Tower B-12 Museum (Franklin Park, Illinois)
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tower, interlocking
Former Milwaukee Road interlocking Tower B-12 has been preserved as a museum in a railroad park near the Franklin Park railroad station. The tower was located about 1/2 mile to the east at a busy railroad junction. The tower includes its original mechanical lever frame currently under restoration.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°56'13"N 87°52'7"W
- Pacific Junction (Tower A-5) 12 km
- Gresham Junction 29 km
- HICK Drawbridge and Tower 46 km
- CN GRIFFITH Interlocking 58 km
- B&O DESHLER Interlocking 340 km
- STANLEY (SA) Interlocking and Tower (closed) 362 km
- CP-286 (Chicago Line) 362 km
- F Tower, Three-way rail intersection 381 km
- DB Lift Bridge and Interlocking 513 km
- QUAKER (QD) Interlocking and tower (closed) 523 km
- Leyden Township 1.7 km
- Franklin Avenue, 10601 1.9 km
- Eden Memorial Park Cemetery 1.9 km
- Indian Boundary Golf Course 2.1 km
- St. Joseph's Cemetery 2.2 km
- CN Schiller Park Intermodal Yard 2.8 km
- Runway 4R-22L 3.2 km
- Bensenville Railroad Yard 3.6 km
- Runway 10C-28C 4.8 km
- O'Hare International Airport (ORD/KORD) 5.8 km