Re: Deciphering a Conductor's record
Do you know the era of the record? A good source of reporting mark information, including private marks, is http://www.nakina.net/other/report/report.html Here is what I am seeing/interpreting. Some of this is guess work.
CGW – Chicago Great Western with company materials LPT = Live Poultry Transit, poultry car, appears to be empty (the number fits) MRLX = Morris & Co (a meat packer purchased by Armour in the 20s) PHP is packing house products MRTX is Marx Hide & Tallow Co. MRX, MRRX, MRUX are Morrell = meat reefer MRRX is also Mather Refrigerator Express A 18528 contains company stores? CMStP = Milwaukee with shingles CBQ 113493 contains company goods
A 35502 sent to work outfit, EOF could be initials of man in charge TIDX = Tide Water Oil Co, later Getty Oil. GF = Georgia & Florida, later Central of Georgia, then Southern, then Norfolk Southern GT = Grand Trunk? Flat
MLT = Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas P&P = Peoria and Pekin Union
GC = Graham County KOTX is Kanotex Refining. Did the conductor reverse some letters?
Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of James SANDIFER
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 10:29 PM To: Steam Freight Car <RealSTMFC@groups.io> Subject: [RealSTMFC] Deciphering a Conductor's record
I have been transcribing a conductor’s record. There are a few things I have not figured out, especially his RR IDs. Please look and see if you can offer any suggestions.
J. Stephen Sandifer
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