Ever wonder which form was for what purpose? The Santa Fe had a system. Most large organizations do and they also
have an index so you can find the right form.
Santa Fe’s index eluded me for many years as I did not know what exactly
to look for. An on line discussion with
some fellow modelers yielded results last year when John Moore of Albuquerque
asked me if the List of Blanks was what I needed. A couple sample pages later and I was
convinced that it was indeed that index that had so long eluded me. John generously loaned me his 1947 and 1958
editions.
The Form 1091 Standard, List of Blanks in use by lines of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System, is described in its 1947
edition as Description of Printed Forms.
And what a description it is.
Everything you can think of that had to have a standardized format is in
here. From Train Orders (Form 933
Standard) to Train Sheets (Form 1546-F Special for the Valley Div 3rd
District), Freight Waybills (too many to list here but one is Form 1829
Regular, Preferred Movement), Locomotive Service Report (Form 1161 Standard),
to Instructions to Station Freight Agents (Form 500 Standard). All this and a whole lot more including car
cards, accounting documents, shippers notifications and everything else needed
to run the railroad. The forms evolved over
time, with some becoming obsolete and deleted with others added as needs
changed. You can see this in the
addition of Consigned Empty Freight Car Card (Form 1851 Standard) and deletion
of Meat Card (Form 1390 Standard) between the 47 and 58 editions.
More on this useful document later. PDFs of the 47 and 58 editions can be found
on the ATSFRR.ORG website at http://www.atsfrr.org/resources/BarryJohn/47%20Form%201091%20Std%20Form%20Index.pdf
and http://www.atsfrr.org/resources/BarryJohn/58%20Form%201091%20Std%20Form%20Index.pdf
John Barry
12 June 2014
Cameron Park, CA
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