N&W telegraphy

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Mike Weeks asks: "When did N&W stop using telegraphs?"

That is a good question, Mike, for which I haven't seen definitive dates.  It seems to have been around 1958 and may have varied by division.  Telegraphy was supplanted by telephone usage for train dispatching prior to that year  --again, exact dates by division are unknown.

Good evening,

Frank Scheer
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