[PRR-talk] Question about radio use in the 1960's

[Dave Pierson]

>After trainphones were replaced by the more conventional radios,
> would train crews be able to talk to a dispatcher?
> Did PRR install the necessary relay equipment that allowed them
> to talk to somebody distant, or were they limited to communicating
> with the nearest tower,
...?

    I'd be real surprised if PRR did not have relay (usually via land line).

    Other RRs did...

    (There might be localised dead spots, but most of the time, radio was
     available.)

     best
      dwp