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Re: (erielack) Conrail video reconnecting to caboose
Thanks again, Bob! Getting reliable radio operation in the Poconos back
then must have been a challenge!
Jeff
- ----- Original Message -----
From: <Dlw1el2_@_aol.com>
To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Conrail video reconnecting to caboose
> Jeff
> I can't speak first hand on where the radio did and where it didn't work
on
> the Scranton Div. All divisions I'm sure suffered from having certain
dead
> spots, but on a whole through out the life of the EL radios pretty much
came
> into there own, as more and more base stations evolved, and probable more
> powerfully ones, although I am not really qualified to state that.
>
> What I can tell you is that most all places like Tobyhanna where the
radio
> was needed, it was established early on. Also the block line boxes all
> worked. It wasn't until well into the CR era that block line boxes were
left to
> deteriorate as far as the audio was concerned. Here on the NY or Hoboken
Div
> we had several bad years under CR where the block line boxes were not
> working and were not being repaired, and engines were not equipped with
NJT
> crystals thus communications became a VERY BIG problem for both crews
and
> Dispatchers, but that's another whole story.
>
> Bob Bahrs
>
>
> In a message dated 8/25/2008 11:10:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jwmutter_@_comcast.net writes:
>
> Yes, thanks Bob!
>
> Did the train crews communicate with the Dispatcher by telephone or
radio?
> Were the radios powerful and reliable enough then to be relied upon?
>
> Jeff
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich O" <rev66_@_optonline.net>
> To: <Erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:26 PM
> Subject: (erielack) Conrail video reconnecting to caboose
>
>
> > The whole train pulled east of the automatic (Disp Conrolled)
> crossovers
> > and dwarf signal.................
> >
> > Thanks Bob!!!
> >
> > Rich Onorevole
> >
> >
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