Paperwork

• Livestock Freight Waybill Form 1846 was used for single consignments, carload, and LCL shipments. This was the master paperwork for the shipment. Chester French has provided an interesting Wabash Waybill, 1955.
• Form 67 Uniform Live Stock Contract. Here is the contract for the above waybill.
• Form 822-B tracked the movement of the stock: car loaded into, car transferred to, number loaded, number reloaded, pen condition, any injuries or death, feed consumption.
• Form 2232, the 28 Hour Law and the 36 Hour Release kept up with when the stock were loaded and when and where they needed to be unloaded to meet the requirements of law.
• Stock Yard Foreman's Record told of the number of cars, loading and unloading times, delays, condition of pens, stock, and bedding.
• Station Record of Livestock Forwarded Form 1558 tracked the condition of stock as inspected at particular stations.
• Form 808 Conductor's Trip Record was a diary of every trip and every stop.
• Form 903 Train Consist listed loads and empties and other cars in a freight.
• Form 618A Switch List: This is not the normal use of this document, but numbers of these have been found. Provided by Matt Zebrowski.
• Live Stock: Now That it's In our care - Load it Properly, Move it Promptly, Handle Carefully (1946 ATSF publication)
• History of the Chicago Union Stock Yards (1953) 7MB pdf