C&O Chesapeake District Time Freight Book No. 13

Manifest train schedules, routes, and train makeup. 34 pages reprinted on 8 ½ x 11 paper. The original was a small booklet with pages 7 ¼ x 5 ½.

The contents includes the following: Schedule time freight trains, outline freight handled in these trains, forms and reports used, instructions to handling time freight, cut off time by C&O from connections, Hold orders, consolidations, etc.

Includes the following manifest trains No s 90 -> 99.

The Foreword states the following “Strict compliance with instructions contained herein are necessary in order to keep Time Freight Service up to a high standard.” Etc. With model railroaders becoming much more interested in prototypical consist and operations, this will provide much valuable information! With the information in this booklet, running freight trains on a model railroad does not have to be boring anymore!!! Also, this could serve as the inspiration and basis for modelers who wish to develop documentation for their own model railroads to operate under. This booklet is a must for those interested in prototype modeling and operations.