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Waystation phones on railroads are located at considerable distances. It was not possible to provide fully automatic telephone service to them. In 1960, the Automatic Electric Co. developed a system to reach remote stations without an intermediate operator.
It's described in the following article from Railway Signaling Communications, 1960.
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