A Suburban Train With a Baggage Car ???
Yes, one RT/day carried baggage!
Date:
1/26/1961
Location:
Westmont, IL
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Marty Bernard
Locomotives:
CBQ 9946B(E8A)
Author:
Marty Bernard
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John J. Poshepny
General
If I may ask, why did 1 RT a Day carry Baggage?
2/9/2008 9:28:22 AM
Marty Bernard
General
Probably a historical holdover.
2/9/2008 2:09:25 PM
Chuck Zeiler
General
I was a paperboy in my teen years during the early 1960's, and I recall that the Sunday supliments were delivered by the Q loaded in a combine power car, but if the supliments were large, a baggage car would be used. The supliments arrived a few days before Sunday.
3/13/2008 12:47:29 PM
Mark Evans
General
Many commute consists nationwide carried head-end cars for local mail/express runs...SP did so until 1966. Wonderful rare shot!
6/19/2008 6:42:02 PM
Jim Gavin
General
On the EL we used an MU combine to haul the Sunday papers on a late Saturday night train. Maybe that's the deal here.
1/16/2009 10:26:50 PM
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