clocking

“At all of the major “breakup” yards where the railroads unloaded and loaded freight — waterfront railyards, pier stations, and inland freight depots — teams conducted clockings, recording all movements of trains […]”

“He picked up the sheet of paper which showed the clockings of the two employees. He looked again at the clockings that Earrell had made and smiled to himself; on the fifth of the month, he had skipped his break completely […]”