--- In STMFC@..., "Steve Sandifer" <jssand@e...> wrote:
I am going through a 1930 Conductor record. Though his writing is
not the best, I have interpreted some reporting marks to be as follows.
Contents What box car load is "shorts" What tank car load is "Dist"
Shorts = grain - A lower quality - the "short" kernals Some processes need kernals of a certain size, oatmeal being one. Dist = Distilate - close to kerosene, about 1 cut below.
