Russ,"the handthrows" is how the switches from the Aurora lead to the track
behind the W Eola tower and then from that trk to the West yd were referred
to during the time I worked and from my earliest memory.These were MANUAL
switches as far back as I can remember. Are you saying that when the tower
was operational there were "power" switches controlled by the operator
w/signals? If so that would sure explain why almost everything during that
time used the trk behind the tower and when I worked nothing did as who
wanted to throw those switches if the Ds would let the CTC machine do it. Leo
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