Highland|(ND)|HI Junction Tower: NS/NYC/Kankakee Belt vs. Aban/Erie+C&O

(no CRJ; see below for Satellite)
NorthAmericanInterlockings:    Olson     Garon
no Chicago and Northern Indiana Railroad Interlocking Towers

Pete Fileca posted
Mike Breski CNW lost? LOL Never knew of them in this area, south west and north yes, or borrowed power?Pete Fileca Good question. It’s from 1994

Satellite
Yellow is the abandoned route used by Erie Lackawanna and C&O and Blue is the existing Norfolk Southern route.

INDIANA'S INTERLOCKINGS
NEW YORK CENTRAL
Danville Branch  Segments now owned by NS and various short line operators, some segments abandoned.

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ND/HIGHLAND Mechanical interlocking installed 1906  Closed 1982 Former crossing with Erie Railroad, abandoned 1980.
[ChicagoRailfan]

USGS, Highland, 1953, 1:24,000
According to a shadow in a 1951 historic aerial, the black rectangle in the northwest quadrant was the tower's location. So the train is southbound.
The map agrees with the aerial photo concerning the connection in the northeast quadrant.

In addition to the Highland name on the sign in the photo, this tower was also known by the telegraph codes HI and ND. NYC used ND so I assume HI was Erie's code.

Charles Geletzke Jr. posted
MILW 3 & ____ at Highland, Indiana on February 23, 1981. (Jack G. Tyson photos)
[Note the operator is hooping up train orders.]
Ian M Contreras: Used to be the NYC Egyptian line crossing the Erie mainline. There Erie would have been all ripped up by this time. Looks like the tower is boarded up as well. Nowadays this is the end of double track on the NS.

Eugene Powell posted
Flashback Friday # ( EL in Indiana ,Winter scene) Description: A Westbound El train clears the Penn Central diamond at PC " ND" Tower Location: Highland, Indiana Photo Taken: January of 1976 Photo: Don Ellison. According to the description, its looks like a Solid TOFC train and it's seen crossing the PC's Danville Line. This view is looking N/W next to the Penn Central tracks. The Bridge in the distance is US 41 ( Indianapolis Blvd) Note: Photographer Don Ellison took the going away view. Tower's radio antenna attached to the adjacent pole ( A Trip down memory lane)