This advertisement is from 1937. The text of the ad is reprinted below:
Speed-up your switch lists with "Teletype"Markham Classification Yard of the Illinois Central — "Teletype" equipped for eleven years — and a typical switch list transmitted by "Teletype" With leading railroads all over the country, "Teletype" has proved the fastest, most accurate and economical means of delivering switch lists. "Teletype" sending sets in yard offices are connected by wire with receiving sets in switch towers. As fast as waybills of incoming trains are checked, car numbers, load information and routing are typed on a sending machine. Typewritten switch lists appear simultaneously in all towers concerned. If you operate a classification yard, you need "Teletype"—it eliminates hazards to messengers and speeds up movement of cars. It handles many other communication services efficiently, too. Our engineers will gladly study your needs and supply free estimates. Write to Teletype Corporation, 1400 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago Illinois. This type of equipment is made for the Bell System and others who require dependable communications at the lowest possible cost. TELETYPE |
Here are 16 roads that do: Big Four Boston & Maine Central Railroad of New Jersey Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Cincinnati, New Orleans, Texas & Pacific Erie Illinois Central Indiana Harbor Belt Lehigh Valley Michigan Central New York Central New York, New Haven & Hartford Norfolk & Western Pennsylvania Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac |