I recently read an article that talked about how railroads would use telegraph to communicate until the 1960s. I’m wondering if anyone uses that method of communication during an operating session? I know most dont know more code. But there is some cool software out there that enables you to not only send it via keyboard, but listen to it. Granted, its not real, but the sound of morse code might be a cool thing to add to a session. Anyone doing such a thing?
If you are going to copy it, make sure you use ‘Railway Morse’, not ‘International Morse’ code - There is a difference.
Jim
why am I not surprised you know that?
[:-^]
OK, now I’m curious. How different were Railway Morse and International Morse?
Someone who keeps their MR mags better organized than I do can probably find this, but not too long ago someone who was modelling c.1900 or so showed how he used a simplified morse code for communication between operators during sessions.
International and American Morse have are pretty different. Apparently it has something to do with International being designed to be sent over radio, rather than by key.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Morsecod.html
FWIW my Dad went to vocational school after high school to learn to be a telegrapher. A neighbor was a bigshot in the Soo Line HQ in Minneapolis and used to let my Dad tag along to work with him so he could listen to the Morse code and practice translating it. My Dad got very good at it but unfortunately this was during the Depression and the Soo Line neighbor couldn’t get my Dad a job on the railroad, so he ended up working for Postal Telegraph in Galesburg IL.