To the best of my knowledge, the CSP carried a mix of freight while the FFT was more dedicated to auto parts. Keep in mind that a designation such as CSP did not confer special status, but it was listed separately in the system ETTs so it had recognition over the normal trains which we all extras and did have an assigned schedule. However, the railroad ran its trains as needed and the CSP did not run on its schedule very often. The FFT on the other hand was a specials effort. Have you read the Eagle article from years back on the FFT? Jerry

Unfortunately, train lists seemed to be thrown out faster than any other type of paperwork. I have attached the only list we have in the archives for FFT from April 1981. Someone scribbled “not much of an auto train” at the bottom of the list, as half the train was non-Ford fill traffic for DRGW at Pueblo. The CSP and FFT history gets pretty muddied in the early 80s, as MP’s blocking instructions allowed FFT to be filled with non-Ford traffic on certain days, and after the July 1981 retooling shutdown at Milpitas, the MP started originating “their” FFT at St Louis and adding the N&W traffic at KC. CSP also handled Ford parts from connections at the St Louis gateway and would set them out somewhere between Leeds, MO, and Hope, KS, for the FFT.

Coal traffic thru Horace in the early 80s, all off the DRGW, would have been:
CUM/CMU – Mississippi Power Daniels plant via Memphis/ICG
CUS/CSU – Illinois Power, Federal plant (Alton, IL)
CUI/CIU – American Electric Power, Metropolis, IL
CUO/COU – Union Electric Labadie, MO plant

Other bulk traffic were grain trains symbolled GUx where “G” for grain, “U” was the Kansas Division code, and then destinations like H=Houston, N=New Orleans, etc. Also occasional welded rail trains from CF&I in Pueblo.

There was a local between Hoisington and Horace that switched the local industries. Also the KP (Kansas City – Pueblo) and its counterpart the PK that were called the ‘long-barrel’ locals.

Referring to the FFT train list, car 1 was a caboose. The train list has cars listed counting forward from the caboose.
Car 9 was an equipped gondola, meaning it had fixed cradles or other devices to hold specific types of loads.
Car 16 was a damage-free (DF) boxcar
Car 17 was a boxcar equipped with load dividers
Car 28 another DF boxcar, probably loaded with batteries.

As for the unit coal trains, I have notes on reporting marks. You will have to do some internet searching for possible car types and series, however, we are well before the era of aluminum cars.
CUM/CMU – Mississippi Power Daniels plant via Memphis/ICG DEGX markings, bottom dump
CUS/CSU – Illinois Power, Federal plant (Alton, IL) mix of MP and DRGW bottom dump hoppers
CUI/CIU – American Electric Power, Metropolis, IL AEPX markings, I don’t have other info
CUO/COU – Union Electric Labadie, MO plant cars marked UCEX and AMAX. Ortner 5-bay rapid discharge

I do not know of a way to determine whose racks were on the various TTX cars.