Train Orders

The agent/operator would type up train orders. These orders needed to be given to the conductor. The agent/operator would roll the orders up, tie the orders to a post with twine. As the train was moving by the station, the conductor would reach out from the moving train and snatch the paper train orders from the post.

They used this method for decades until the arrival of computers. This photo is about 32 years old. They no longer transfer train orders by this method.