Re: [CBQ] Express train question

["Leo Phillipp via groups.io" <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>]

Scott,

All Express trains were pretty much limited to the silk trains that were pretty 
much gone by the 1920s. The other express trains were the berry specials. I 
worked with crews in the 1970s who had worked those and would enjoy talking 
about the speeds they operated at and the special train orders stating 
something to the effect “make best time possible”. That’s not the exact 
wording,there are others on the list that can provide that exact verbiage.

Whether the train was truly an all express or the more common mail and express 
train or a solid mail train at Christmas time there was a rider car for the 
train crew. This car could vary from a coach tacked on to specific combines or 
cars that had seats for this specific reason. The rider may or may not be at 
the end of the train. 
To my knowledge waycars were not used as they were not designed to run at the 
speeds set by these trains. Again i worked with many men in the 1970s who 
talked those mail trains.

Leo Phillipp

> On Mar 24, 2026, at 3:34 PM, SCOTT NESBIT via groups.io 
> <drthud=msn.com@groups.io> wrote:
> When the Q ran an all express train (express boxcars and baggage cars) what 
> was attached at the rear of the train? Was it a waycar or maybe a single 
> coach or combine?
> 
> Scott Nesbit
> (605)360-0185
> drthud@msn.com
> 
> 



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