14: Thedispatcher’sentry
for theEl Portal Local with
engine29andConductor
Gibbons (topof thepage)
departedEl Portal at
5:30p.m. (readingup)
andarrived for themeet
with theMercedLocal at
Detwiler at 9:25p.m. The
14
crews then traded trains,
so thedispatcher con-
tinuedentries for theEl
Portal Local in thenext
column to the right since
theconductor of the train
withengine29wasnow
Clements.
15: This listingof the
movementsof theEl
Portal andMercedLocals
employs the station
abbreviationsuseddur-
ing the telegrapheraas
discussed in the side-
bar.Other abbreviations
include “yard” (switching
cars in the yard listed);
“p/u” (pickupanempty
or load); “water, turn”
(takewater and turnon
thewye); “lunch” (obvi-
ous); “s/o” (set out an
emptyor load); and “con-
nection” (meet theother
local). “Mdse” can refer
toLCL (less thancarload)
shipments aswell as ship-
ments from stations along
the line.
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