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Re: trackside phones
Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 09-15-2010 - 14:30

ff Wrote: While on the frontend nothbound SN No.
> 2 during a winter rainstorm.. likely about 1940
> I was surprised when we stopped on the mainline
> and the motorman took a phone off wall (which I'd
> never noticed before.. or after) he..got down and
> plugged into a receptacle on a pole to talk with
> dispatch. I think we were north of Live Oak.
> Back then, didnt think to inquire how many cars
> carried phones and if they were only used on
> the northend. Tnk for reply.. Don't think I
> was seeing things...

I have a slide taken by the late John Hungerford showing Magma Arizona 2-8-2 7 stopped
and one of the crew using a telephone mounted to a pole right next to the track. A
surprise to me.

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  One more question for WRM... please... ff 09-14-2010 - 09:43
  Re: One more question for WRM... please... Henry Miller 09-14-2010 - 20:29
  Re: One more question for WRM... please... Mahatma Kane Jeeves 09-15-2010 - 10:21
  Re: One more question for WRM... please... Henry Miller 09-15-2010 - 11:12
  Re: One more question for WRM... please... ff 09-15-2010 - 12:16
  Re: trackside phones Tom Moungovan 09-15-2010 - 14:30
  Re: trackside phones Tom Farence 09-16-2010 - 12:37
  Re: One more question for WRM... please... Mahatma Kane Jeeves 09-15-2010 - 17:31
  Re: One more question for WRM... please... OldPoleBurner 09-18-2010 - 12:15
  Re: One more question for WRM... please... Mahatma Kane Jeeves 09-18-2010 - 16:39


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