Thanks, Ed. Much appreciated. I'm looking forward to your book and wish you
the best of luck with it.
Quickly anyone, would other roads express cars be on a 'Q' train and what
passenger trains did the Burlington carry express cars in pre-merger, late
1960's.
"Paul (Kossart) - The CB&Q Guy"
Proto-Lancing the CB&Q "Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line" in the 1960's.
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At 06:20 PM 1/26/2006, you wrote:
>Paul, Bob, and Others:
>
>Bob, thanks for the plug. Bob and others, please be patient. I will be glad to
>announce
>when the book on mail, baggage, and express is ready, but please do not
>create an
>expectation. I am researching and writing, so it is many months away.
>
>Paul, Bob hit the nail on the head, the labeling of the car, except for RPOs,
>was not
>indicative of the car's assignment. I have records of REX reefers assgned to
>carry
>newspapers and during the Christmas rush, NRC reefers, in addition to regular
>40 foot
>boxcars, assgned to haul mail.
>
>As far as express is concerned, since 1929, REA, with the exception of
>Southern Express,
>was THE express agency. SOU Exp was owned by Southern and other SE railways
>and
>ultimately was merged into REA. Prior to WWI several express companies
>operated.
>
>Simply stated, mail (pouch and parcel) was handled by the Railway Mail Service
>of the Post
>Office Department, express by REA, and lcl was a form of shipping freight.
>And, yes,
>sometimes you could not tell the difference by looking, unless you read the
>tags...
>
>Many details will be clarified in the book. Please understand that I prefer
>not to retype the
>book on this list. 8-)
>
>Regards,
>
>Ed DeRouin
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