muscatine-memoryhttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/muscatine-memory/Muscatine memory | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200217.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2021-01-042020-02-2046136
Culver Tower in Muscatine, Iowa, guarded the junction of Milwaukee Road and Rock Island main lines on the southwest side of town. From there trains operated on joint Milwaukee-Rock Island trackage to the Quad Cities. The tower, shown in 1950, closed in November 1977.
Robert Lawler photo