Re: SVRy siding

J.B.Bane Wrote:
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> This brings
> us back to the nagging question as to whether the
> SVRy was using telephones (takes two wires) or
> telegraphones (one wire). SVRR has a portable
> phone on lone to the Baker Heritage Museum shown
> in the attached photo. We know that portable
> phones were carried on the trains from extant
> records. Which type they were is still a
> question.

That is an interesting old device! Is this in the museum in Baker by the park? We walked through briefly once many years ago but it seems like each recent visit has been stymied by an event that delays our arrival or departure to the point that I only have time to work on the train and not do any sight seeing!

Russell Courtenay
Idaho, USA