How about using old prince albert cans to amplify the
sounder. Has anyone else heard of this ?
--- Bob Weber <eng95@comcast.net> wrote:
> When I was training to be an agent/operator (1950)
> by the agent at Chapin, Il (Beardstown-St.Louis
> subdivision of the CB&Q) the only use of the
> telegraph was to send/receive Western Union
> telegrams and to request/receive freight rates from
> the tariff office. All train orders were done via
> telephone. The only exception was when the
> telephones were down (usually during winter freezing
> rain storms). Of couse, when I hired on the end of
> March 1951, my first job was at Alsey, Il and we had
> a storm that brought done the lines to Beardstown.
> The first communication lines that the signalmen
> restored was the telegraph which required me to use
> the key for train orders and clearances. The
> telegraph speed requirements at that time were 5
> words/minute which I just barely passed. It was a
> tough first week for my initiation on the Q.
>
> Bob
> From: drale99@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] New member, Old Telgrapher
>
>
> ...[snip]...
> Question: When did they stop using the telegraph
> on the railroad? I was
> always very impressed by those old telegraphers.
> They were fast. I hope we
> scare up a few more who know what telegraphy was.
> Railway telegraphy has really
> become a thing of the past. Very few people have
> any idea what it was. I have
> my dad's old bug, and a couple of keys and a
> sounder set up in my basement.
> I like to work the keys just to hear those old
> sounds. Whenever I demonstrate
> the telegraph, I find that I'm making sounds that
> people generally have never
> heard.
> Nice to reminisce. Dale
>
>
>
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>
>
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