Freight Conductors' Train Books record the engine, crew, and cars for every train a conductor rides during some period of time, usually one or two months. The train book reproduced here is by a conductor named J.A. Traud who rode the Laramie to Rawlins, Wyoming, Union Pacific mainline and recorded the trains from October 26 to December 6, 1951.
Most conductors kept their records on the lines provided in the train books, but Traud wrote his on separate sheets and then pasted the sheets into the book:
The images that follow include every page in Traud's book. Click to view each one. The organization is by the train ridden - for example, "Traud 2", "Traud 2a", and "Traud 2b" are the pages for the 2nd train he rode. The date the train departed is to the right of the link. "Traud 2" gives an overview of the train - the time and place it left and arrived (Laramie is "566" and Rawlins is "683", meaning mileposts 566 and 683), the engine and caboose numbers, the names of the crew, etc. "Traud 2a" and "Traud 2b" are the records for the indivdual freight cars - road name and number, weight, content, destination, etc. For most trains there are two images of car records and they usually overlap. We tried to avoid blurred images, but sometimes it was not possible to scan a completely clear image without damaging the book. Please note that the cars are listed in reverse order: The first car listed is the last freight car in the train, just ahead of the caboose.
You may use these images for any non-commercial purposes you wish, but if you publish or e-publish them or information based on them , please mention the Laramie Railroad Depot Association as the source.
Cover
Instructions to conductor
Traud 1 10/26/51
Traud 1a 10/26/51
Traud 1b 10/26/51
Traud 2 10/26/51
Traud 2a 10/26/51
Traud 2b 10/26/51
Traud 3 10/27/51
Traud 3a 10/27/51
Traud 3b 10/27/51
Traud 4 10/28/51
Traud 4a 10/28/51
Traud 4b 10/28/51
Traud 5 10/29/51
Traud 5a 10/29/51
Traud 5b 10/29/51
Traud 6 10/29/51
Traud 6a 10/29/51
Traud 6b 10/29/51
Traud 7 10/31/51
Traud 7a 10/31/51
Traud 7b 10/31/51
Traud 8 10/31/51
Traud 8a 10/31/51
Traud 8b 10/31/51
Traud 9 11/02/51
Traud 9a 11/02/51
Traud 9b 11/02/51
Traud 10 11/02/51
Traud 10a 11/02/51
Traud 10b 11/02/51
Traud 11 11/09/51
Traud 11a 11/09/51
Traud 11b 11/09/51
Traud 12 11/10/51
Traud 12a 11/10/51
Traud 12b 11/10/51
Traud 13 11/11/51
Traud 13a 11/11/51
Traud 13b 11/11/51
Traud 14 11/12/51
Traud 14a 11/12/51
Traud 14b 11/12/51
Traud 15 11/13/51
Traud 15a 11/13/51
Traud 15b 11/13/51
Traud 16 11/14/51
Traud 16a 11/14/51
Traud 16b 11/14/51
Traud 17 11/15/51
Traud 18 11/15/51
Traud 18a 11/15/51
Traud 18b 11/15/51
Traud 19 11/16/51
Traud 20 11/17/51
Traud 20a 11/17/51
Traud 20b 11/17/51
Traud 20c 11/17/51
Traud 21 11/18/51
Traud 21a 11/18/51
Traud 21b 11/18/51
Traud 22 11/18/51
Traud 22a 11/18/51
Traud 22b 11/18/51
Traud 23 11/19/51
Traud 23a 11/19/51
Traud 24 11/20/51
Traud 24a 11/20/51
Traud 24b 11/20/51
Traud 25 11/25/51
Traud 25a 11/25/51
Traud 25b 11/25/51
Traud 26 11/25/51
Traud 26a 11/25/51
Traud 27 11/27/51
Traud 27a 11/27/51
Traud 27b 11/27/51
Traud 28 11/28/51
Traud 28a 11/28/51
Traud 28b 11/28/51
Traud 29 11/29/51
Traud 29a 11/29/51
Traud 29b 11/29/51
Traud 30 11/30/51
Traud 30a 11/30/51
Traud 30b 11/30/51
Traud 31 12/03/51
Traud 31a 12/03/51
Traud 31b 12/03/51
Traud 32 12/03/51
Traud 32a 12/03/51
Traud 32b 12/03/51
Traud 33 12/05/51
Traud 34 12/06/51
Traud 35 12/06/51
Traud 35a 12/06/51
Traud 35b 12/06/51
A Microsoft Excel file of the Traud train book is now available: 
The file consists of several workbooks, some of which feature drop-down "filters" which allow one to view only selected records. For example, the filters on the "Cars" workbook allow one to view only the cars from train 15, or only PFE cars, or only cars headed for Council Bluffs that are also in train 12.
Please report any errors or difficulties to Larry Ostresh (ostresh@uwyo.edu) An Excel viewer is available from Microsoft.com
You may download or use this Excel file for any non-commercial purposes you wish, but you do not have the right to copy it or portions of it to any other website without the written consent of the Laramie Railroad Depot Association. If you publish or e-publish information based on it, please mention the Laramie Railroad Depot Association as the source.