List,

Sort of in keeping with the "perishable freight schedules" theme -
how's that for a stretch - I stumbled across a "New York Central
Through Freight Schedules" book dated 3-15-1960, just under
the wire for the list rules. Sellers is asking $50 plus postage. It's
listed at http://www.bookfinder.com/

I'm sorely tempted to buy it just to find out which NYC auto-parts
trains connected with the Cotton Belt at East St. Louis during
this period, but in fairness I think one of the NYC people on the
list will get more use out of it.

Shawn Beckert

I'm sorely tempted to buy it just to find out which NYC auto-parts
trains connected with the Cotton Belt at East St. Louis during
this period, but in fairness I think one of the NYC people on the
list will get more use out of it.
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I can help with that, if the jailer will briefly sit on the keys. I have the 1967 book. I first saw the NYC Through Freight Schedules when I had my first operating department job in 1960 and saw most of the revisions until 1967. It wasn't much different from 1960 and the late 50's which does get us back into the STMFC era. The big difference was in traffic handled in long cars unmentionable on this list.

There was no such thing as an "auto-parts train", but there were a few trains in which the preponderance of auto parts moved. They came from all over Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, so couldn't really be whole trains.

Cars from Detroit moved in DSL-1 leavinf at 8:00A arriving at Big Four Yard at 10:30P. This train had only an Indianapolis block and picked up at Monroe and Bellefontaine. Cars to the SSW moved in NCB-1 leaving at 7:00A and blocked
1. Pine Bluff and beyond via A&S-SSW
1A. Cut Caboose
2. A&S other than group 1.

Cars from Cleveland would be in A/BF-3 arriving at 9:30P.


Malcolm Laughlin, Editor 617-489-4383
New England Rail Shipper Directories
19 Holden Road, Belmont, MA 02478

For those who may be interested - I have the 1949 and 1964 NYC Through
Freight schedule books on my website:

http://www.canadaso uthern.com/ caso/nyc- freight-schedule s.htm

And the public fast freight schedules:
http://www.canadaso uthern.com/ caso/ptt/ freight-timetabl es.htm
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Thanks for posting that Terry. You're doing a great service for NYC fans. I'll certainly use those images as a reference for future comments about NYC.


Malcolm Laughlin, Editor 617-489-4383
New England Rail Shipper Directories
19 Holden Road, Belmont, MA 02478

Malcolm and Terry,

Thanks much for the schedule information; I'm printing out as
much as I can, although an 8 1/2 x 11 won't take all of the longer
schedules. At some point I'll research how to feed legal size
paper into my beast of a printer and see how that works.

Much appreciated,

Shawn Beckert