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A switching list for Train No. 1 on Friday, August 22, 1986.
Bob Gile reports:
"I found a Train List for #1 on Friday, 8/22/86. These got tossed out the window of the caboose as they entered Merrillan evidently, as I used to find them often just east of the depot."
Here's the instructions and a few comments.
| DO NOT EAT AT WIS RAPIDS S/O AND SPOT SHORTS AT DESTS TAKE ANY AND ALL CARS FOR 165 THRU! CARS FOR 148 WILL BE S/O AT 148 BY JOB C | This train had a of of work to do this day and
a stop for food was not in the works. Crews were limited to twelve
hours at a time, and they would need all of it to make Merrillan before the
clock expired.
"Shorts" are single cars consigned to a specific on-line shipper destination, as opposed to a cut of cars destined for another railroad. "148" was Merrillan (milepost 148) - "Job C" was the Merrillan to East Winona and back train. There was enough work for Train #1 that work at the end of the run would have to be done by the next crew. |
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AT 24 - S/O IF ANY, AND P/U WEST CARS |
"24" is Black Creek (milepost 24). Setout any cars, and pick up any cars heading west. |
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AT 50 - S/O AND P/U WEST CARS, LINE UP EAST CARS FOR NO 2 TO GET SAT. |
"50" is
Manawa. Again, local cars were set out and cars heading west were
picked up. Cars that were heading east were lined up on a storage
track and eastbound Train No. 2 would pick them up the following day.
Cars were set in the proper order for Train No. 2 because these was limited room for switching in Green Bay in the crowded Norwood Yard. |
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DO DOWNTOWN SPOTTING: STORAGE TRK- SPS318390 RBOX42763 |
SPS 318390
is a 50' double-door boxcar and RBOX 42763 was a standard 50' Railbox
boxcar. For both cars, the "contents" column states
"X" for empty; and the "destination" column is
"212" (East Winona.).
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| BRING DOWN 2 PLUG DOOR MTY BOXES, SPOT 1 AT DR 34 AND 1 AT DR 33 |
The doors is probably a reference to Sturm Foods, located near the end of the spur which extends into downtown Manawa. The SPS and RBOX boxcars being foreign roads needed to be spotted first. You're paying per diem charges on every foreign car on your railroad, so you always spot them ahead of loads in your own cars - which cost you nothing extra to hold - if you can't spot everything. |
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SPOT BN 222836 B M PDR AT DR 31. IF HAVE ANOTHER MILK PDR WILL HAVE TO BE SPOTTED WEST OF DR 31. |
BN 222836 is a 50' double-door boxcar. "M Pdr" is milk powder. |
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AT 82 - S/O PROPERS IN YARD, SOO CARS ON TFR. P/U ANY WEST CARS FROM SOO. |
"82"
is Plover.
"Propers" are cars destined for industries located on the GB&W. Cars destined for the Soo Line are set out on the transfer track and cars heading west are picked up. |
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BEFORE SOO COMES DOWN, 13 ON TFR, 13 ON 1 TRK, 2&3 CLEAR |
The crew would spot 13 cars on the Soo transfer track, 13 cars on yard track 1, and tracks 2 and 3 were left empty. |
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AT 87 - SHOVE DOWN THE 2 CARS NOW AT DOORS 1&2: SPOT IN THE 2 CARS FROM YOUR TRAIN AT DOORS 1&2. |
"87"
is Stevens Point.
The switching instructions are for the Ore-Ida canning plant. |
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AT 96 - S/O AND P/U |
"96" is Wisconsin Rapids. |
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AT 148 - CHANGE CREWS. |
"148"
is Merrillan. A new crew ("Job C") came on duty to take
Train No. 1 the final 64 miles to East Winona, and then return to
Merrillan as eastbound Train. No. 2.
That was quite a busy trip for the crew that night. They would have tied up in Merrillan right around midnight. |
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KHL |
KHL is the dispatcher. |
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