Stockton Tower, End of an Era
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The Stockton Tower was one of the last remaining towers in California.
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| Producer | Machines of Iron |
|---|---|
| Run Time | 67 minutes |
| Narration | Yes |
| Shrink Wrap | Yes, Brand New |
| Technical Details | NTSC, Region Free, View Worldwide on Computer |
The Stockton Tower was one of the last remaining towers in California. Built in 1943 this interlocking tower guided trains through the busy Stockton area for over five decades. The tower operator provides a guided tour of how the interlocking functioned. A BNSF engineer working on the changeover takes us on a tour of the “tin house” that replaced the tower. On May 27, 1999, the 56 year old tower was demolished thus ending an era. Our photographers were there for several weeks to watch all the action for the changeover.
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Circus and the Railroads
rickyfreni –
There are a variety of road names filled with great diesel action with scenes before the tower was demolished in the Greater Sacramento area on May 27th 1999, about less than a month before the California State Railroad Museum hosted Railfair in June, including BNSF, Union Pacific, Electro-motive division demonstration units, Amtrak’s Capital Corridor & San Joaquin passenger trains, LMX, LRCX, Canadian National, & fallen flags like Santa Fe (one unit is referred to a NKP Berkshire on display at Sugar Creek Ohio), Southern Pacific, Rio Grande, Chicago & Northwestern, & Burlington Northern, which also includes historic still images of the tower itself both inside & out, as well as an interview with operator Richard Baker, & worker Emmett Webster.
There is also 1 day in January of 1999 when the area was covered in fog as workers switch off the old signal lights, & turn on the new ones.
All in all, NKP 765 engineer Rich Melvin did a marvelous job narrating this program.
Curtis Watson –
I’m not sure how to quantify what I was expecting, but this video seemed to drag on and there wasn’t an extreme amount of railroad “action.” Basically, the first twenty and last five minutes were the best for me. But don’t think it isn’t a good program just from what I said. It does capture the last few days of what was an important and interesting piece of railroad infrastructure, and I’m immensely glad it was saved on film.