by,then when the train came he would hold it up and the engineer, the brakemen, or the firemen would scoop this up. ctc: this is called a machine, made by union break and signal in the 1950's. used by thee dispatchers in southern california and it would control fresno on dissent and stockton on that end. is you can sees that there is a mainline here all the way through it and it keeps track of where the trains are and it allows the train withtcher to make meets other trains going in the opposite direction or to talk slowerher trains going and it is controlled with these levers, these upper and lower, these switches control each end. and the next row are the signals that would work each end, and there are signals on each end. they don't control. they line up in accordance with what these control signals are doing and it is a more efficient way to meet fast trains before they used the telegraph office where there used to be in office like that in each one of these towns along the way. and they would get train orders, a written train order, to tell them where to meet or to pass and give

and then when the train came by, he would hold it up, and the engineer, the brakemen, or the firemanld scoop this up. with his hand through this hoop. glen icanberry: this is called a ctc machine, made by union break and signal in the 1950's. it was installed at the dispatcher's office in fresno, california, and it controlled from resmed on this end through stockton -- it controlled from fresno on this end through stockton on that end. and what it does is you can see that there is a main line here all the way through it, and it keeps track of where the trains are, and it allows the train dispatcher to make meets with other trains going in the opposite direction or to talk with other trains going slower , and it put the inferior train on the siding. it is controlled with these levers, these upper and lower, at each end of the siding. each row of signals, there is signals in between, call intermediate that they do not control. they light up according to what these control signals are doing. it is a more efficient way to meet fast trains before they used the telegraph office where there

and then when the train came by in thed hold it up engineer, brakemen, or firemen would scoop it up with his hand through the hoop. >> this is called the ctc machine. it's made by union switch and signal, a company from the 50's. it was installed in the dispatcher's office in fresno, california. it controlled from fresno on this end clear up to stockton on that end. what it does is you can see that there is a mainline here all the way through it keeps track of where the trains are. to makes the dispatcher meetings with other trains going the opposite direction or taking a slower train by putting the inferior train on the side. that's control with these levers. the upper and lower end of the switches, the next row are the signals and then they are some in between that lineup according to these controlled signals. it's a more efficient way to theyand pass trains before used the telegraph office, where there used to be an office like that in almost every one of these towns along the way. they would get a written train order that told them where to meet or pass and gave them and in case you