Re: (erielack) EL waybills

[Smtimko_@_aol.com]

Pat
 
(from the other SMT)
 
I believe the waybills were a standard form, so to speak, with only the  
company name and ID number (EL-240) being different from the other roads.   
The waybill forms were standardized at some point to save the agent, 
yardmaster,  conductor, etc from spending a lot of time reading them.  The 
destination  is always on the left side.  Think of the confusion and delays if some  
railroad had the destination and origin reversed.  
 
Note that this is an EL waybill but the waybill states EX-ABB RR CO.   That 
indicates that the shipper sent the billing directly to the EL agent at  
Barberton but the car was handled from the customer by the A&BB in a  
reciprocal switching agreement.  In this case, the A&BB is  not shown on the 
routing, just on the notation.  So, the A&BB  received a flat rate (from the EL) 
for pulling the load and bringing it to the  EL interchange, perhaps $60 to 
$75 or so and the EL retained all of the  balance.
 
In some of these cases, the SWID railroad (A&BB) did not have to pay  car 
hire, in this case to the B&O RR for the use of the car while it was on  the 
A&BB.  It may have been paid by the EL for that period.  I  think there were 
different arrangements at different locations and that is  something that I 
was not involved in on the EL so others may be able to provide  more info.  
 
SMT
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/14/2009 7:54:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
pat.moore_@_att.net writes:

Steve,

Wow, that's fantastic!  Ask and you shall  receive.  That's what I love 
about this list.

Interesting that the  EL waybill is virtually identical to the Texas & 
Pacific example in the  RMC article.  I wonder if this was a standard form among 
the various  railroads.

Did the EL use empty car bills as well?  Anybody have  an example of one of 
those?  

- -pat moore

p.s. Thanks  Jim!

From:  "Stephen Twarogowski" <stwarogowski_@_windstream.net>
>
>  Pat,
> 
> Jim Gerofsky has an EL waybill on his webpage.
>  
> http://rails.jimgworld.com/stuff/f1.htm
> 
>  Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  pat.moore_@_att.net [mailto:pat.moore@att.net] 
> Sent: Monday, December  14, 2009 2:45 PM
> To: EL Mail List
> Subject: (erielack) EL  waybills
> 
> List,
> 
> I recent article in one of  the model magazines has got me thinking about 
car
> card/waybill  operation on my own layout.  
> 
> Does anyone have an EL  waybill or empty car bill they would share?  I've
> never seen one  at any of the shows I have attended, and I haven't seen 
much
> on eBay  either.
> 
> A more general question is...when a freight car was  sent from one place 
to
> another, did it travel with only one waybill  (from the originating 
road), or
> did it get a new waybill from each  road upon interchange?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -pat moore  
> 
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