Agents?

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Robert Mee-
Maybe I shoulda looked in The Official  Guide
before responding to your question.   Traveling
Freight Agents did not work for the  Transpor-
tation Department.  Believe the hopper  cops
were known as Traveling Agents.
 
The Traffic Department had offices  spread
all over the country -- Pittsburgh,  San
Francisco, Durham, and many others.   The
Traveling Freight Agent solicited traffic  from
out-of-town customers. For example,  the
Traveling Freight Agent at Durham  would
call on Westinghouse at Raleigh,  Weyer-
hauser at Plymouth, and usually the  local
station agent for the railroad.   C&O's
Traveling Freight Agent paid a visit to 
Chocowinity and while I was copying a 
train order, he was flipping through  the
waybills to determine if there was  any
traffic that could be diverted to  C&O.
                                        Harry Bundy



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