September 12, 2017
Group - Can anyone identify the dispatcher or operator in the
inserted/attached image as well as the location:
We can date this image to 1964 from the Burlington Route calendar hanging
in the background. Otherwise, the rest of the background is too out-of-focus to
read.
Note the Red Velvet Tobacco can placed over the telegraph sounder to
amplify the sound, rule books on the shelves, the "push button" radio, plus
the manual type writer for issuing train orders. The machine at
far right looks like a teletype with its roll of paper on top.
I also think the person is wearing an early model of an approved railroad
wrist watch. Comments, anyone? Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
