Instructions were wired from the despatcher's office to the operators all along the line, ordering them to report promptly any irregularity or suspicious circumstance.
The train-master dropped the ear-piece of the telephone and crossed quickly to the despatcher's table.
If a despatcher took sick there was no handy way of filling in; it was just double up and do the best you could.
The despatcher snatching the train sheet began instantly clearing track for a bridge special.
He was looking for a train despatcher's key some day after he had got through station operating, and after that--well, something better still.
About the middle of the room, or in the recess of the bay window, is the despatcher's table.
From the information contained thereon, the despatcher makes all his calculations for time orders, meeting points, work trains, etc.
The interior of the despatcher's office is not, as a rule, very sumptuous.
