Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society

Freight Consists, 1930-31

(contributed by Steve Sandifer)

These records come from a Conductor's Train Record, Form 808 Standard. The conductor was named McFarren and served the ATSF in Kansas in 1930-31. He worked in July, 1930 and then the next records are in December. After December, the records jump to July, 1931. His records are not always complete on a given train and his long hand is not always clearly ledgible.

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Car ID marks are sometimes abbreviated. The most common is "A" for ATSF.

Car Kind abbreviations:
A = Autobox
B = Box
C = Gondola
F = Flat
R = Reefer
S = Stock
T = Tank
WC = WayCar

On the report, origin and destination are station numbers only.
I have added the correct station name to ease reading.

Contents:

X = Empty
X F = Empty, for flour service ?
X G = Empty, for grain service
X M = Empty, for merchandise service?
X R = Empty, for ???
X T = Empty, for tankage service (left overs at meat processor)?
Co Coal = Company coal
Comtl = Company material
Dist = Distillates (heating or fuel oil) close to kerosene
Mdse = Merchandise
Wht = Wheat
Shorts: 1) Grain - A lower quality - the "short" kernals, 2) Fine ground flour, bran that could not be separated from each other. 3) Part of the wheat kernal not used for white flour, a by-product of milling.
Weights are given in hundred pounds. Therefore "483" = "48,300 pounds"

Note:

WEOX 1048 was taken from Way to Belpre 7/19 full of Kerosene. It was picked up 7/23 and returned to Way with a final destination of Augusta, KS.
ATSF gondola 79768 loaded with coal was taken from Kinsley to Stratford on 7/21. It was picked up empty 7/24 and returned to Kinsley and "west."
ATSF box 49145 loaded with merchandise was taken from Way to St. John on 7/19. It was picked up empty on 7/24 and taken to Dillwyn for loading.

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July 4, 1930: Through freight, Sand Creek to Dodge City, KS

July 5, 1930: Through freight, Dodge City to Sand Creek, KS

July 6, 1930: Empty box extra, Newton to Great Bend, KS

July 6, 1930: Wheat extra, Great Bend to Hutchinson, KS

July 7, 1930: Wheat extra, Ellingwood to Way, KS

July 18, 1930: Local, Kinsley to Way, KS

July 19, 1930: Local, Way to Kinsley, KS

July 19, 1930: Wheat extra through freight, Kinsley to Hutchinson, KS

July 21, 1930: Local, Kinsley to Way, KS

July 22, 1930: Local, Way to Kinsley, KS

July 23, 1930: Local, Kinsley to Way, KS