Coming up to the tower from a nearby bike path.

From a distance, we could tell the place was vacant.

The tower stands just feet from the railroad bed.

Downtown Columbus and Veteran's Memorial in the background.

This is the complex railroad intersection the tower once controlled.

From the second floor, the watchmen could see any approaching trains.

But the stairs are now gone, so we couldn't climb to the second floor.

This is the railroad intersection looking through a window on the first floor.

This old tool box outside still contained tools and spare parts.

Some kind of equipment laying next to the toolbox.

The watchmen's old stereo system lay smashed outside the tower's door.

This is the back-up battery system for the tower, not sure if it still works.

These stairs lead down to the tower's basement.

This is the view of the basement from the bottom of the stairs.

Looking into the basement from the outside window.

A long storage shelf lined the wall.

The long storage shelf continued around the corner.

This bench appeared to be a workshop for the railroad.

This cabinent housed some spare parts for the workshop.

An old rotary phone was on the wall next to the workshop bench.

The doorway leading into the tower's first floor.

An old desk sat just inside the doorway.

This trap door in the center contained old manuals, catalogs, and brochures.

Looking out the doorway onto the railroad tracks.

This may have been a switchboard of some kind, maybe for telegraphs.

Lots of cut wires on the other side of the switchboard.

This was apparently some sort of power board.

It contained some kind of electrical equipment.

This breaker box looked to be newer, being next to the old desk.

The downtown skyline looking out the east window of the first floor.