NYT of 3/24/56 says New York Central RR, New Haven RR, and Santa Fe RR will   
   acquire systems for Pullman space reservations.  Whether they actually did and   
   how long they used such a system I don't know.   
      
   The system described above was built by the Teleregister Corp. for American   
   Airlines.  AA used it until SABRE, a true computerized system, replaced it in   
   the early 1960s.  SABRE was able to store more information for each passenger,   
   plus allow the    
   airline to draw off utilization reports.   
      
   Teleregister became part of TRW and Bunker Ramo.  It's main business was stock   
   quotations.   
      
   A lot of fancy electronic equipment was developed in the 1950s, but not all of   
   it was practical.  Sometimes a highly touted machine was purchased and used   
   for a relatively short time, being retired because it wasn't practical in   
   actual operation.  I    
   believe the Pennsylvania Railroad got a fancy system in the late   
   1950s--complete with moving clerk chairs and TV screens to view records--that   
   didn't work very well.   
      
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