Scioto Div. station info needed- TELEGRAPH CALLS

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According to the 1905 list Portsmouth was BS, between then and 1911, 
East Portsmouth was added as KM. Those are not for the dispatcher, but 
added as information.

Ken Miller
On May 4, 2006, at 3:41 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> Abe,

>                 One question is what would the dispatcher call be for 

> Portsmouth (Scioto div.) I presume P? I know even to the last day 

> before the move to Ft. Wayne under NS they had 3 desks for the 3 

> districts which never changed over the years and was rare if any.

>  

> NYC/ CCC&STL used DI , PRR used the division operator call to relay 

> info to the DI.

>  

>  Also was train orders sent in full body word text rather than 

> abbreviated.

>  

> Thanks,

>  

> Terry Mefford