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RE: (erielack) Teletype - fax

Gary,

I believe these were the telautographs(sp?).  I remember seeing a bank of
them at the Penn Station (NYP) reservations desk way back when.

My father worked for the ACL up on Vanderbuilt Avenue, and downstairs in the
Passenger Traffic Dept. I believe they had them also.

I wonder if they were some sort of PRR standard/network?

<><   john   ><>

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From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org
[mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org]On Behalf Of Gary R. Kazin
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 10:37 PM
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Subject: RE: (erielack) Teletype - fax


In the 1960's, the LIRR had a machine in the Flatbush Avenue terminal that
received a signal from Jamaica (and probably other main stations) and
reproduced whatever was being hand-written on a similar machine.  I don't
remember its name...  It WAS used to transmit train order information.

Gary R. Kazin


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