(4). Inaddition topassenger/Pullman service, theYValso ran
log trains, starting in the springwhen the snowmelted in the
mountains, until fallwhen the loggingoperations shut down
for thewinter. Thenumber of log carsmoved that dayand for
themonthand seasonwas recordednext to the “Dispatchers
onDuty”box.
The center portionof the train sheet (5) lists the stations and
thedistance fromMercedandEl Portal (the twoendsof the
line), alongwith siding capacities in feet at each station. Keep
inmind that therewasn’t aphysical stationat each “station”
listed in thetimetablesor on the train sheets. Most of the
places listedwereonly sidingsor spurs. Space isprovided to
enter thenamesof the conductor andengineer for each train,
andtimes that theengine crewand train crewwent onduty
andtiedup.
TrainNo. 2, theeastboundpassenger train,was thefirst train
recordedon thisparticular day (5). As aneastbound train,
departureandarrival times
for this trainare recorded to
the leftof the stationnames
readingdown, just like the
employeetimetables. There
areplaces to record the train
number, enginenumber, and
number of cars in thepassen-
ger trains. As shown, there
were seven cars in thispas-
senger train that day. This
number of cars requireda
secondengine, or double-
header,witha2-6-0 (the
26) anda4-4-0helper (the
23). TrainNo. 2departed
Mercedat 5:45 (“am” is
