On Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 11:53:59 AM UTC-5, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
      
   > Are there any films that show the Putnam Line when it was still   
   > operating?   
      
   Search YouTube.   
      
   > > . The ticket office was getting used to the new Burroughs Ticketeer   
   > > machines, which printed tickets automatically from a matrix strip.   
   > > (That system would continue into the Penn Central and even   
   > > Conrail.)   
   >   
   > I think that I saw those once. They were metal strips that the agent   
   > would insert into the ticketing machines, for the desired destinations,   
   > right?   
      
   Yes.  The strip was like an Addressograph, and would stamp out   
   the ticket.  I presume it kept various running totals, or at   
   least a journal tape of tickets sold.  They were very popular   
   among railroads, airlines, and bus companies.   
      
   http://d3vui3t7cisnc8.cloudfront.net/img/full/2010120504CFBC9C8B6AB7_0001.jpg   
      
   http://digital.shsmo.org/cdm/ref/collection/twa/id/7448#img_view_container   
      
      
      
      
      
   >   
   > > . In February 1958, transcontinental service was terminated.  It had   
   > > been championed by Robert Young, but was expensive and not   
   > > successful.   
   >   
   > A one-seat ride from GCT to Los Angeles or San Francisco?   
      
   Yes.  One seat rides from the east to the west were promoted   
   after the war.  The New York Central and Pennsylvania made   
   arrangements with western railroads to transfer cars at   
   Chicago to a western train to San Francisco and Los Angeles   
   (and maybe the Pacific Northwest, too.)   
      
   It was very expensive and slow to shift cars around.  Many   
   passengers did not stay aboard, but went out to kill time   
   in Chicago, which they would have to do anyway even if not   
   on a through car.   
      
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