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Re: FW: (erielack) Tower designations?

  The tower call letters come from the telegraph days when each
  tower had their own call letters.  There may not have been any
 rhyme or reason to it, probably the easiest letters to hit on the telegraph
 Henry Fric


Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) wrote:

> > I remember the Great Notch maintainers would always
> > begin a conversation with the dispatcher by calling
> > him with a:
> > "JY" (dispatcher) - "GA" (Great Notch)
> >
> > "GA" is easy to figure out, but "JY"??  Someone's
> > initials maybe?
>
> For that matter, what is "SY"? This was the call sign for the former DL&W
> "Upper Hack" draw (which became part of the EL "Main Line") - could that be
> a take on "Secaucus?"
>
>         - Paul
>
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