Passenger Train Consists Lynchburg-Bristol

Thu Feb 15 12:21:59 EST 2024

Mike,

The notebook is a pocket notebook - 3.5in by 5.5in.  A stamp with red ink was used on each page to add the Train No., Time Arr., Time Dep., Eng. In, Eng. Out., and Time Couple “headers.”  Another stamp was used for the date.

My great-grandfather explained to me what he did with the railroad but I was way to young to comprehend and I really do not remember any details.

I will not let that stop me from making my best guess as to what this notebook was used for.  Hereafter is pure conjecture:

This was probably used to quickly jot down the information for the train’s stop at the Roanoke passenger station.  The small notebook would fit into a pocket so it would be easy to take out to the platform.  These notes could then be used to fill out "more official" forms in the station once the train left.

I can image that the passenger station foreman would start his shift by noting how many trains were scheduled for arrival during his shift - along with any potential trains with 2nd sections.  Then he would stamp the appropriate number of pages in the notebook.  Once a train arrived, the foreman would add notes in the notebook while overseeing all the busy activities while the train was at the station.  Once the train left the foreman could then go into his office in the station and fill out the required paperwork using those notes.

Toney Minter

> On Feb 14, 2024, at 8:31 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Can someone explain how this notebook would have been used by the railroad? 
> What would the process have been?
> Mike Rector
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> My great-grandfather, Walter Jennings, was the night foreman in the Roanoke coach yard from around 1920 until his retirement in the 1950s.  I inherited one of his notebooks that has consist information from Aug 27 through Sep 1 1947.
> Scans of his notebook are attached as a pdf.  I hope you find this helpful and useful.
> Toney Minter
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>> On Feb 13, 2024, at 8:31 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
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>> While I’m not studying or modelling that time period, it’s still interesting to see this type of consist info. 
>> Phil Miller
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>> In “Passenger Train Consists of the 1940’s” I found this Tennessean consist:
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>> Southern train 45 westbound
>> Departing Knoxville, TN March 21, 1945
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>> SOU 1701 GRAND JUNCTION        Baggage-Mail car (LW)
>> SOU 1750 DECATUR                        Mail storage car   (LW)
>> SOU 705 BEDFORD                          Baggage- Dormitory-Coach (LW)
>> N&W 1705                                        Coach
>> N&W 1704                                        Coach
>> SOU 905 MORRISTOWN                 Coach (LW)
>> SOU 3304 ALEXANDRIA                  Dining car (LW)
>> SOU 806 HUNTSVILLE                      Coach (LW)
>> SOU 813 LYNCHBURG                      Coach (LW)
>> SOU 1150 WASHINGTON                Tavern-Lounge car (LW)
>> VILLA NOVA                                       10 Sections, 3 Double Bedrooms
>> BRENTWOOD                                     12 Sections, 1 Drawing Room
>> McRAE                                                 12 Sections, 1 Drawing Room
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>> The 10 Sec-3 Dbr sleeper ran Washington-Memphis.
>> A 12 Sec-1DR ran Washington-Nashville. It was set out at Chattanooga (to Nashville via NC&StL)
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>> --Rick Morrison
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>> Based on my first sightings of the Tennessean in the late 1940's, I would guess that it ran more or less with its "as built" consist in the 1940's. The first change was two streamlined Pullmans replacing heavyweight cars in 1948 or 1949. That was the Tennessean the first time I saw it in Roanoke, and my memory is that all cars on the train were streamlined. I could be missing something, but that is how I have always remembered it. Changes in consist came later.
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>> Jim Nichols
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