[GreenKeys] Here's an odd device - Teletype and Morse?

[Duncan Brown]

Looking at the picture  more closely:

What is the light bulb for ? Character counter to know when to send CR LF?

The handle in front makes it portable?

What powers the keyboard shaft? Case looks too small for a motor.

Was it made from a M14 chassis & cover?

????

On 12/16/2018 12:31, Duncan Brown wrote:
> Morse telegraph operators normally typed out incoming messages on a 
> typewriter as they were received.
>
> This looks like a manual "Morse-to-Baudot" converter! The telegraph 
> operator types the message he is hearing directly onto the 5-bit 
> keyboard.  The telegraph key is so he can talk back on the telegraph 
> line.
>
> I wonder if it was home-made or a real commercial product?
>
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
>
>
> On 12/16/2018 12:21, Paul Wills wrote:
>> I don't own it.  It's a photo my son found on the O gauge railroading 
>> forum.  I figured this would be the best place to find someone who 
>> might recognize it. Notice the key on the left side.
>>
>> PDW
>>
>> On 12/16/2018 12:00 PM, Jeffrey Angus wrote:
>>> On 12/16/18 10:58 AM, Paul Wills wrote:
>>>> Does anyone recognize this strange device? 
>>> That's certainly different.
>>> Where'd ya find that?
>>>
>>>
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