Hi Folks

While rummaging through the attic of the Laramie Depot, I came across a box of Union Pacific Freight Conductors' Train Books. There are 128 of them, mostly from June, 1937, to August, 1938. I believe that the majority are for the run between Laramie and Rawlins on the UP mainline. All are brittle, but all except one appear to be readable. I'm in the process of transcribing the data from one of them (from 5/13/1938 to 6/21/1938, conductor Ferguson) to an Excel file and hope to have a preliminary analysis complete within a few days. Perhaps the information from these books will shed some light on the issue of freight car distribution. Here is a list of the from/to dates for these books, and the conductor.

From, To, Conductor
7/27/1935, 12/27/1938, Harvey
1/4/1937, 8/5/1937, Tracy
3/12/1937, 6/25/1937, Young
5/4/1937, 6/8/1937, Crall
6/8/1937, 8/15/1937, Crall
6/28/1937, 9/27/1937, Young
7/13/1937, 8/13/1937, Gaskill
8/5/1937, 9/8/1937, Tracy
8/14/1937, 9/25/1937, Gaskill
8/16/1937, 9/15/1937, Sollars
9/26/1937, 10/31/1937, Crall
9/26/1937, 11/7/1937, Gaskill
10/1/1937, 10/30/1937, Marts
10/1/1937, 11/6/1937, Orleans
10/1/1937, 12/27/1937, Young
10/11/1937, 11/19/1937, Helm
10/18/1937, 8/1/1938, Young
11/1/1937, 8/15/1938, Marts
11/2/1937, 12/10/1937, Crall
11/7/1937, 9/6/1938, Orleans
11/8/1937, 12/24/1937, Gaskill
11/13/1937, 12/31/1937, Brackley
11/29/1937, 12/31/1937, Stone
11/29/1937, 12/18/1937, Wallick
12/9/1937, 2/17/1938, Callison
12/10/1937, 12/31/1937, Aukland
12/11/1937, 1/15/1938, Crall
12/19/1937, 12/29/1937, Helm
12/29/1937, 2/5/1938, Gaskill
12/29/1937, 4/18/1938, Young
1/1/1938, 2/22/1938, Stone
1/16/1938, 2/17/1938, Crall
2/6/1938, 3/31/1938, Gaskill
2/18/1938, 3/29/1938, Crall
2/23/1938, 3/29/1938, Stone
2/28/1938, 4/30/1938, Keller
3/5/1938, 4/7/1938, Cameron
3/17/1938, 9/24/1938, Helm
3/18/1938, 4/22/1938, Byrne
3/30/1938, 4/30/1938, Crall
4/4/1938, 5/9/1938, Gaskill
4/17/1938, 6/26/1938, Estes
4/19/1938, 5/14/1938, Vasconcellos
4/27/1938, 6/27/1938, Unknown
5/2/1938, 6/8/1938, Crall
5/4/1938, 9/11/1938, Fraley
5/13/1938, 6/21/1938, Ferguson
5/15/1938, 6/24/1938, Paslicon
5/15/1938, 6/10/1938, Vasconcellos
6/10/1938, 7/11/1938, Crall
6/11/1938, 9/14/1938, Fitz
6/11/1938, 7/18/1938, Vasconcellos
7/12/1938, 8/16/1938, Crall
7/17/1938, 8/20/1938, McCullagh
7/19/1938, 9/2/1938, Vasconcellos
7/28/1938, 8/31/1938, Fredericks
8/3/1938, 10/31/1938, Young
8/4/1938, 9/6/1938, Ferguson
8/6/1938, 9/2/1938, McKaig
8/8/1938, 9/9/1938, Cameron
8/21/1938, 9/25/1938, McCullagh
9/3/1938, 10/6/1938, McKaig
9/4/1938, 10/5/1938, Fredericks
9/4/1938, 10/4/1938, Vasconcellos
9/8/1938, 10/15/1938, Orleans
9/9/1938, 10/5/1938, Callison
9/11/1938, 10/15/1938, Sollars
9/12/1938, 10/18/1938, Fraley
9/13/1938, 10/22/1938, Estes
9/14/1938, 11/21/1938, Estes
9/15/1938, 10/24/1938, Fitz
9/19/1938, 12/31/1938, George
9/25/1938, 10/27/1938, Estes
9/26/1938, 10/31/1938, McCullagh
10/1/1938, 11/1/1938, Bower
10/1/1938, 10/31/1938, Marts
10/5/1938, 11/8/1938, Callison
10/5/1938, 10/31/1938, Vasconcellos
10/6/1938, 11/6/1938, McKaig
10/7/1938, 11/6/1938, Fredericks
10/11/1938, 11/21/1938, Stone
10/15/1938, 11/24/1938, Cameron
10/16/1938, 12/9/1938, Orleans
10/28/1938, 12/30/1938, Estes
10/31/1938, 11/30/1938, Keller
11/1/1938, 12/31/1938, Marts
11/1/1938, 11/23/1938, Vasconcellos
11/1/1938, 2/10/1939,, Young
11/2/1938, 12/26/1938, Stone
11/18/1938, 1/23/1939, Branch
11/19/1938, 1/23/1939, Vasconcellos
11/25/1938, 1/8/1939, Cameron
11/26/1938, 12/31/1938, Aukland
12/1/1938, 12/31/1938, Keller
12/10/1938, 1/17/1939, Callison
12/20/1938, 3/29/1939, Helm
12/23/1938, 2/3/1939, Estes
1/1/1939, 2/1/1939, Aukland
1/1/1939, 5/25/1939, Marts
1/14/1939, 2/22/1939, Bower
1/15/1939, 2/22/1939, Estes
1/17/1939, 2/24/1939, Brackley
1/24/1939, 3/24/1939, Branch
1/28/1939, 3/5/1939, Crall
2/1/1939, 3/1/1939, Aukland
2/6/1939, 3/21/1939, Paslicon
2/13/1939, 6/14/1939, Young
2/24/1939, 3/31/1939, Crout
2/26/1939, 8/12/1939, Lamicha
3/2/1939, 3/31/1939, Aukland
4/1/1939, 5/11/1939, Brackley
4/4/1939, 7/22/1939, Stitt
4/5/1939, 5/6/1939, Vasconcellos
5/3/1939, 6/15/1939, McKaig
5/7/1939, 6/12/1939, Vasconcellos
5/28/1939, 7/4/1939, Gaskill
6/11/1939, 7/11/1939, Helm
6/16/1939, 9/22/1939, Young
6/27/1939, 7/31/1939, Marts
6/29/1939, 8/8/1939, Fraley
7/11/1939, 8/28/1939, Crall
7/12/1939, 8/13/1939, Helm
9/24/1939, 12/22/1939, Young
3/23/1943, 5/8/1943, Estes
10/26/1951, 12/6/1951, Traud
10/13/?, 11/15/?, Cordiner
10/7/?, 11/17/?, Ferguson
9/1/?, 10/9/?, Callison

Best wishes,
Larry Ostresh
Laramie, Wyoming