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   hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com to houn...@yahoo.co.uk   
   Re: Old New Haven Washboards   
   24 May 19 13:37:08   
   
   On Friday, May 24, 2019 at 6:41:09 AM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
      
   > How did Command Center raise a train in other areas before radios'   
   > introduction, actually? I heard that in some cases the token booth   
   > attendant would flag a train and relay orders. Is that true?   
      
   Yes.  There were more towermen in the old days, who would   
   do that, too.   
      
   The Pelham 123 book describes that.   
      
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