Freight car interchange and routing was more complex 60 years ago when there were more class 1 Railroads, and more railroads in general. The NKP created this document in the early 1960’s (Date estimated since the Erie Lackawanna RR is listed, Not Erie and DL&W) to assist shippers in routing carload traffic. Some listings are obvious, some are head scratchers. It’s important to remember the railroad didn’t set the route in most cases.
A few routing samples are below. (I’ve never heard of the Moshassuck Valley railroad until today.)
The full document can be found here.
Hey modelers you could make use of this document in operations.
Thanks for stopping by.
Brian J Carlson, P.E., NKPHTS Collections Management Director