Centralized Traffic Control board

Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) boards eliminated the need for local operators and written train orders. A dispatcher located a central point remotely controlled signals and train routes. This image is a Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway operator working out of San Bernardino, California.

After the U.S. Civil War railroads expanded rapidly in Kansas. Traveling through the state on train was one of the safest and fastest ways to cross the country. Over a hundred years later railroads still frequently roll across the plains. For more information please visit: https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/railroads-in-kansas/15120