Dispatcher Lee Webster at the C.T.C. panel, Fresno, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: April 3, 1952
Level of Description: Item
Material Type: Photograph
Call Number:
ATSF Series 8, #92-2K
Unit ID: 50136
Summary: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's dispatcher Lee Webster works the C.T.C. panel in Fresno, California, that controls the territory between Fresno and Bakersfield, California. Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) is a system of control whereby the railroads employ a dispatcher at a central point, and the dispatcher remotely controls the signals and the routing of trains, and the engineer of a train must obey the signals. CTC bypassed the need for local operators and eliminated written (train) orders.
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Title (Main title): Dispatcher Lee Webster at the C.T.C. panel, Fresno, California
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Index Terms
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Railroad signals
Creators and Contributors
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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Notes
General Note: 2006-2007: Image description provided by William L. Martin, KSHS volunteer, and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway retiree.
