Steam Locomotive Assignments - 1929 and Late 1930s

Some other interesting daily information from the train sheet:

Westward
> Passenger - 103+ (#5 cars?) train cars

> Freight - 322 loads, 433 empties, 25,920 tons
Average freight train size 51.89 cars, maximum size 57 cars

Two empty unit tank trains.
Two trains came off the river division, entered Lindenwood and routed west.
Three sections of 39 were delayed in Lindenwood and routed as later sections of the same train.

Eastward
> Passenger - 94 train cars

> Freight - 912 loads, 22 empties, 50,234 tons
Average freight train size 47.19 cars, maximum train size 70 cars

Salem Branch
Westward - 3 loads, 0 empties, 152 tons
Eastward - 9 loads, 0 empties, 954 tons

Freight car utilization overall is an impressive 73% loads. Asset utilization during the war was at an all time historical high.

In just a short 2 months from the date of this record, the Allies would begin the liberation of Europe and break out from Normandy. In the Pacific we were island hopping and pushing the Japanese back to their home islands. The "Greatest Generation" was fighting hard, feeding the world and supplying two theaters of operations with all the materials and supplies to win! The mobilization of our nation's railroads played a key role in this success.

If anyone can explain the other "Symbol" line codes please add to the discussion.

Hope this helps.

Thanks!

Mark

 

Don,

I had noticed the engineer Mr. Wirth.

It is really neat to see one's relatives name in print. I know you must be very proud of this document just for that very reason. Hopefully you have some photographs of him in service. Did he keep any paperwork from his trips?

Thanks!

Mark

 

As my kids or their friends might say: "That's wicked cool!"

Many, many thanks for sharing, Don. Mark, thanks also for providing the sweat equity to begin deciphering everything!

Best Regards,