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  • Along the Line
    • -- Allouez
    • +- Pulp Siding
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    • -- Tac Jct - Valley
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      • -- Duluth Mineral & Energy Terminal (DMET) >
        • -- Car Mover - Unloader
    • -- Virginia
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    • TRR Gazette 15
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    • TRR Gazette 8b
    • TRR Gazette 8c
TRR Communications

In September, 2015, I replaced the 30 year old block phone system with a new system, including an 8 line PBX (private branch exchange) , a speaker phone for the dispatcher and 7 additional Trimline type phones.


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New speaker phone replaces the old handset and a 5 channel radio base station. See the picture above for the old systems.
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Red Trimline phones are used for the Yardmasters and Tower Operator. This is the Virginia Yardmasters phone.
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Black Trimline phones are used as block phone, for crews to call the Dispatcher or Yardmasters.The Dispatcher can also reach train crews , if needed. This phone is near Ore Junction and Iron River.
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This new black block phone (number 606) is near Pulp Siding. The old tan block phone has not been removed yet, to give a comparison to the old block phone party line system.
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