The various boxes include chaining notes, building descriptions, and inventories for the valuation sections listed above. In general, the notes include very detailed descriptions of trackage and buildings. For example, a typical building entry gives overall dimensions, dimensions of doors and windows, and information on construction materials. Sketch floor plans are included for the more important buildings. A few badly-deteriorated photos are in bound into the notebooks for buildings at Como and Jefferson.
All material is high in modeling value.
The primary historical value comes from scattered notes on the dates for the construction of various industrial loading spurs. He will assist in completing the necessary forms. Materials are brought from the storage stacks only four times a day, so plan to start the process early in the day. Portable computers are allowed in the research room, and self-service xeroxing is available at 10 cents a page. The Field Engineering Report produced by the valuation process is a summary compiled from the work of the field parties.