Re: (erielack) Teletype for train orders

[Steven Kay <s.kay4_@_verizon.net>]

Mike and list,

Facsimile Machines were for many years and are in place in Suffern, Spring
Valley, and Port Jervis for the receipt of Form Ds. The Conductor was
required to contact the Operator at DB (before it closed) to verify the
number and date of each Form D.

Was this a requirement during the Conrail and earlier EL times?

Steve
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On 8/21/05 11:56 AM, "Michael Connor" <mjconnor_rr_@_hotmail.com> wrote:

> Ken and list
> I never saw or heard of teletype machines being used to transmit Train
> Orders.  The very nature of the process which required the DS to dictate the
> TO and then receive a read back from the Optr argued against a TT machine.
> For that matter I don't recall seeing a TT machine near any DS desk at
> Hornell (though there was one in the bldg, downstairs IIRC).  At QD
> Binghamton, which was a TO office but not an Interlocking, there were TT
> machines but they were used strictly for car movement and miscellaneous
> communication.  TO were handled via a separate DS phone line and copied by
> hand.
> 
> M J Connor
> 
> 
>> From: Philip Albano <palbano_@_earthlink.net>
>> Reply-To: Philip Albano <palbano_@_earthlink.net>
>> To: erie910 <erie910_@_fastmail.fm>
>> CC: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org
>> Subject: (erielack) Teletype for train orders
>> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:51:50 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
>> 
>> 
>> Ken and list:
>> 
>> Ken wrote:
>>> Did the Erie, E-L, or Lackawanna ever use Teletype machines for
>>> transmitting train orders?
>> 
>> Not that I'm know of. Just a few towers on the West End even had them and
>> they were mainly used for train consists. They were cantankerous machines
>> that were not missed when the EL switched to the IBM card system.
>> 
>> Philip Albano
>> 
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