I came across an interesting article in the Nov. 1944 issue of
Trains (Magazine) p.4. 82-CAR MAIL TRAIN. I will quote the entire
article: "Probably the longest individual mail train in history was
run from Chicago to Council Bluffs Transfer on the night of
October 17 by the Burlington Route. It consisted of 82 mail and
refrigerator cars loaded with Christmas packages for
servicemen overseas and hauled on passenger-train schedule
by a 4-8-4 steam locomotive as far as Galesburg and then by a
2-10-4. The refrigerator cars were used because many of them
are moving westward empty at this season.
"This and a then-record 70 car train October 13 were part of
the largest movement the Q has handled in all the 60 years it
has been moving the transcontinental mails between Chicago
and Council Bluffs Transfer. More than 1200 cars were handled
between September 21 and October 17, and the largest day's
movement was 103 cars on October 15."
Wow! What an accomplishment for the CB&Q. Railroading at its
best!
Mel Carlson
Grayslake, IL
On the Milwaukee Road J Line
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