[GreenKeys] What is to become of NADCOMM?

[William J. Neill]

While the California State RR Museum at Sacto might be a reasonable
environment for the display of such equipment, I think that Chicago's Museum
of Science and Industry might be the more appropriate in terms of maintenance
of the equipment and for actual, working displays.

William J. Neill
Conroe, Texas

Gary Chatters wrote:

> >>
> >>You are moving to the midwest? Where? What will become of all the
> >>NADCOMM stuff?
> >>
> >>73 de W3NU
> >
> >Charles, et all
> >
> >McHenry County Illinois is where we are looking for property.
> >
>
> I've long had a bit of an interest in railroading.  It's got electricity
> and machinery, just like Teletypes. :-)
> On a few occasions I have visited a few of the railroad museums in the
> area and taken a ride if they actually have operating equipment.  Some
> of the railroads still have some telephone/telegraph lines running along
> the right of way.  Usually in disarray and never used.
>
> Of course, this gets me thinking about how telegraphs and Teletypes
> were used in railroading.  And for the few museums that still have
> trackage with telegraph lines, why would they not include such utilities
> for a complete display?
>
> I live in Maryland now, but lived in Michigan and Wisconsin for quite
> a few years before coming out here.  When you said McHenry county, it
> sounded familiar, so I looked it up on the map.  I-90 catches it in
> the south-west corner and I have traveled that route many times going
> from Madison to Chicago or Michigan.
>
> McHeny County is the location of the Illinois Railway Musesum,
> http://www.irm.org  "America's Largest Railway Museum".
>
> Well, it is just an idea, but if you are living out there you can
> give us a report on what they might have in their displays, or if
> it's nothing maybe you can convince them that communications are important
> to railroading.
>
> I don't recall what we'd said on this topic on Greenkeys, but I would be
> interested in hearing if anyone has seen telegraph or Teletype or
> telephone displays integrated into any working railroad museums or
> tourist railroads.
>
> 73,
> Gary
>