tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579330861580053658.post572886088542087160..comments2024-03-16T00:31:43.492-07:00Comments on The Position Light: Caught on Camera - Episode 1Jersey Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10170958563337725933noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579330861580053658.post-44440803450116291252014-03-09T22:29:14.858-07:002014-03-09T22:29:14.858-07:00Birmingham is controlled by the KN Dispatcher at &...Birmingham is controlled by the KN Dispatcher at "Ustick" tower, which is a carryover from the BN days. While the tower still stands just east of the Downtown Airport on the North Side of the Missouri River, All 3 dispatchers that used to be based at Ustick (with the exception of possibly the ASB and Hannibal bridge Tenders) now work from the Kansas City Terminal's "Joint Dispatch Center" near BNSF's Argentine Yard (but to avoid confusion answer the radio as "Ustick tower"). The NS dispatcher (who dispatches 29 miles of joint line East of Birmingham), sits in the Joint Dispatch Center as well, making communication between the two easy.<br /><br />IC&E has their own dispatcher (which I do not believe works from the Joint Dispatch Center) but as the lesser railroad, yields the authority of the Diamonds to BNSF. Michael W. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04055405953986789569noreply@blogger.com