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radio-telephone en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of radiotelephone.
In accordance with Southampton Docks practice for shunting engines during the past four years, a radio-telephone in the cab allows two-way conversation with the Dock Traffic Control Office.
1962 September, “Diesels take over at Southampton Docks”, in Modern Railways, page 171:Recently the L.M.R., in conjunction with Pye Telecommunications and the G.P.O., has been conducting trials between Crewe, Lancaster, Birkenhead, Liverpool and Manchester with a brakevan fitted up with radio-telephone equipment and beamed on G.P.O. radio-telephone stations in the Manchester and Liverpool area.
1960 April, “Talking of Trains: Telephones in trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 197:Another interesting feature of the Falaise is that she is provided with a Denny Brown stabiliser to minimise rolling, and amenities for the passenger include the provision of a radio telephone service, which is available on passage.
1947 September and October, “First Southern Railway Post-War Vessel”, in Railway Magazine, page 294:
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