11: This is thedispatcher’s journal entry for trainorder
1 for August 4, 1939.Most dispatchers scrawleda large
“D” (or their initials) over a trainorderwhen itwas
completemeaning that itwas transmittedcorrectly and
couldbedelivered to theappropriate traincrews.
11
Thefirst lineof this trainorderbeginswith1 (theTOnumber)
followedbyRo (theabbreviation forEl Portalwhere theTOwill
be issued; stationabbreviationsarediscussed in the sidebar)
andC&E (ConductorandEngineer) Eng (Engine) 23andanote
that theengineerwasMonson. Thenext line reads “Engine23
runextraEl Portal toMerced.”Note thatnopunctuationwas
used in trainorders.Although the trainorder isaddressed to
theconductorandengineer, therewasnoconductoron this
engine, only theengineerandfireman. Theywould run light (no
caboose)back toMercedbutwere still required todisplaymark-
ers. TheYVenginesall hadmarkerbracketsmountedon the rear
of the tenderandcarriedmarkers for just thispurpose (12).
Locals
TheYV typically ran locals fromeachendof the lineas extras
onMondays throughSaturdaysunder trainorders issued
before their departure.OnFridays, engine28,whichwasused
