- --- Charles_Walsh_@_berlex.com wrote: > I don't know if you can answer this, but > I'm curious how the DL&W (and later the EL) might have handled these > reservations. For example, would I have walked up to the station in > Brick Church, or Blairstown, and made the reservation? And where was the > central booking records kept in order that, for example, #3 on June 3, > 1954 wasn't overbooked? In the pre-computer days, the central booking records would have been at Hoboken. Other stations would call or wire reservation requests to Hoboken and get responses later. Passengers would be notified once space was confirmed by Hoboken. ===== Gary R. Kazin DL&W Milepost R35.7 Rockaway, New Jersey http://www.geocities.com/gkazin/index.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------
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