Wow, talk about nostalgia! The fountain pen ink I remember using most was
Sheaffer's "Scrip." It had the little pocket inside near the top which
held just about the right amount of ink to fill a pen.
For railroad content, as a senior in high school (Peoria High) I had a part
time co-op job at the large manufacturing company in E. Peoria. (I won't
name the company, but their products were painted yellow.) It consisted
of posting to a ledger and vouchering for payment both car load (rail) and
LCL (truck) freight bills. All the work had to be done in black ink with a
fountain pen. They supplied the ink, but I had to use my own pen.
I believe the Quiz Kid you are referring to was Joel Kupperman. Vanessa
Brown was a young girl who also was popular on the show, who later became a
movie actress.
I never worked for a railroad, but had a good friend who did. The train
orders were form 19 and 31, but I don't remember what the difference was.
Carbon paper was placed carbon side up under the thin paper orders, and a
stylus was used to write the order information. The words were then actually
on the underside of the "flimsies." I also remember watching Monty Powell
type orders when he worked at Walnut Tower in Peoria. Somewhere in my
files I have a copy of an order written by John LeMaster, the first trick
operator at Farmdale Tower, east of East Peoria. The paper was originally
green but has faded over the years. I think Farmdale Tower closed in 1950.
I really am that old.
Ray Cottingham
Troy, IL
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