Just out of curiosity, does anybody know anything about these "Rail Call" New York phones?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-York-Rail-Road-AT-amp-T-Credit-Card-only-Push-Button-Armored-Pay-Phone-MTA-/193721935023
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Were they based on regular payphone boards with a cellular back end or something?
Im thinking it was used on something like Amtrak, or something.
Quote from: Protel8000 on November 04, 2020, 01:37:18 PM
... does anybody know anything about these "Rail Call" New York phones?
As previously posted, the topic is covered in part in the October 2020
Singing Wires article "Radio Telephones in U.S. Trains." Service was started in the late 1940s and has been improved over the years.
https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/search?q=blr+train
(https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/search?q=blr+train)
Follow-on articles will appear in future issues.
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Some of the reference articles are available in the TCI Library:
https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/search?q=blr+train (https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/search?q=blr+train)
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Scott K.