Remember that early afternoon eastbound Dinkie with the combine power car was
also the "Remittance Train". I worked suburban stations as a relief Agent in
the late 1960's and early 1970's in the summers while attending college and I
had to meet the train to send the daily station ticket sales money to the GOB,
besides baggage. Each summer I worked mainly La Grange, Hinsdale and Downers
Grove stations, beside various other locations and House 9 relief jobs, and
sometimes during the school year. Those first of the month ticket sales (cash
and checks) for the Monthly Commuter Pass money going on the train was
substantial. We also had to seal the remittance envelope with wax and the
station seal as part of the procedure. As I understand, before Metra took over
the commuter operation the BN hired Brinks run a truck to each depot to pick up
the daily money. Richard Forst, Tualatin, OR
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Larry" <lsallee@...> wrote:
>
> I just processed and added this
> <https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bYvnkpm0LLUDtSEWHIoKVtMTjNZETYmyP\
> Jy0liipFm0?feat=directlink> image to my gallery, and looking at the
> employees visible in the photo, I got to wondering about a couple of
> things. Might be pretty dumb questions here for somebody who's been
> around railroads all his life, but I realized I just didn't know.
>
> I notice one visible trainman for each car. I assume this would be a
> conductor and 2 brakemen. Would there always be the same number of
> trainmen on every commuter train, regardless of size (even with much
> larger trains during rush hour)? Was there a separate class of employee
> that would have been ticket collectors, or would those have always been
> a conductor/brakeman?
>
> What exactly was the purpose of the baggage/coach and its employee (I
> assume the guy with his head stuck out the door is an employee)? Mail?
> Newspapers? I did notice a newspaper truck backed up to the station in
> another photo.
>
> Larry Sallee
>
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