RailPictures.Net Photo: Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Hump Tower at Connelsville, Pennsylvania by Donald Haskel

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» Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) (more..)
» Hump Tower (more..)

» The south hump.
» Connelsville, Pennsylvania, USA (more..)
» July, 1966

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The brains for the Connellsville Hump resided in this tower. From this vantage point operators could see both ends of the terminal and had their fingers on the whole operation. In 1966 this was an advanced operation in that coal hoppers could be weighed on the fly. 600 cars a shift could be weighd and humped. That extra switched track is for weighing coal hoppers.

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