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Trolley dispatching by telegraph?

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Trolley dispatching by telegraph?

 #1229218  by Aa3rt
 
Is anyone aware of any trolley lines that used telegraph (Not telephone) apparatus for the dispatching of cars?

Re: Trolley dispatching by telegraph?

 #1229283  by Adirondacker
 
Aa3rt wrote:Is anyone aware of any trolley lines that used telegraph (Not telephone) apparatus for the dispatching of cars?
Probably not unless it was a horsecar line. Electric trolleys came after the telephone was invented. Stringing a telephone line isn't much more expensive than stringing a telegraph line. Telephones are not that much more expensive than telegraph equipment and don't need a lot of training to use. One big party line along the tracks would probably more than enough.
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