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A little more background on this. On August 18, 1918, the United States Railway Administration announced that the SFRD (Despatch) would be under Federal control of the USRA effective January 1, 1919. Subsequently, the United States Railway Administration eliminated Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch on that date. USRA took control of SFRD (Despatch) cars with the operation of the cars remaining under the Santa Fe Railway.
As late as 1924 (six years after the “D” stood for Department) the Official Railway Equipment Registers SFRD reporting marks were still listed as Santa Fe Refrigerator DESPATCH. The Registers had not caught up with the official change. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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John Moore
One other item. The periods after each letter starting in 1902 was discontinued in the 1943-44 period. So S.F.R.D. became SFRD John B. Moore, Jr. Albuquerque From: "'Schuyler Larrabee' schuyler.larrabee@... [STMFC]" To: STMFC@... Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 9:34 PM Subject: RE: [STMFC] Re: SFRD Exactly what I did want, thanks!
Schuyler From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 11:21 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Re: SFRD The reporting marks SFRD started in 1902 when the Santa FE Refrigerator Line was combined into a new Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch company. In 1918 the USRA ruled that the Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch would cease to exist. The Santa Fe reorganized the dispatch company as a department of the railroad and the same reporting marks were used. So SFRD was used from 1902 to the end of ice activated refrigerator service (which is past the 1960 dead line for this group) Probably more than you wanted. John B. Moore, Jr. Albuquerque [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Schuyler Larrabee
Exactly what I did want, thanks!
Schuyler From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 11:21 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Re: SFRD The reporting marks SFRD started in 1902 when the Santa FE Refrigerator Line was combined into a new Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch company. In 1918 the USRA ruled that the Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch would cease to exist. The Santa Fe reorganized the dispatch company as a department of the railroad and the same reporting marks were used. So SFRD was used from 1902 to the end of ice activated refrigerator service (which is past the 1960 dead line for this group) Probably more than you wanted. John B. Moore, Jr. Albuquerque |
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John Moore
The reporting marks SFRD started in 1902 when the Santa FE Refrigerator Line was combined into a new Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch company. In 1918 the USRA ruled that the Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch would cease to exist. The Santa Fe reorganized the dispatch company as a department of the railroad and the same reporting marks were used. So SFRD was used from 1902 to the end of ice activated refrigerator service (which is past the 1960 dead line for this group) Probably more than you wanted. John B. Moore, Jr. Albuquerque |
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Schuyler Larrabee
When was SFRD created?
Schuyler
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