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Cover: John Newton Howitt
Editor: Rogers Terrill
Popular Publications / USA 1934
Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010
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haven't got anything new in a while so I decided to bring out my two shield guys again, I'm hooping to get at least two more of these, and for some reason I also want to make a zombified version
Signal Telegraph Machine and operator - Fredericksburg
The U.S. Military Telegraph Corps was formed in 1861 following the outbreak of the American Civil War.
David Strouse, Samuel M. Brown, Richard O'Brian and David H. Bates, all from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, were sent to Washington, D.C. to serve in the newly created office. In October of that year, Anson Stager was appointed department head. During the war, they were charged with maintaining communications between the federal government in Washington and the commanding officers of the far-flung units of the Union Army. As such, they played a large part in intercepting and deciphering Confederate communications.
Before the outbreak of the Civil War, there were three major telegraph companies in operation. These companies were the American Telegraph Company, the Western Union Telegraph Company, and the Southwestern Telegraph Company.
The American Telegraph Company's lines occupied the entire region east of the Hudson River and ran all along the Atlantic coast down to the Gulf of Mexico. Cities were connected from Newfoundland to New Orleans. From this main backbone, the American Telegraph Company's lines branched west to cities like Pittsburg, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati. At each of these points, the American Telegraph Company's lines met the Western Union lines which occupied much of the remaining northern portion of the U.S. Western Union also extended a line as far west as San Francisco by 1861.
In the southern states, the American Telegraph Company's lines met the Southwestern Telegraph Company's lines at Chattanooga, Mobile, and New Orleans. From these cities, the Southwestern Telegraph Company's lines occupied the rest of the South and Southwest, including Texas and Arkansas.
Due to the dire situation of the railroads and telegraphic communication in Washington,the commercial telegraph lines surrounding the city were seized and Secretary of War Simon Cameron sent a request to the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad to send Thomas A. Scott to get the railroad telegraph service in Washington under control. Scott made his way to Washington and began filling positions to help him manage the railroads and telegraph lines. He asked Andrew Carnegie, who was superintendent of the Pittsburgh division of the Pennsylvania Railroad to assist him. Carnegie obliged and drafted men from his railroad division to accompany him to Washington in order to help the government take possession of and operate the railroads around the capital.
Carnegie's first task when he arrived in Washington was to extend the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from its old depot in Washington across the Potomac River into Virginia. While extending the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, telegraph lines were built and communication was opened at stations such as Alexandria, Burke's Station, and Fairfax. The first government telegraph line built connected the War Office with the Navy Yard. Carnegie stayed in Washington until November 1861. By the time he left, the military railroad and telegraph operations were running smoothly.
Along with the appointment of Carnegie, Colonel Scott made a demand for telegraph operators who excelled at running trains by telegraph. Colonel Scott called on four telegraph operators from the Pennsylvania Railroad to report to Washington. These operators were David Strouse (who later became the superintendent of the Military Telegraph Corps), D.H. Bates, Samuel M. Brown, and Richard O'Brien. The four operators arrived in Washington on April 27, 1861. Strouse and Bates were stationed at the War Department; Brown was stationed in the Navy Yard; and O'Brien was stationed at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad depot, which was for some time army headquarters. Thus, these four men made up the initial United States Military Telegraph Corps, which would ultimately grow to a force of over 1500 men.
Although the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps played a prominent role in transmitting messages to and from commanders in the battle field, it functioned independently from military control. As mentioned above, the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps employed civilian operators out on the battle field and in the War Department. Only supervisory personnel were granted military commissions from the Quartermaster Department in order to distribute funds and property. All of the orders the telegraph operators received came directly from the Secretary of War. Also, because there was no government telegraph organization before the Civil War, there was no appropriation of funds by Congress to pay for the expenses of erecting poles, running cables, or the salaries of operators. As a result, the first six months that the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps was in operation Edward S. Sanford, president of the American Telegraph Company, paid for all these expenses. He was later reimbursed by Congress for his generosity.
Serving as a U.S. Military Telegraph Corps operators, whether in the field or in the War Office was a hard and thankless job. They encountered the constant threat of being captured, shot, or killed by Confederate troops whether they were establishing communications on the battle front, sending messages behind during a retreat, or venturing out to repair a line.
