[GreenKeys] What is to become of NADCOMM?

[Don Robert House]

>Yes Gary,  I am familiar with the IRM.  I am interested in 
>railroading as well.  You may have an idea there but for the most 
>part they pour over trains like they were love objects.  I will have 
>to see if there is any communications interest.


Don




>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
>
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Don Robert House, N.S.E.
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