164, these instructions are brief, less than a third of a page. But
they are far more extensive in the separate Special Instructions
document. [5] shows what one looks like; this particular edition is
for April 1950 and is the companion to [4].
To give some idea of the extent and complexity of the material in
this Special Instructions document, I show in [6] a pair of pages
for the Guadalupe Sub. Note on the right-hand page that tonnage
ratings for both steam and diesel locomotives are shown. There
is also a table (not shown) of speed restrictions for the subdivi-
sion, as there was for each subdivision. At the front of the docu-
ment were also five pages of
instructions for all subdivisions.
This material, of course, is much
more extensive and detailed than
what is included in the employee
timetable.
7
7. The cover of the
Southern Pacific manifest
freight schedule book,
4¼” x 6½”. This same
cover was used from the
1950s at least until the
late 1960s.
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