Re: Railroad phone patch board
Those are all great memories, Paul D, and I can identify totally. Yes, at one time there were two shifts at both Greenville and Edmore. By the time I started dispatching that line in 1976, there was just the day shift remaining at each. In the mid-60's before I ever knew I would work for C&O, I used to hang out with the agents at St Louis and Breckenridge and I could listen in. I remember the first time I visited Breckenridge, the agent was understanding, but said the RR frowned on visitors. Undeterred, on my second attempt, I exhibited a little knowledge and asked if he knew where trains 58 and 23 were. I was then invited in and made many more visits there! Of course later on I became a fellow employee and we had a very friendly working relationship.
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