The train sheet allowed thedispatcher to recordarrival/depar-
turetimes for every trainat every locationwitha stationagent.
Immediatelyafter the caboose (or observation car) of a train
passedamanned station, the stationagent contacted the
dispatcher and toldhim the trainnumber andtime. (TheYV
switched fromusing telegraphs to telephones in1931.) A typi-
cal callmight startwith the stationagent at Bagbyannouncing
“OSBagby.” (OSmeans “OnSheet”or “Out of Station”)
3: This is theDispatcher’sRecord ofMovement of
Trains, or train sheet, for August 4, 1939. The train
sheets for theYVwere 17" highby 22" wide.
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