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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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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