Leo,
Thanks for the info! Yes I have seen the sunday special but only under BN
colors. I need to pick up that and several other Bulletins. I have the E unit
one.
Brian
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, qutlx1@... wrote:
>
> Please find a copy of BRHS Bulletin 1 entitled" The Dinkies in Transition"
> as it will provide some details.
> Here's a quick response. Suburban trains carried baggage cars to handle
> newspapers,company material and company mail,etc There were also REA cars
> going to Aurora and other stations.
> In the Aurora lodge BRT/UTU files in my possesion there is proof of a xmas
> time where a solid extra train made roundtrips between Aurora and Chicago
> handling express and parcels,etc. I hope someday to share that as an
> article in one of the BRHS pubs.
> Also in those files are bid sheets for suburban jobs showing trains with 2
> or more baggage cars and set outs and pick ups in route.Some were working
> cars and some were storage cars.
> There was even a car for bread out of Pepperidge Farm.
> Then of course there was the wheel car which is pretty unique ;used for
> loco wheels between Aurora and 14th st.
> Ever see a photo of a dinkie w/Zephyr cars deadheading to the Aurora shops?
> How about the Sunday night westbound train with several diesels lashed
> together elephant style ?
>
> Leo
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