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4: Dispatchers logged in using this box in the upper
right corner of the train sheets. Themath to the left
kept track of the number of loaded log cars brought
down to the lumbermill inMerced Falls for the sea-
son to date. That day therewere 38 loaded log cars in
trainNo. 9, the timetabled log train, plus 17more log
cars picked up by the El Portal Local that evening. The
date for this sheet isAugust 4 and165 loads had been
already delivered to date for themonth. The 55 cars
delivered to themill onAugust 4thwere then added to
the 3,923 cars for the season todate.
5: The center topof the train sheet shows the date, day
of week, and timetable in effect on that date. Reading
down from the column to the left of the station listings
is trainNo. 2, an eastbound passenger trainwithPoe
working as the conductor andSwineford as the engi-
neer. A second engineer,Munson, is the engineer on
the helper. The two engines are the 25 and the 23. The
train departedMerced at 5:45 a.m., 10minutes late.
Oneminutewas spent inSnelling (6:19 to 6:20) and 6
minutes takingwater inMerced Falls (6:28 to 6:34).
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