Telegraph operators faced a casualty rate of ten percent, a rate similar to the infantry men they served with. Added to these dangers was the strenuous relationship the operators had with the military commanders they served under. Many of the commanders resented the Military Telegraph Corps operators because they were not members of the military, but employees of the Quartermasters Department.] As a result, these commanders felt that the operators were not fit to serve with them and ultimately distrusted these men.
Although the job of an operator in the War Office was not as dangerous, it was still a demanding job. The operators had to be quick and intelligent when receiving messages. Important messages were sent using cipher codes. The cipher-operators had the major responsibility of decoding these viable pieces of information and moving the information along to higher-ranking officials or President Lincoln, who frequently visited the Military Telegraph office in the War Department building.
Along with decoding Union telegrams, the cipher-operators also had to decode Confederate ciphers. By decoding the Confederate cipher codes, plots such as setting fire to major hotels in New York City were averted.
The U.S. Military Telegraph Corps operators served courageously during the Civil War. But, because these men were not members of the military, they did not receive recognition or a pension for their services, even though the supervisory personnel did because of the military commissions they received. As a result, the families of those men killed in action had to depend on charity to continue on. The operators of the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps were not recognized for their service until 1897, when President Cleveland approved an act directing the Secretary of War to issue certificates of honorable service to all members (including those who died) of the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps. But, this certificate of recognition did not include the pension these men passionately sought.[
Operator: Squadron Aviaton Services
Aircraft: Dassault Falcon 8X
Registration: VQ-BFD
C/n: 411
Location: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS/EHAM)
Date: 14-5-2017
Previously: F-WWQK
Volvo Olympian YN2RV18V3 - Alexander ( Belfast ) H78F .
New to Dublin Bus ( RV346) , Eire in July-1997 .
Acquired by this operator in May-2009 .
Operator- National Express West Midlands
Operating Area- West Midlands Area
Make- ADL
Model- ALX 400
Chassie- Dennis Trident
Fleet No- 4456
Reg- BJ03EG
Location Seen- Wolverhampton Bus Station
Info- Allocated to Wolverhampton Named Ruqayya
Seen 2/2/22
Operator: Michael Owen Locomotives
Livery: BR Blue
No: 20189 & 20048
Service: 1515 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth
Location: Bewdley
A slight recolor of bubbly tiger. A lot of experimental stuff went into this - Sculpted sleeves and pantlegs, epoxy cast lenses for the goggles and the sight, flexible shoulder strap on the SAW, and glue-type epoxy casts from a resin mold (They're on the back, may post some pictures, not sure.) which are pretty interesting if not wholly impractical.
Operator: First (Bristol, Bath & the West) - (Lawrence Hill)
Make/Model: Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini
Registration Number: WX58 JYJ
Fleet Number: 37623
Fort Polk, La., May 2, 2018 - Georgia National Guardsman, Sgt. Ben Anderson, 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion, demonstrates the hydraulically-powered articulated "claw" operation of the Buffalo Mine Protected Route Clearance Vehicle from the front seat during the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's Joint Readiness Training Center rotation.
Georgia National Guard photo by Capt. Charlie Emmons
Here in Snowdon Yr Wyddfa is YX17 OJB on a tour of Wales with a group of Austrian Students… I’m proud to be able to drive something with a massive red dragon on the rear screaming Wales as you drive by!
Operator: GBRf
Livery: Unbranded GBRf
No: 57305
Service: 1Z57 0721 London Kings Cross to Durham
Tour: Beamish at Christmas and Festive Durham
Location: York
One of the classic views of Bristol, seen from the western end of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. On the dark side, Class 66 locos nos. 66152 (leading) and 66024 operate a RHTT (3S59) on the Ashton Junction to Portbury Dock branch, early on the afternoon of Wednesday 01 November 2017. This was near the end of a long route covering the Bristol area and lines out to Hereford via Cardiff.
Operator- National Express West Midlands
Operating Area- West Midlands
Make- Wright Bus
Model- Eclipse Urban
Chassie- Volvo B7RLE
Fleet No- 2079
Reg- BX61XCB
Location Seen- Wolverhampton Bus Station
Service- 81 to Dudley
Info- Allocated to Wolverhampton Garage
Seen- 4/9/22
Operator Name: CitySightseeing, Bristol.
Fleet / Reg No: T75 KLD.
Chassis: Dennis Trident 9.9 SLF.
Body: Alexander ALX400 PO45/23F.
Location: Temple Gate, Bristol.
