Questions on the Burlington Northern .

[steinjr]

Does anyone know if the Burlington Northern had anything like Conrail ZTS charts?

In 1987, Conrail came up with these nifty maps of every single last mile on the system they ran on. Every siding, every industry, how many cars per siding, where the cars were spotted, and even the type of loading facility.

I'm told conrail was the first to really come up with something like that, but it would be PERFECT for what you want to do.

They used the SPINS maps that were also used by the Southern Pacific

No, Conrail did not use SPINS diagrams. Conrail (and several other railroads) used ZTS (Zone Track Spot) diagrams, which were similar to the SPINS (Southern Pacific Industrial Numbering System) diagrams used by the Southern Pacific, the CLIC (Car Location Identity Code) diagrams used by the Santa Fe, the TIP (Track Identification Program) diagrams used by the Western Pacific, and the SLIC (Shipper Location Identity Code) diagrams used by the Kansas City Southern.

More about such codes e.g. here: http://home.earthlink.net/~mrsvc/sitebui...ldj_26.pdf

Smile,
Stein