Charlottesville C&O station

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C. Chamberlayne asked: "What was the station name for the downtown C & O station in Charlottesville?"  It was named the Main Steet Station.  It's telegraph call was MO.  When scanner radios were a novelty in the 1970s, the yard personnel called the yardmaster "Mm-Oh."

Abram commented that with telegraphy, station names and numbers weren't spelled out when copying and repeating train orders.  His posting was very informative for this green operator.

Good morning,

Frank Scheer
f_scheer at yahoo.com