Nostalgia & History > Working out of Eugene 50 years ago

purchased a time book recently at auction for 1967 from Eugene depot I beleive

I have selected May June 1967 to represent typical working for a SP crew

I may post each month a page from this book for the rest of 2017 for 1967 to match

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since it is nearly June, here is the next instalment June 1967

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Wow, a $500 half. Equates to about $3660 today.

Took me a couple minutes, C. L. = Crescent Lake. Before interdivisional runs.

sphogger



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/29/17 07:37 by sphogger.

looking closer at the book the main run nearly always was Eugene to Crescent lake but there are a few Eugene Cottage grove and Eugene to Roseburg

I have another but dated 1970 the years work for the same rail if anyone wants to look at some pages



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/29/17 02:21 by bakersfielddave.

Bring on the pages

Interesting time book.

1967 was pre-interdivisional so EUG (Eugene) to CL (Crescent Lake) would have been the pool run, EUG to Roseburg would have been the Siskiyou, and Eugene to Coos Bay would have been the Coos Bay Branch. I see the person also shows a "Coburg Turn". Interesting look back.

You mentioned you saw a trip to Cottage Grove; I suspect that was a deadhead to an outside job that went to work there although depending on what the next trip shows it could have also been a work train.

I'm thinking this was a trainman because under "Rate" it appears he put car totals, which is how rates of pay for trainmen were calculated.

a Coos Bay job dead head there from Eugene to arrive Coos Bay 1145 pm date 11 25 67

then on the 26th Nov train 466 1250pm to 630 pm at Coos bay to Coos Bay SD9 engine 3868

then on the 27th deadhead coos bay 645pm Eugene 930 pm

a Roseburg turn on 8 19 67 with loco 3853

another Coos Bay on 8 28 67 with loco 3885