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garethashenden

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COB?
« on: July 12, 2025, 09:42:17 PM »
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I was looking through some B&M records this morning and I found a few waybills, one of which I have a question about. This is a load of sheepskins in a Union Pacific boxcar shipped from Eaton Colorado to Winchester New Hampshire in 1978. The routing is what is puzzling me, it is UP COB RI Conrail B&M. What is COB? I'm hoping someone with more knowledge of western railroads will know.

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Re: COB?
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2025, 09:46:58 PM »
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Clean on board?

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The “Clean On Board” clause incorporated into a bill of lading represents a certification by the shipping or transportation company that, at the time of loading, no irregularities or discrepancies were observed in the packaging or overall condition of the cargo
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Re: COB?
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2025, 10:04:34 PM »
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In the military at least, COB stands for Close of Business...i.e., the end of the duty day.
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Re: COB?
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2025, 10:15:49 PM »
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Maybe something at Council Bluffs?

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Re: COB?
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2025, 10:30:18 PM »
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Quote from: wcfn100 on July 12, 2025, 10:15:49 PM
Maybe something at Council Bluffs?

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Exactly what I was going to suggest, like a transfer between yards in Council Bluffs.

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Re: COB?
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2025, 11:48:25 PM »
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COB = Council Bluffs makes perfect sense. UP had other exchange points with RI including nearby Denver, so COB in the routing instructions was specifying most of the western leg to be on UP, with RI handling only the Council Bluffs to Chicago portion.

If it were me writing the waybill, I would've routed it UP->CNW and not RI if I was wanting to get it there reasonably. In 1978 "The Rock" was breathing its dying breaths.
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Re: COB?
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2025, 09:29:59 AM »
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Yup I think that solves it. Other waybills I've seen are very specific about which interchange points to use, but this one only has the one.


I do find waybills quite interesting. UP-CNW-CR would make more sense and be how we might have assumed it was done. But now we know differently. I'm also glad I didn't get to smell this car. 50 tons of sheep skins after two weeks in a boxcar would not be a pleasant experience.
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Re: COB?
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2025, 10:11:25 AM »
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I'm surprised they used COB vs CBLUF.. By 1978 they were standardizing everything for Teletype/Computers, and the current system standards all . I'll have to check my Rock Island Teletype Manual and see what the standard was then.

STCC Code looks good though.

You can calculate transit time off the WBL too..
Shipped UP 4/8/78
Rock Island ???
Conrail 4/15/78
B&M 4/17/78
Received 4/22/78
15 Days transit from Bill Date to Spot Date -- Approx 1910 miles (by road)
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