RR Elevated Office Overlooking Parking Lot

claviger

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Mar 1, 2016, 10:50:22 AM3/1/16

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Lee Bowers Office Window

http://jfkennedy1963.com/2014/01/18/oswald-seen-at-rifle-range-by-many-witnesses/#jp-carousel-378

https://jfk1963.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/dallas-2013-065.jpg?w=1000&h=&crop=1

bigdog

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Mar 2, 2016, 12:27:44 PM3/2/16

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I clicked on the links and the websites were unavailable so maybe it would
have answered my question if the links had worked. Has anyone take a
picture of the picket fence area FROM the railroad tower? It would give a
us a good idea of just what Lee Bowers would have been able to see. I know
the tower is still there (at least it was when I visited in 2008).

A bit of useless information from yours truly who is also a railroad buff
in addition to being a JFK junkie. Bowers was working for the Union
Terminal Company in an interlocking tower. The Union Terminal Company was
technically a railroad although its only tracks were those leading to and
from Dallas's Union Station a few blocks from Dealey Plaza. It connected
to the eight railroads that used Union Station and was jointly owned by
them. Interlocking towers controlled the signals and the turnouts(what
most people call switches) from a central tower. The turnouts were set
from the interlocking tower by pulling levers connected to steel cables
that would run to the turnout. It took a strong man to pull those levers
because in some cases the cable would run hundreds of feet. Eventually the
mechanical levers were replaced with electrical switches which allowed
turnouts to be controlled from miles away as opposed to hundreds of feet.
Most of the towers have also been rendered obsolete although some are
still operational.

The Union Terminal Company ceased operations in 1974 after Amtrak had
taken over most intercity passenger traffic and the station is now used by
Amtrak and a light rail company.

claviger

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Mar 2, 2016, 11:08:56 PM3/2/16

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Very interesting. There was something charming about RR travel in the
good old days. As in "North By Northwest" with Cary Grant and Eva Marie
Saint in Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece. What an incredibly seductive
woman she played and Cary Grant was absolutely perfect in his role. The
movie was flawless in both casting and performance. Did you know she had
even more seductive dialogue that was considered too risqué so they had
to go back and dub over that line in the famous scene where she was having
lunch with Cary Grant. I never get tired of watching that classic movie.

Anthony Marsh

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Mar 3, 2016, 10:12:11 AM3/3/16

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On 3/2/2016 12:27 PM, bigdog wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 10:50:22 AM UTC-5, claviger wrote:
>> Lee Bowers Office Window
>>
>> http://jfkennedy1963.com/2014/01/18/oswald-seen-at-rifle-range-by-many-witnesses/#jp-carousel-378
>>
>> https://jfk1963.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/dallas-2013-065.jpg?w=1000&h=&crop=1
>
> I clicked on the links and the websites were unavailable so maybe it would
> have answered my question if the links had worked. Has anyone take a

They worked ok for me today. Might be a Javascript error.

> picture of the picket fence area FROM the railroad tower? It would give a

Yes, I think someone did.
Google view Bowers tower jfk

http://www.kenrahn.com/Marsh/Newsgroups/Bowers.jpg

Jonny Mayer

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Mar 3, 2016, 8:12:13 PM3/3/16

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Would have been better with Jimmy Stewart in the lead role.

Anthony Marsh

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Mar 3, 2016, 11:00:39 PM3/3/16

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So why can't we now see the original with the original dialogue?

claviger

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Mar 4, 2016, 11:15:40 PM3/4/16

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Good question.

________________________________________________________________________

North by Northwest
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Editing and post-production:

In François Truffaut's book-length interview, Hitchcock/Truffaut (1967), Hitchcock said that MGM wanted North by Northwest cut by 15 minutes so the film's length would run under two hours. Hitchcock had his agent check his contract, learned that he had absolute control over the final cut, and refused.

One of Eva Marie Saint's lines in the dining-car seduction scene was redubbed. She originally said "I never make love on an empty stomach", but it was changed in post-production to "I never discuss love on an empty stomach", as the censors considered the original version too risqué.
________________________________________________________________________

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_by_Northwest

Ace Kefford

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Mar 8, 2016, 2:29:11 PM3/8/16

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