Last night I was looking through
my 'Burlington Lines Operating Data
Sheets', reprinted by the BRHS in 1998, which lists all the
scheduled
'Q' freight trains operating during 1967 thru 1969- starting
with Train
#60 thru #808, CB&Q-PC-UP Runthrough service,
CB&Q-EL Runthrough
service, C&S- FW&D trains and Local Service Sheets.
Each train has 1 to
3 pages devoted to it- listing the Schedule, the Grouping
(order of
consist) in the train for set-outs and pick-ups at
terminals, total
number of cars & tonnage allowed if 2, 3, 4 or 5 units
are used. For
instance:
#97 (Westcoaster) leaves Chicago at 2:30 PM- arrives Dayton
Bluff
12:30 AM.
Maximum cars is 100 - 4000 Tons w/ 3 units
100 - 5000 w/ 4 units
100 - 6000 w/ 5 units
(#97 was held to a maximum of 100 cars)
Grouping of train front to rear is as such:
NP - C (Spokane Freight Forwarder traffic)
NP - A (NP loads for Pasco)
NP - B (NP loads for all other points to and including
Spokane)
GN - A (GN loads for Wa., Or., Ca., Vancouver BC)
GN- B (GN loads for Id., Mt., ND.)
Waycar (This Waycar and the NP & GN cars continued on
after dropping
off the cars and Waycar behind it at Dayton Bluff)
GNC
Twin Cities - Other
Waycar
My question is this: Were there Operating Data Sheets for
the
Passenger Department as well? I'm sure they just didn't put
a bunch of
passenger cars together and call it a Passenger train or a
Mail &
Express train. I know certain coaches on each train were
designated for
'Shorts' and others for passengers going all the way to the
end
destination. First Class Sleeping cars were at the back of
the train,
coaches to the front- separated by the Lounge cars and
Diners, but there
had to be some type of manual that showed the general
consists of each
train and where extra cars were to be added or removed like
they often
did with the Denver Zephyr. The Chicago-Omaha and
Chicago-Denver Mail &
Express trains had to have a guide on where certain
Baggage/Mail cars
were to placed especially for Omaha Transfer. Has anyone
seen this type
of Operations book for passenger service?
John Olson
Billings, Mt
--
John Olson- owner
Jim's Junction
811B 16th St. West
Billings, Mt 59102
406-259-5354
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