Listening to records on a train journey.

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Listening to records on a train journey.

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What a coincidence !

I was reading this publication last night from July 1909:

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-T ... 909-07.pdf and saw this article:

(The entire publication was actually a very interesting read)
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What a change from then to now... Passengers are requested to NOT play music or anything else while riding on trains (who wants to be bombarded with hip-hop or other modern "music") :?

I'm wondering if those train phonographs survived and what type they may have been...? Has anyone ever seen one?
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