Mail at Jolene.Molitoris@FRA.DOT.GOV

* OBITUARY *

• Retired Locomotive Engineer J.R. "Joe" Bright, 78

• Retired Union Terminal Employee Ray Holland, 70

• In Memoriam

* ACTIVITIES *

• Mineola Old-timers' Re-union Held Saturday, June 13

• Retired Employees' Breakfast Every Month

• Mineola's T&P Railroad Museum

• Trolleymeisters Continue restoration of Fort Worth Streetcars and Interurbans

• Trinity Valley Railroad Club

• Age of Steam Museum SW Railroad Historical Society

* COMPUTER SITES *

You can look up reporting marks on your computer at:

• http://www.bluemoon.net/railpix/text/repmks.txt

• E-Mail Your Congressmen and Senator

• Your Story Could be in this Space

Web Pages of Railroads in the Fort Worth/Dallas Area

Pages of Interest to Railroad Labor

Railroad Pages Of Other Employees

BLE Division 944 Home Page

Fort Worth - Dallas Rail Scene

• Webpage of Executive Pay Pay Watch

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