Freight railroading inspires.  From the mystery of fetching cars from dark corners of cities and customers to the drama of tonnage at speed, moving the freight is a way of life.  This page is dedicated to the railroaders who know the satisfaction of handling freight effectively and the fans who are called to share the story.  Thank you to all.

But a good story needs background information.  MovingTheFreight preserves and shares information so this grand ongoing story can continue to captivate future railroaders and fans.

You are welcome to save and share any documents you find here; all that is asked is that you acknowledge MovingTheFreight as the source.

As always, contributions of materials are definitely welcome.  Documents can scanned and returned, or scans shared if you possess the original.  Please share the locations of other helpful resources, and analysis of existing materials is most definitely welcome.  The story is immense so any help telling it is welcome.  If you would like to help, drop us a note.  Thank you in advance.

What’s New:

12/11/2025 – C&NW train consists from the James Rakowski Consist Collection and a 1933 New Haven freight schedule.
11/20/2025 – A Southern Pacific 1982 freight schedule courtesy of Tim Zukas.
11/15/2025 – The Fred Frailey Trainsheet Collection: a huge collection of dispatcher sheets.
11/14/2025 – A Denver & Rio Grande Western 1923 LCL schedule.
10/24/2025 – Lehigh Valley waybills from Ithaca, NY in the summer of 1965.
7/4/2025 – Mark Amfahr Consist Collection.  Also Missouri Pacific freight schedules and dispatcher sheets and a Lehigh Valley 1947 freight schedule.
3/22/2025 – 1965 Official Railway Equipment Register.
3/15/2025 – Detroit Terminal 1945 list of industries.
3/9/2025 – New Haven 1947 Freight Train and Package Car schedule.
3/7/2025 – Chicago Burlington & Quincy March 1968 waybills from Seward, NE.
2/23/2025 – Union Pacific 1969 Perishable and Manifest Schedules and 1975 Freight Schedules.
12/2/2024 – New York Central 1930 local freight schedules.
10/18/2024 – Train order books from the Erie and Rock Island, train orders from the Baltimore & Ohio, North Judson tower sheets for the Penn Central and Conrail, a Penn Central ETT, and an Erie Lackawanna rulebook all courtesy of Bert Zajac.  Also Panhandle Eastbounds from Chicago, a freight symbol history for the Pennsylvania / Penn Central / Conrail Chicago to Logansport line.
10/17/2024 – Erie 1943 train consists from Croxton and 1979 Milwaukee Road #263 consists.
8/17/2024 – Peoria & Pekin Union 1986 dispatcher sheet.
8/10/2024 – Illinois Central 1923 train consists from Conductor Spivey’s train book.
8/2/2024 – Union Pacific 1981 Freight Schedule.
7/26/2024 – Milwaukee Road Montevideo to Aberdeen consists from Cliff Bingham in 1908.
7/19/2024 – Green Bay & Western 1945 conductor’s train book.
7/5/2024 – Lehigh Valley page.
7/4/2024 – Missouri Pacific freight schedules.
7/2/2024 – More Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Dispatcher Sheets.
6/30/2024 – New York Central 1932 Boston & Albany LCL schedule; Chesapeake & Ohio Pere Marquette District 1954 freight schedule; Penn Central 1975 freight schedule; Soo Line 1957 condensed freight schedule; Milwaukee Road 1978 Chicago Terminal Director sheets; Grand Trunk 1915 dispatcher sheet; Canadian National and Canadian Pacific condensed freight schedules; Denver & Rio Grande Western 1946 condensed freight schedule; Decatur Sullivan & Mattoon 1872 Freight Forwarded report on the Illinois Central page; Norfolk & Western 1957 Coal and Coke manual; Gulf Mobile & Northern dispatcher sheet.
6/29/2024 – Lehigh & New England dispatcher sheets; Alabama & Vicksburg and Vicksburg Shreveport & Pacific dispatcher sheets on the Illinois Central page; Maine Central freight schedules; New Haven freight schedule; Copper Range dispatcher sheet; Delaware Lackawanna & Western dispatcher sheets; Canadian National 1962 Freight Schedule update; Western Maryland freight schedule; Charleston & Western Carolina and former Atlanta Birmingham & Coast dispatcher sheets on the Atlantic Coast Line page; Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton 1890 car mileage report; Central Railroad of New Jersey High Bridge dispatcher and operator sheets.
12/2/2023 – Soo Line 1972 train order book and Norfolk & Western 1965 Coal and Coke manual.
11/4/2023 – Southern Pacific 1968 freight schedule and Louisville & Nashville 1909 freight schedule.
10/20/2023 – Union Pacific Conductor’s Consist Book from 1947 and Reading 1962 freight car assignments.
10/5/2023 – Many new things have been added.  Highlights include John Carr’s symbol histories for the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe; freight schedules for the Pere Marquette and Pennsylvania; and Shippers Guides for the Santa Fe and Denver & Rio Grande Western; and 1907 Santa Fe train consists and Milwaukee Road car seal records.
