Remember you used a stylus, not a pencil, so the top
copy only had writing on the back but it appeared to
be on the front.
John
--- Russell Strodtz <vlbg@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> The train order pages were very thin light colored
> paper. The carbons
> were a very heavy black. The text could be read
> whether it was on the
> front or back of the page. Looked the same. The
> advantage is that each
> carbon actually produced two copies, a front and a
> back.
>
> That is why some people call them "flimsies".
>
> Russ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Gardner" <gardnermc@earthlink.net>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, 01 October, 2003 18:33
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Fw: [n_scale] Dispatcher
> Phone recordings Train orders
>
>
> > Would one of you experienced guys explain for us
> younger guys how double
> > sided carbon paper worked? It would seem that
> beginning with the second
> > page in the stack, double sided carbons would
> resuld in both sides of
> > the page having writing; one side regular and one
> reversed. If you were
> > working with flimsies, wouldn't you see the
> writing on the back when
> > looking at the front?
> >
> > I can understand placing the carbon paper in
> backwards to make the copy
> > on the back of a flimsy, but the double sided bit
> confuses me.
> >
> > Thanks for the continuing education.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mike Gardner
> >
> >
> > PSHedgpeth@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > >John I'm sure you're right about the old guys
> resisting the use of the
> > >typewriter, but I think that it took a special
> provision in the rules to allow the
> > >use of the typewriter.
> > >
> > >The old ops had a beautiful "script", but, as you
> said it was sometimes hard
> > >to read.
> > >
> > >I don't rember the carbon paper being two sided,
> but just remember seeing the
> > >operator, put it between the sheets with the ink
> side up, so it could have
> > >been two sided.
> > >
> > >For the younger guys, the idea of having the
> writing on the back was
> > >twofold..One that if ;you were reading the order
> in the rain the writing wouldn't get
> > >smeared and two the orders were written on thin
> tissue paper (that's why they
> > >were called "flimsies") and could be read holding
> them up in front of a dim
> > >cab light or by lantern light with the lantern
> held behind the paper rather than
> > >in front of it.
> > >
> > >Pete
> > >
> > >
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