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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:8/13/2023 - 8/13/2023
Album Info:Haley Tower is a great piece of railroading history that has been preserved at the Wabash Valley RR Museum. These are some photos taken when we visited there. The album was re-posted after the RRPA crash.
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Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Title:  Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Description:  Haley Tower guarded the crossing of the north-south C&EI and the east-west New York Central mainlines a mere 50 feet from its present location. In service continuously for nearly 100 years, Haley was saved from destruction in October of 1999 and preserved fully intact.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:33:52 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Signal
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Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Title:  Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Description:  Here's another view of the CEI/NYC Haley Tower which has been moved approximately 50 feet over to the Wabash Valley RR Museum property.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:33:54 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Signal
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Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Title:  Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Description:  An array of lever action to set the switches from Haley Tower for the CEI & NYC trains.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:33:57 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Signal
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Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Title:  Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Description:  Track schematic at the top of the control board indicates the movement of trains through the crossing for the operator to view.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:33:58 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Signal
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Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Title:  Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Description:  Clsoeup of the track signal board.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:34:00 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Signal
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Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Title:  Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Description:  Close up of the switch levers that set the direction for trains at the crossing.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:34:01 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Signal
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Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Title:  Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Description:  Some of the power monitors and alarms in the tower.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:34:02 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Signal
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Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Title:  Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Description:  The wiring of all the switch connectons had to be a nightmare to troubleshoot!
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:34:04 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Signal
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Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Title:  Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Description:  The tower operator's desk as it would have appeared near the last days of operation in 1986.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:34:05 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Signal
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Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Title:  Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Description:  The tower operator's telephone shows its age but was once a vital piece of equipment.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:34:06 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Signal
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Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Title:  Haley Tower - Wabash Valley RR Museum
Description:  Haley Tower info sheet.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:34:08 AM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Signal
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