Stations and sidings book

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Does the Archives have any of the Stations and Sidings Books?
 
 
Paul Mandelkern
 
 
 

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	John:
	You'll note that the Stations and Sidings list was issued by the
Accounting
	Department.  Using station numbers, the Car Accounting people
worked up
	statistics - ton-miles, volume of cars interchanged  (for
example cars
	delivered to WSSB at Winston), mileage due on private owned
cars, e.g. UTLX,
	and an array of other numbers.   Since conductors were assigned
to a 
	district, they had their district's station numbers committed to
their memory bank.
	The yard clerk, however,  needed the station number to make the
consist for
	the train.   Example:  A car received from the N&PBL at  Norfolk
destined
	Ottumwa, Iowa.  The clerk would refer to the book to find the
station number-
	in this case 9767.  In the days of IBM punch cars, the clerk
would enter
	car initial & number, contents, weight,  destination station
number, etc. I
	don't know what happened after punch cards. 
	 
	A station is indexed  three ways in the book -  alphabetically,
numerically,
	and geographically east-to-west in station order.  You'll also
note that the
	former N&W stations are listed to the hundredth of a mile, while
NKP, WAB
	stations are to the nearest tenth of a mile.  State lines are
shown in the N&W
	section, but not for NKP, Wabash territory.
	 
	The book was a help in blocking cars.  ACL at Collier Yard
(Petersburg) had
	to build No. 77  into several blocks for pickup after No. 78
delivered.  Using
	the book, the ACL yardmaster could guide the cars into the
appropriate
	classifications.  After all, an ACL man wouldn't be familiar
with what comes
	off at Portsmouth and what goes on to Bellevue.
	
Harry Bundy
 
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