Canadian Railroads > Canadian Pacific "telegram" phone in Vancouver

Dec 80
I posted this a number of years ago - a unique item for me.
Read your message to the operator and then pay for it.
Interesting in that this was in the Canadian National station in Vancouver.
Of course VIA had taken over the station and maybe they had brought this from the CP station when the Canadian was moved here.

Gary

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gcm Wrote:
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> Dec 80
> I posted this a number of years ago - a unique
> item for me.
> Read your message to the operator and then pay for
> it.
> Interesting in that this was in the Canadian
> National station in Vancouver.
> Of course VIA had taken over the station and maybe
> they had brought this from the CP station when the
> Canadian was moved here.

CN and CP merged their telegraph operations in 1967 into CNCP Telecommunications. After that point, the source of the hardware at a particular location probably wasn't relevant.

CNCP Telecommunications lasted until 1990, by which time Rogers had become the sole owner, after buying out CN two years earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNCP_Telecommunications

 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/07/22 06:48 by railsmith.

Different situation, but reminds me of Sprint's origins being with the Southern Pacific. 
I had the LD calling card in the 1990's. It was silver with re stripe, like Espee's passenger paint scheme - coincidence ? 

railsmith Wrote:


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> CN and CP merged their telegraph operations in
> 1967 into CNCP Telecommunications. ............................
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That explains it - thanks !
Gary

Would love to be able to put my hands on one for display in my collection 
Charls