One more set of questions: Logistically, how would the station agent
notify a customer of his/her confirmed booking? Could that be done while
the customer waited or did he or she need to check back at a later
time/date? What happened if someone showed up a half-hour or less before
the train was to arrive? Assuming there were seats available, was that
sufficient time to set up a booking?
Chuck
"Gary R. Kazin"
<gkazin_@_yahoo.com>
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Re: (erielack) No.21
09/03/2004 07:41 AM
Please respond to
"Gary R. Kazin"
- --- 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.
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Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey
http://www.geocities.com/gkazin/index.html
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