I just bought a couple of SLSF time books, one from 1975. It showed the place on duty as KC and off duty FT, moving between the two points. I couldn't figure out what it might be, even after looking at the map. An employee timetable for the Northern Division came with it and when I looked at the tonnage rating page, it had been marked showing what was needed to Ft. Scott, Kansas. It was only then that I realized, that it what he meant by FT. The KC for Kansas City is easy to explain, as that had been used on waybills for years. I worked for the MKT and UP in Texas, St. Louis and Omaha, but I wasn't an expert on the SLSF stations. Imagine someone else , trying to figure this out 20 years from now. I have some other Southwestern railroad's time books, and they too can be difficult to figure out. Michael Lowe
I am listing some of the job numbers in the time book. I don't have an ETT in front of me, so I don't know for sure, if they were train numbers. 38, 61, 130, 131, 134, 135, 137, 139, and 236 for runs between and Kansas City and Ft. Scott and vice versa. Michael Lowe
Michael those are all train numbers. Is there any way you can scan the pages of those time books and post them here?
