rgortowski@a... wrote:
>
> In the early 1950s did the all-stops Denver Local (train #7/ 8) carry a
> working RPO? Was it normal practice to send RPO/Baggage cars in just
> mail/express service (without working the RPO portion)? Based on
> several pictures I have seen, it seems that several of these cars were
> used in one train.
>
> Rich
I have a conductors book from the mid 50's that has several entrys for train 8
across Iowa. I am not sure if it is the same train 8 but it generally has two
RPO (23xx), 4 to 10 mail (1xxx and foreign roads), and rider (1492).
Ken Martin
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