Actually, I have a PRR C. T. 1000 and was wondering if similar books existed for other roads.
So what the heck is a C. T. 1000 you might ask. The cover page of mine reads:
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
LIST OF
STATIONS AND SIDINGS
AND
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR MAKING
REPORTS
TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT
CAR SERVICE
Taking Effect with Trains Leaving
Starting Point at or after 12.01 A.M.,
May 1, 1945
Superseding Issue of November 1, 1923
PHILADELPHIA, PA
1945
(Our ancestors certainly were verbose, weren’t they?) [:)]
Anyway, this book lists all stations and sidings on the Pennsylvania Railroad in sufficient detail that I can tell, for example, that E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co had four sidings (Coal, No. 2, No. 1B, and No. 1A) in Seaford, DE (station number 9615). Mile posts from some point on the railroad are also shown for each station or siding.
I would imagine that most railroads would have had a similar book but I’ve never seen one and have no idea what it would have been called. Anybody have any knowledge of this area?
C. T. 1000 is a Pennsy term and it stands for “conducting Transportation”. There were probably similar manuscripts for other railroads but in the case of the PRR they were issued every ten years from what researchers have been able to determine. A later version is available on Keystone Crossings website and is invauable as it lists the milepost of all sidings and industries on the railroad. With Sanborn fire insurance maps much detail about the industries can be determined when doing accurate modeling of the PRR. I know several people who would like to scan your 1945 version if you would want to part with it.
Thanks for the info. I’ll be keeping my eyes open for one when I visit train shows and the like. If it has the kind of detail in it that the C.T.1000 has (and I suspect it might), these things are invaluable research tools.
Closest thing to that I have is a Great Northern Official List of Officers,Agents,and Stations book dated July 1,1965 and updated to January 1,1970.It’s not as detailed as your PRR book,but is still interesting in it’s history.The station listing is what they used as a basis for the Employee Timetables.The book is divided into sections by division and it also has a map of the GN system color coded by division.