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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...The advantage claimed is that it simplifies the telegraphic reporting. The Erie, moreover, classifies its freight in four classes--quick dispatch, time dispatch, continuous movement freight, and ordinary freight. The difference lies in the fact that each is billed for movement on certain specified trains. The first two classes move as fast or " manifest " freight. Quick dispatch freight moves on the fastest freight trains, and consists of the highest class of freight; time dispatch is given a slower schedule, and consists of fourth-class car-load freight and certain specified articles of lower class. Manifest freight can be billed from twenty-six authorized stations, and a definite procedure is followed in handling it. Red-card bills are used for both quick and time 1 Railroad Gazette, vol. xxxix, Nov. 17, 1905, p. 467. Freight Train Book No. 3. Circular No. 7, "Instructions Governing the Handling of Freight." dispatch to distinguish it from the green-card bills of continuous movement freight and the yellow manila card bills of ordinary freight. Manifest waybills are made out before the trains leave the authorized stations (Form 12). gggrjj Erie Railroad. Tigrpii Mnift Fftght Rpen. Then a telegraph manifest freight report (Form 13) is made out, showing all manifests forwarded on a specified train and all ears left behind. It corresponds roughly to the usual consist report. Moreover, one of these reports is made after the departure of the train from each authorized station, and thus serves as a passing report. Finally, a conductors manifest freight report (Form 14) is made out by the conductor when the train arrives at division points; if any cars are set out or added, it is...
| ISBN-13 | 9781152823136 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152823132 |
| Weight | 0.86 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.59 In |
| List Price | $22.16 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 262 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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