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August 15, 2007 11:40AM

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I was dispatching trains on that line back in '79 out of the division offices in Glendive, MT. There was still telegraph in operation, and I heard that it was still in service up until about 1983 (after I left.)

Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
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Re: A real telegrapher at work	Skip	August 15, 2007 11:40AM
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