In addition to the interesting details of handling coal traffic from the mines to the weighing and waybilling location mentioned in Tony's post (108842) and associated blog entry, the C&O (and according to Andy Laurent the CRR and N&W) used an interesting (at least to me) waybill format from the weighing and waybilling location to the consignee. It was half the width and the same length as a standard waybill and had a neat mixture of handwritten, stamped, and typed entries in the data fields. Since the C&O shipped a lot of coal through the Port of Milwaukee via the car ferries, I thought this format would be an interesting variation; those interested can see the model waybill at:

http://cnwmodeling.blogspot.com/2012/04/c-coal-waybills.html


Regards,

Charles Hostetler