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Re: [BRHSlist] Fw: [n_scale] Dispatcher Phone recordings Train orders

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Fw: [n_scale] Dispatcher Phone recordings Train orders
From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 21:17:54 -0700 (PDT)
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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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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 
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