Okay, yes, I know about the ORER. I did not know about the history
of the Equipment Register, that is interesting. We had a copy of
Equip. Register as we called it in our Ag Marketing office. This was
not often needed in my office. The equipment folks all had copies of
it.
The other 'Official' was the Railroad Guide. Most of us had our own
copies (hand-me-downs) of the Official Railroad Guide in our
personal office or "cube", as a way of finding names and contacts at
smaller branch line roads to deal with pricing and service issues.
Then there is a third book. Those of us in marketing had a lot of
interaction with the publishers of the OPSL or Open and Prepaid
Station List, Mrs Talbet and the her lawyer who later purchased the
OPSL from her. I can't remember his name. They were located in St.
Louis. He tired to put the data on-line rather then publish it in
paper book form. It was a dismal system. Eventually it was sold to
Railinc,
the official railroad owned body that passed freight rates
electronically between carriers. They were the ones who set the
station numbers for points where shipments could originate or
terminate. These were called the OPSL station numbers as opposed to
the FSAC station numbers used by each railroad's operating and
accounting departments - Freight Station Accounting Code. The two
station numbers sources did not agree on numbers for the same
station.
And one other necessary book was the STCC book. The Standard
Transportation Commodity Code book. We all needed copes of it. All
rates were defined according to STCC numbers, never by names like
'wheat' or 'corn'.
Thanks of the info.
On 2/9/2020 1:10 AM, Rupert Gamlen
wrote:
I
should have explained to those who have never used an ORER
that it is the Official Railroad Equipment Register, a book
which has been published since 1885 showing all the freight
equipment (and, until about 1933, passenger equipment) owned
by each railroad. Details included the road numbers, type,
dimensions, capacity and the number of cars in that group.
The frequency of publication has varied over time.
Originally it was Sechrist's Hand-Book and Railway Equipment
& Mileage Guide, later the Official Railroad Equipment
Guide and then the ORER.
Whilst it is only as accurate as the railroad company clerk
who compiled the details and forwarded them to the
publisher, and allowing for the delay between compiling and
publishing, they are a very useful tool in researching a
railroad’s equipment.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
From: Rupert Gamlen
Sent: Sunday, 9 February 2020 5:28 pm
To: CBQ@groups.io
Subject: ORER research
As
part of my next BRHS project, I’ve been collecting ORER
pages for the CB&Q and its subsidiaries between 1885 and
1970. I am now searching for specific years to fill in gaps
and I’m hoping that you may be able to assist.
The two major gaps are 1886 and 1889, with individual pages
needed from 1887, 1892, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902 and 1906.
I have the 1900 Westerfield disc but it omits a number of
the subsidiaries.
If you can help with this project, please contact me at
gamlenz @ hotmail.com.
Thank you.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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