The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-09

Hsrurd ON Its Travels After II I~ft
the Owning Line.

and probably viii remain. pro
found mystery to the outsider. as
well as constant nightmare 10 the
expert car service people When a
freight car leaves Nashville or any
other important shipping point 1t
becomes. so far as it's initial point is
concerned. a derelict upon the great
ocean OF Interstate commerce. al
most as difficult 10 trace as lumber
laden vessel from the gulf or South
Atlantic ports that may be wrecked
and abandoned on the broad Atlantic
ocean In the case Of derelict
freight car IL is known that as long
as 1t is able to go at all, Ii must keep
on some OF the thousands OF tracks
of railroads. and IL must fetch up
once in a while at some of the mil
lion of railroad stations ia the Uni
ted States, may be in the terminal OF
some great trunk line in large city.
where there are thousands of other
freight cars that look just like 1t TO
unless he can see the only distin-
gushing features it bears-the name
OF the road and its serial shop num-
Der. Or may be it may be shunted
out on a switch at an obscure point,
where, if there is a telegraph sta
ton, the operator has to divide his
make living, and is rarely at his
key when called. Then, again, If an
empty is being sent home on positive
orders. it is liable TO be seized with
out leave or license at any little old
depot where there may be a carload
of delayed stuff, and sent off on
ly different direction. The car SER
vice man has much more respon-
sible position than the chief of the
photographic service.
Here is the history of a box car,
built in Nashville at the shops of
the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis railroad, May 8, 1903, and
bearing the number 9S40, as compil-
ed by the Nashville American. This
car left Nashville loaded for Tampa
Fla, August IS, 1904, and hasn't
got back yet. The initials of the roads
it has travelled over will puzzle the
oldest shippers. The official RECORD
of it's travels as given is as follows
To g. A. L., to c. and w. e., TO :
A. L.. to A. c. L., to S. A. L., to A
> c.. L., to S. A. L., to c. and w. c..
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Ito C. OF Ga, to A. G. L., to S. A
FL, to A. G. L.. to G. of Ga, to
C. L., to C. of Ca, to A. c. L., to c.
of Ga, to A. C. L., to N. w. OF ).
c., to A. c. L., to Southern to A. c.
L., to A. C. L., to N. w. of S. c., to
A. G. L.. to Southern, to A. c. L..
to s A. L., to A. C. L., to w. N.
Y, p. and n, to Pennsylvania, to \.
Y, n. II. and H., to b. and NJ, to c.
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to n. Y. C. and II. r., to B. and A,
to y. Y. c. and II. r., to B. and M,
to y. Y. y. II. and H., to P,nnsyl-
vania. to y. y. c. and II. r., to c.
! of \. j., to p and r.. to y. Y. c.
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c. b. and @, to p. Co, to c. b and
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