Bob... Thanks for coloring in more of the picture. I'm willing to bet that some people have some blank EL punch cards out there, but does anyone have a working punch card reader? Okay, that's a little scary, I know... Maybe there is a point when a model railroad might get a bit too realistic, huh? - -pat - -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Robert Stafford <erielack1_@_yahoo.com> > Jim, you did a good job of telling it how it was. The other step was the inputing of the information into the computer system. The bigger stations had terminals, teletype or IBM cards. When the crew got back to the terminal and the conductor turned in his delay reprt and wheel report along with all of his switch list the cars where then inputed into the computer system as to there > actual location, what time they where spotted or pulled, etc. > > Does anyone remember what the EL computer progaram was called? > > Bob Stafford > Marysville, WA > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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