(erielack) FW: Train Orders - Upper Case

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

Interesting tidbit from Bill Sheppard...
 
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Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 8:36 AM
Subject: Train Orders - Upper Case




   One reason that train orders were typed in upper case letters is because the more concentrated force of smaller, lower case characters could tear into the flimsy paper used for train orders, especially when manifold copies were made with carbon paper. When making many copies at once,
the typewriter functioned more like a pile driver, I recall. 


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