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 beau
I have a copy of a form 19 order written February 28, 1948 by the first trick operator at Farmdale, Illinois tower--where the TP&W crossed the NKP & Pennsy lines east of Peoria. His "script" is extre
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 i
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 advan
Also, with carbon on both sides all copies were very legible. If you've every tried making 5 copies using regular single-sided carbon paper you know that the writing on the 5th copy could be very dim
It just made for clearer copies, especially after the carbon got kind of worn. Waste not, want not. Don (an old C&NW op) -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP,
Bob, Russ, What confused me was the discussion about a non inked side which doesn't smear in the rain and reading the document lighted from behind. It seems to me that with a stylus for writing your
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 21:17:54 -0700 (PDT)
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