Albert Lea, Minnesota:
Unfortunately, the top example is missing a year.
Copied at the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR depot, to RI trains operating in the M&St.L yard:
Albia, Iowa:
Albia CB&Q, Iowa:
A Wabash RR form, copied at the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR depot.
To a CB&Q and an M&St.L train, both operating on Wabash RR tracks.
Chaska, Minnesota:
Curtis, Minnesota:
Copied at the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RY depot. An Illinois
Central RR, M&St.L & Rock Island train, all interacting on RI trackage.
Des Moines, Iowa:
Dunnell, Minnesota:
Could these two orders be the work of a student operator?
Estherville, Iowa:
Unfortunately, the slow order is missing.
Fort Dodge, Iowa:
Grand Junction, Iowa:
Grinnell, Iowa:
Hampton, Iowa:
Hopkins, Minnesota:
Jordan, Minnesota:
Kilkenny, Minnesota:
Linby, Iowa:
Manly, Iowa:
A M&St.L train entering Rock Island tracks en route to Minnesota.
Marshalltown, Iowa:
Mason City, Iowa:
Merriam, Minnesota:
Merriam Junction, Minnesota:
Middle Grove, Illinois:
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
Monmouth, Illinois:
Montgomery, Minnesota:
Morton, Minnesota:
Nemo, Illinois:
Newburg, Iowa:
New Prague, Minnesota:
Olds, Iowa:
Oskaloosa, Iowa:
Otisco, Minnesota:
Packwood, Iowa:
Peoria, Illinois:
This is a deep copy. The operator has not been using a tin, so a lot of ghosting.
Perry, Iowa:
Plover, Iowa:
Spencer, Iowa:
Tara, Iowa:
This order was never completed- But the information is still interesting.
Order to an M&St.L train operating on Illinois Central RR tracks:
Waseca, Minnesota:
Watertown, South Dakota:
Waterville, Minnesota:
West Des Moines, Iowa:
Winfield, Iowa:
Note the top order was never signed by an operator.
Winthrop, Minnesota:
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