A Bit of History

Well, being at my beach house for the week really limits the amount of railfanning I can do. Luckily, there is one place where I can have salvation: the Amtrak wolverine route. I was picking up pizza yesterday when I drove by the old NYC coal tower. I grabbed my camera and took a few photos.

Sadly, I learned that Amtrak has slated this tower for demolition. Not sure when, but it is soon. I have this really cool picture of Hiawatha cars traveling under it a few years back. Lemme find it...

There it is. Here's another pic, from a different angle. I looked at the plate, and it says that it was built by a company out of Chicago. Neat.