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(erielack) Re: EL Consists

The discussion of consist sheets prodded me into going back and working on 
getting some more into Excel.  I thought I would share a great example of 
the typos that could creep into these.  I would say this was a keypunch 
operator error, and not just the reader.

This car was on DN97, headed from Marion to Dayton, in Dec 1975.  (By the 
way, plenty of SOU and LN cars passing back and forth to/from the EL via 
this connection!):
1EL 68689 LB @87 GRAINMLBHATSANOOTEQUAKEROATS SOU CI.  OK, this is EL 
combo-door boxcar 68689 loaded with grain, to be interchanged to the SOU in 
Cincinnati headed for Quaker Oats in CHATTANOOGA TN!  So BHATSANOO is 
Chattanooga.  There were other cars headed to General Mills in Chattanooga 
in the same train, and I was able to verify that at least into the late 
1980's Quaker Oats did have a facility there.

So- consist reader beware!

Joe Mayer
ELHS 702 



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