On 29.01.18 20:33, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   They sounded like an older electric cash register, IIRC.   
      
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