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January 21, 2017 10:34PM avatar
You really hit on one of my hot buttons. As one who is barely old enough to have hired out back in the days of timetables and trainorders, I cringe a bit every time I see marker lamps and class lights confused, not to mention block signals and order boards. On the other hand, anyone much younger than I am had little or no reason to know anything about this ancient history. One of the challenges of historic preservation and interpretation is to keep this kind of information alive and available to those who might be interested.

JBWX



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/21/2017 10:35PM by John West.
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