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gnichols

November 28, 2007 09:15AM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 37

Gents,
Need a quick answer to probably a dumb question. In days of old, when the DRG(w) had telegraph lines, was it possible (or routine?) for RR workers to hike a pole and communicate? If so, safe to assume two wires were needed? Or was a ground to the rails used?
Thanx, Gary

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Telegraph wires	gnichols	November 28, 2007 09:15AM
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Re: Telegraph wires	davegrandt	November 30, 2007 08:31AM
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