Leo,
Thank you for the clarification. I'm going to use what Rupert has
provided me (I've already printed up about 20), but if you find the
correct one, I will be happy to get the correct ones printed for my
operating crews to use.
I've had some of my yardmasters write a wheel report list for my
outgoing trains, so they'll be able to use the Form 1645 for that.
Bill Hirt
On 6/7/2021 11:15 PM, Leo Phillipp via groups.io wrote:
Gentlemen simply as clarification, form 1645 is not really a switch list. The form on the
flicker page that Rupert cleaned up was known commonly as a wheel report. As the one on
flicker shows these were filled out by Conductors on freight trains. It shows the station
where cars were taken from and left. The one on flicker is a train leaving Galesburg with
most of the train for Congress Park, balance to Cicero/Morton Park/Hawthorne. I have attached
the same form 1645 from an earlier time when it is used as a “statement of cars
at” in the attached example it is at Rochelle. Filled out by agent instructing the
southbound wayfreight to move cars on the Iron Sponge track to various other locations. This
is much closer to a switch list. Hopefully it is attached and not deleted by the list filters.
But a Burlington switch list was made of card stock, was rectangular and much
simplified. It had columns for car Mark and number on the left side.At the top
the track name or number the cars were on would be written there. The next
columns over would show which track the Conductor(way freight) or yard foreman
or yard master wanted the cars placed upon. The actual Burlington switch list
had only a form number but nothing designating it as Burlington. The Milwaukee
had the herald at the top.
I have held both the Burlington and Milwaukee switch lists in my hands while working. It was
a challenge at night to hold the list, shine your lantern on it so as to read it while trying
to watch the cars go by, pass signs along with pulling pins and throwing switches. It was
even more challenging in a rainy or snowy night when you had the list inside your bright red
Burlington Route “timetable holder” so as to keep the moisture from
obliterating the written info.
When I find my actual, blank switch lists I’ll post one and have the Flicker
guys put one there.
Leo Phillipp
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