Date: 12th August, 2012.
A class of Bus Operators graduates at the Zerega Training Facility on Thursday, July 21, 2022.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
Operator:Whites Coaches of Berinsfield
Make/Model: Mercedes-Benz Vario 0814D/Plaxton Beaver 2
Registration Number: AY55 DFZ
History: Paul S Winson, Loughborough, Leicestershire & Beestons of Hadleigh
Operator- Arriva Midlands Telford
Operating Area- Shropshire, Staffordshire & Worcestershire
Make- Mercedes Benz
Model- Sprinter City
Chassie-
Fleet No- 1005
Reg- BF67WFY
Location Seen- Blists Hill Victorian Town Museum
Service- Gorge Connect Service
Info- New to Arriva Midlands Southern Counties
Seen 10/7/22
Country: PORTUGAL
Operator: CP
Item: STEAM
Class or Maker: CP/E165
Wheel Arrangement or Type: 0-4-4-0T
Number: E170
Place details: SENHORA DA HORA
Additional notes: 1000mm Photo 3 to 9 Oct.1971
Original source material: Kodak 35mm slide
Photographer: Martin J Beckett
Copyright: Photographer's estate
Library locator reference: BECK.2448
30937 Transport Photograph Database
1971OCT06BECK974cs
OPERATOR :-HARROGATE COACH TRAVEL
REGISTRATION NUMBER[S] :-5209UA, YN02GGZ & UK02 DRM
FLEET NUMBER :-N/A
LIVERY :-COMPANY
CHASSIS :-SCANIA CN94UB, NEW AS THE FIRST OMNICITY DEMONSTRATOR IN THE UK
BODY :-SCANIA OMNICITY
DEPOT :-GREEN HAMMERTON
ROUTE :-412, 11:10 WETHERBY BUS STATION – YORK PICCADILLY
Operator: (On loan) to Thames Valley Buses - (Reading Buses) from Yutong
Make/Model: Yutong E12-(LF)
Registration Number: YK66 CBC
Fleet Number: 900
View: Rear
Operator:Atlas Air(Flexport)
Aircraft:Boeing 747-4KZF
Registration:N508KZ
Place:Tokyo-Narita[RJAA/NRT]
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Operator: Cathay Pacific Airways
Aircraft: Airbus A350-1041
Registration: B-LXK
C/n: 296
Location: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS/EHAM)
Date: 15-11-2020
Previously: F-WZGF Airbus
During our tour of B Reactor at Hanford Nuclear Reservation, we spent time in the Control Room. The tour participants had the option of trying out the Operator chair. The Operator job was so stressful and so important, operators worked for one hour shifts. They felt the weight of the fate of the nation on their heads as this plant produced the plutonium used to bomb Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Not to mention that since this was the first nuclear production facility in the world, all systems were new and untried.
Purported to be from the 'School of Van Eyck', unfortunately lost in the fire. This black and white record was rumoured to have been made by Mr. Blunt, shortly before his arrest.
Former DSS&A station at Bergland Michigan, taken shortly before it too, went missing. From here the tracks still go north to White Pine, but were abandoned on the former main east to Sidnaw. Taken September 1997 and scanned from a slide.
Operator: LSL
Livery: BR Green / BR Blue Large Logo
No: D1924 'Crewe Diesel Depot' & 47593 'Galloway Princess'
Service: 5Z25 0014 Peterborough to Crewe H.S.
Location: Crewe
Amanohashidate, Japan - April 24, 2026: Chairlift operator helps a man disembark from the single-seat ride up to Amanohashidate View Land
Operator: TUI fly Netherlands
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8
Registration: PH-TFO
C/n: 44598/7333
Name: Antalya
Location: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS/EHAM)
Date: 24-4-2021
Previously: N1786B Boeing
Kelley Duncan, an operator for Todd Haley at Outback Wildfire, stands astride his "Skidgeon" a hybrid logging skidder fitted with firefighting water tank and pump.
180917-FS-DeltaFire-JWB-108-LR
Metro (GVS) 2102
Chasis/Body: Mercedes 0.405
Registration: DCZ 2102
Seating: B44F
Date New: February 2000
Service: Schools
Where: Hope Street, Belfast
Additional Comments:
Pictured still in Ulsterbus livery, with Metro fleet names, operating a Metro service, having been with Metro GVS for a couple of months now.
Belfast - 09.06.2014
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