11/3/2022 – More Milwaukee Road and Reading dispatcher sheets.
8/29/2022 – New York Central NY-4 1961 consists.
8/18/2022 – Baltimore & Ohio Stockyards Cincinnati 1953-54 engineer’s register book.
8/12/2022 – Chicago Burlington & Quincy 1936 Shippers Guide and New York Central SV-6 1961 consists.
7/14/2022 – Baltimore & Ohio 1937 Package Car Schedule.
7/8/2022 – Boston & Maine and Maine Central 1897 Shippers Guide.
7/6/2022 – Erie Lackawanna 1967 Freight Schedule and Atlantic Coast Line 1959 Condensed Schedule.
6/20/2022 – Baltimore & Ohio 1946 Package Car schedule and loading instructions.
6/1/2022 – Southern Pacific former SA&AP 1926 conductor consist book.
5/5/2022 – Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Dispatcher Sheets pages added.
4/11/2022 – Missouri Pacific 1972 Freight Schedule.
3/23/2022 – Denver & Rio Grande Western page added.
3/18/2022 – Southern Pacific 1960 Freight Schedule and New Haven 1934 LCL loading instructions for Waterbury.
2/18/2022 – Milwaukee Road 1974 Freight Schedule and Southern Pacific 1978 Freight Schedule.
2/17/2022 – Santa Fe 1983 Freight Schedule.
2/9/2022 – Union Pacific 1959 Perishable and Manifest Schedule.
2/4/2022 – Canadian Pacific 1935 and 1960 Freight Schedules.
2/3/2022 – New Haven 1939 Symbol Book and Pennsylvania Glass Sand 1983 outbound carloads.
2/1/2022 – Grand Trunk Western 1946 Merchandise Car Schedule.
1/19/2022 – New Haven 1939 Package Car and Freight Train Schedule.
12/23/2021 – Texas & Pacific 1919 employee time book.
12/13/2021 – Western Pacific 1982 Freight Schedule and Rock Island 1979 Freight Schedule.
12/9/2021 – Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton 1914 Working Book Number 1 added.
11/25/2021 – Pennsylvania 1921 Conductor Car Report from the Monongahela Division area.
11/15/2021 – Great Northern 1965 Condensed Freight Schedule.
10/18/2021 – Penn Central 1974 Freight Schedule.
10/14/2021 – Canadian Pacific 1963 Condensed Freight Schedule, Wyatt Metal and Boiler page.
10/12/2021 – Michigan Central 1931 Freight Schedule.
9/22/2021 – Western Maryland 1956 Freight Schedule, Union Pacific 1959 Merchandise Schedule, Soo Line 1987 Bensenville train sheets, C&NW Mirro-Craft page, NS 2002 Enola Yard train sheets.
8/5/2021 – Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 1903 Freight Schedule and Pennsylvania 1949 Maryland Division freight schedule and 1941 Cars Handled Through Important Yards book.
7/9/2021 – Union Pacific 1928 list of industries with private sidings in California and Nevada.
6/5/2021 – Norfolk Southern Terminal Zone Map books for Detroit, Fort Wayne, and Lafayette.
5/9/2021 – Union Pacific 1924 Passenger Train Consists and Southern 1959 Merchandise Car Schedule.
4/25/2021 – Conrail 1987 Marion OH tower sheets added.
4/20/2021 – Union Pacific 1961 Perishable and Manifest Schedule and 1963 Northwest District local schedules.
4/18/2021 – More Maine Central dispatcher sheets from 1945 and 1947.
4/11/2021 – Penn Central 1972 freight schedule supplement.
4/8/2021 – Lehigh and New England 1904 dispatcher sheets and a Vandalia 1911 timetable.
4/6/2021 – Norfolk & Western 1973 Freight Schedule.
4/6/2021 – New MILW, CNW, and BN dispatcher sheets, and new PRR/PC Summit Station tower sheets.
3/26/2021 – Canadian Pacific 1950 and 1978 condensed freight schedules added.
3/25/2021- Soo Line 1964 Freight Train schematic added.
3/12/2021 – Large collection of Southern Pacific dispatcher sheets from Texas.
3/9/2021 – C&O Detroit to Chicago 1985 inspection trip.  Also new Soo Line and Southern Pacific freight schedules.
3/2/2021 – Canadian National 1962 and 1970 Condensed Freight Schedules.
2/27/2021 – Missouri Pacific 1962 Sedalia and White River Division train order book.
2/16/2021 – Chicago & North Western 1983 and 1986 Freight Schedules.
2/10/2021 – Florida East Coast 1970 Condensed Freight Schedule.
1/29/2021 – Louisville & Nashville 1927 Carding and Grouping of Cars in Freight Trains book.
1/24/2021 – Erie Lackawanna 1969 Freight Schedule and Maine Central 1973 Freight Schedules.
12/19/2020 – Pennsylvania consists added and 1960 Freight Schedule reposted.
11/19/2020 – New York Central 1965 Freight Schedule supplement.
11/7/2020 – Erie Lackawanna 1973 Freight Schedule.
11/2/2020 – Norfolk & Western 1977 Freight Schedule.
11/1/2020 – Baltimore & Ohio 1971 Freight Schedule and a few D&H MB-2 and BM-3 train consists from 1954.
10/30/2020 – Grand Trunk Western 1985 Freight Schedule added.
10/17/2020 – Southern 1985 Freight Schedules and 1949 Knoxville Division dispatcher sheets added.
10/16/2020 – Missouri Pacific 1965 Circular 61 added.