--- In BRHSlist@y..., Ken martin <kmartin@c...> wrote:
> Rupert and Maureen wrote:
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> > A couple of historical questions -
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> > In "Railroads of the Black Hills" is a photo on pages 22-3 of a
Burlington train in the Black Hills "around 1900". Behind B&MR loco
#346 (renumbered to #1232 class H-4 in 1904) is a Burlington baggage
car numbered 7XX labelled "Adams Express Company". Does anyone know
anything about this company? Was this a forerunner to the REA?
> >
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> > Rupert
> > Auckland NZ
> >
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> Rupert
>
> Adams Express was one of several express companies that were
consolidated into
> Railway Express Agency during the USRA take over of the railroads
during WW I.
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> Kenneth Martin
beings the subject of rea has been mentioned, have seen on several
bnsf trailer trains, trailers with the reporting marks of reaz. is
there still something remaining of rea after the bankruptcy of the
mid seventies? leo? kenneth? anyone?
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