
“Cola Tower”
The Cola tower was built in 1938 during the electrification to centralize traffic
control on this freight network. Cola tower in Columbia controlled all
trains on the Columbia Branch to Lancaster, roughly forty miles of the Columbia
& Port Deposit Branch including the junction with the A&S Branch at Port and the
York Haven Line west to Shocks Mill. Cola’s jurisdiction over the C&PD
was unique in that most of the line was actually under control of the
Baltimore Dispatcher and was considered part of the Chesapeake Division,
while Cola was part of the Philadelphia Division.
Medium: Pen&Ink
Size: 8x10 Framed to 11x14