From the past
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I love these.
Brings back memories as a little kid, in a small prairie town train station and watching the station master send out messages.
Sure does bring back memories.
Thanks for sharing Tom.
pierre
Brings back memories as a little kid, in a small prairie town train station and watching the station master send out messages.
Sure does bring back memories.
Thanks for sharing Tom.
pierre
Dec 17, 2015 13:13:46 #
Dec 17, 2015 13:27:42 #
In the lyrics of Glenn Campbell's song, 'Wichita Lineman', there is a line, I hear you singin' in the wire.
It brings back a lot of childhood memories.
How many can remember putting your ear to the pole and listening?
It brings back a lot of childhood memories.
How many can remember putting your ear to the pole and listening?
Dec 17, 2015 14:39:01 #
I'm glad that you enjoyed this old relic. It was called KOB for key on board. It has a telegraph key and a sounder. The sounder is the receiver, click clack as may be heard in old movies and TV. This could be used by itself or hooked to another KOB and the main purpose was for RR and Western Union future telegraph operators to practice American Morse code. 20 - 25 words per minute was the norm for a operator. Merry Xmas, Tom
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tomvanb wrote:
Care to guess?
tomvanb, interesting pictures of the old telegraph key. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup: Tejaswrangler :)
Dec 18, 2015 08:18:48 #
My uncle was a station manager for The Grand Trunk Western. To this day I'm amazed how he could send and receive messages.
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