Charlie
There was lengthy discussion on this subject on the BRHS list in November
1999
(title was "Waycars and Motors" before changing to "Irish Mail").
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] West Chicago Lesson
> Weren't the trains going up to West Chicago called the "Irish Mail"?
> Seems to me I've heard that term used in reference to locals working out
> of Aurora/Eola
> or am I missremembering something? And just why would they have been
> called that? The only "Irish Mail" that I've heard about (other than on
> foreign railways)
> would be the children's pump vehicle from the first part of the last
> century. And if those locals were the "Mail" was that a rememberence of a
> mixed or passenger train
> that did carry the mail between Aurora and West Chicago?
> Charlie Vlk
>
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