Re: (erielack) Car orders

[walter smith <wsmith5957_@_yahoo.com>]

   I found something similar to that except it was for the marine dept. As I 
said, we didn't know where to turn while they were throwiing all the stuff 
out...

Walt Smith




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From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paul.tupaczewski_@_alcatel-lucent.com>
To: EL Mail List <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 3:41:39 PM
Subject: (erielack) Car orders

> http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-12-13-10
> 
> EL_CarOrder.jpg (image/jpeg, 250x606 112287 bytes, BF: 1.35 ppb)
> 
> 
> Several months ago, there was some discussion about how local 
> freight crews (drills, roustabouts, hauls, way freights, 
> etc.) were directed by the local station agent or clerk to 
> place and pull cars from customer sidings.  I finally came 
> across the form that the EL used for this, called a "Car 
> Order".  I have posted a scan.  This one was from Rutherford 
> NJ station to the BJ Drill.  This order us for just a part of 
> the Rutherford Drill's usual daily activity, which required 
> multiple car orders.  The freight clerk at Rutherford would 
> prepare these throughout the day, as he received updates from 
> customers as to whether they were ready for a car delivery or 
> had emptied a car previously placed.  Obviously the clerk 
> would first prepare an order for the sidings that the crew 
> went to first; in the case of the BJ Drill, that would be the 
> team tracks and freight house, then Sun Chemical.  Before 
> 1970, the Drill would then drop back to BJ Tower and cross 
> over to the Carlton Hill branch,!
>  working there thru mid-day.  This Car Order shows some of 
> the customers on the branch, but not Royce Chemical; the 
> clerk probably prepared a separate Order for Royce.  Later in 
> the day, the agent would need to have an order ready for 
> Grand Union and Curtis Wright, up on the Bergen County Line, 
> which the Drill worked in late afternoon and early evening.  
> (This pattern changed around 1970, when the Drill worked 
> Grand Union and Potter Bros in the early afternoon, then the 
> Carlton Hill Branch later in the day).
> 
> Perhaps this is of interest to you modelers looking to follow 
> EL operating procedures.  


Very interesting! This is similar to a "switch list" that many model railroaders 
use, although those usually consolidate information for all towns along a 
local's route. I assume towns that didn't have an agent had adjacent town agents 
write car orders for the former? Did local crews leave with any switching 
paperwork at their point of origin, or did they have to stop at the respective 
agent's locations to get these car orders?

    - Paul

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