Rupert-
Sharp eyes!!!
I agree re: page 9. There might be another number after the 93... don't know
if that helps.
The picture on page 10 is of a baggage car....perhaps not even a Q car as I
don't think
they went in for the drooping ends over the platform very much. Windows in
baggage
cars were quite common and the earlier RPOs (White Mail, etc.) established the
pattern
of narrow doors for the mail section almost from the start of RPO service.
I think the reason "Nebraska" on the CW on page 40 is so clear is that the
letters for the roadname on the
letterboard are likely light-colored individual metal letters....like the
commuter coaches
were during the same time period. It looks like the Adams - Express Company -
Baggage
lettering was a dark color (or maybe gold reflecting dark) on a dark painted or
varnished car.
Charlie Vlk
I've been indexing the content of Bulletin 44 (should be on the web site
later this week) which causes me to study the photos in greater detail than I
might otherwise do, and some of them contain some interesting points.
Page 9 upper photo, there is some fancy writing (rather than the usual block
capitals) on the end of the RPO that appears to
be "U.S. Rail Way Post" or similar, together with the car number. This
appears to be "93" although I can't find any mail, mail-baggage, etc. cars with
that number in 1886.
On page 10 (upper photo), the first car behind the tender - was this an early
RPO?
The lower photo on page 49 includes coach-baggage-waycar #86. It is
interesting that the Adams Express Company writing on the side of the car is
hardly readable whilst the word "Nebraska" above it is comparatively clear.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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