Location: Oregon, OH - Ironville Tower

Ironville Tower controls the interlocked crossing of the Toledo Terminal Railroad and the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad on the east side of the City of Toledo.  It is at the west entrance to W&LE's Homestead Yard. Ironville was assigned "VI" as its telephone designation.

Photo info: Top, the interlocking tower at Ironville, Ohio on the east side of Toledo. 1997. [Charlie Whipp]. 2nd photo, Ironville with a Grand Trunk freight train proceeding north over the diamond on the Toledo Terminal Railroad. 1988 [Charlie Whipp]. 3rd photo, a 2002 photograph of the tower. [Dale Berry]  4th photo, Ironville photo in 2004 after the tower closed. The interlocking is now controlled by dispatchers. [Nathan Nietering]. 5th photo, Western Maryland provides run-through power which is passing Ironville Tower in Oregon, Ohio. 1975. [Doug Leffler]

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